North Lanarkshire population, 2001–2024
North Lanarkshire has an estimated population of 344,540 (mid-2024), up 7.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North Lanarkshire local authority area.
344,540
population, mid-2024
+7.3%
since 2001
+1.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (344,540)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 344,540 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 342,780 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 340,920 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 341,280 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 341,400 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 341,570 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 340,350 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 340,310 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 339,740 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 338,750 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 338,440 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 338,000 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 337,990 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 337,720 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 336,280 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 335,160 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 333,280 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 331,160 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 328,740 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 327,140 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 325,400 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 323,700 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 322,520 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 321,180 | — |
High street businesses
North Lanarkshire has 260 hairdressers and beauty salons, 90 pubs and bars, 55 licensed restaurants, 305 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 North Lanarkshire local authority area (code S12000050), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of North Lanarkshire?
344,540, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the North Lanarkshire 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 North Lanarkshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 7.3% since 2001, from 321,180 to 344,540. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.