Monmouthshire population, 2001–2024
Monmouthshire has an estimated population of 94,930 (mid-2024), up 11.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Monmouthshire local authority area.
94,930
population, mid-2024
+11.7%
since 2001
+3.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (94,930)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94,930 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 94,672 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 94,049 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 93,163 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 92,456 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 91,730 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 91,834 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 91,791 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 92,024 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 91,867 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 91,864 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 91,822 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 91,623 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 91,508 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 91,016 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 90,557 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 90,109 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 89,592 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 89,090 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 88,611 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 87,829 | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 86,605 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 85,417 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 84,984 | — |
High street businesses
Monmouthshire has 65 hairdressers and beauty salons, 70 pubs and bars, 55 licensed restaurants, 50 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Monmouthshire local authority area (code W06000021), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Monmouthshire?
94,930, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Monmouthshire local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Monmouthshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 11.7% since 2001, from 84,984 to 94,930. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.