Nottingham population, 2001–2024
Nottingham has an estimated population of 331,077 (mid-2024), up 23.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Nottingham local authority area.
331,077
population, mid-2024
+23.1%
since 2001
+6.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (331,077)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 331,077 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 327,186 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 326,572 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 319,978 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 322,822 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 323,160 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 322,323 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 320,378 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 317,625 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 313,265 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 310,339 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 308,681 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 307,436 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 303,899 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 299,753 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 294,808 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 290,783 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 288,164 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 286,459 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 284,834 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 279,624 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 275,547 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 271,769 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 268,939 | — |
High street businesses
Nottingham has 215 hairdressers and beauty salons, 125 pubs and bars, 150 licensed restaurants, 230 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 Nottingham local authority area (code E06000018), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Nottingham?
331,077, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Nottingham 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 Nottingham growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 23.1% since 2001, from 268,939 to 331,077. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.