Middlesbrough population, 2001–2024
Middlesbrough has an estimated population of 156,161 (mid-2024), up 10.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Middlesbrough local authority area.
156,161
population, mid-2024
+10.6%
since 2001
+12.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (156,161)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 156,161 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 153,639 | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 149,339 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 143,943 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 142,459 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 142,134 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 141,057 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 141,213 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 140,649 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 139,602 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 139,030 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 138,588 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 138,472 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 138,368 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 137,667 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 137,273 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 137,885 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 138,190 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 138,169 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 138,517 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 138,451 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 139,050 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 140,090 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 141,233 | — |
Food businesses
Middlesbrough has 172 takeaways, 240 restaurants and cafés and 83 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.72 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Middlesbrough local authority area (code E06000002), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.