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.
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.