Newham population, 2001–2024
Newham has an estimated population of 374,523 (mid-2024), up 50.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Newham local authority area.
374,523
population, mid-2024
+50.2%
since 2001
+16.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (374,523)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 374,523 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 368,194 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 357,327 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 351,256 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 350,025 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 349,786 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 344,570 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 338,333 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 335,337 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 330,322 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 322,984 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 316,952 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 313,750 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 310,460 | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 299,171 | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 286,447 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 276,478 | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 266,285 | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 257,994 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 253,798 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 254,434 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 256,224 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 255,282 | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 249,411 | — |
Food businesses
Newham has 397 takeaways, 643 restaurants and cafés and 63 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.62 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Newham has 265 hairdressers and beauty salons, 35 pubs and bars, 160 licensed restaurants, 285 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 Newham local authority area (code E09000025), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Newham?
374,523, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Newham 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 Newham growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 50.2% since 2001, from 249,411 to 374,523. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.