Moray population, 2001–2024
Moray has an estimated population of 95,010 (mid-2024), up 9.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Moray local authority area.
95,010
population, mid-2024
+9.2%
since 2001
+0.9%
last 10 years
2016
peak year (95,110)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 95,010 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 94,790 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 94,300 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 94,270 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 93,870 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 94,170 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 94,090 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 94,660 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 95,110 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 94,800 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 94,180 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 93,940 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 92,720 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 93,470 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 93,690 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 93,160 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 92,840 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 91,440 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 90,780 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 90,100 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 89,380 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 88,830 | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 87,690 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 87,000 | — |
High street businesses
Moray has 50 hairdressers and beauty salons, 30 pubs and bars, 35 licensed restaurants, 65 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 Moray local authority area (code S12000020), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Moray?
95,010, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the Moray 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 Moray growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 9.2% since 2001, from 87,000 to 95,010. The peak year in the series so far is 2016. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.