Perth and Kinross population, 2001–2024
Perth and Kinross has an estimated population of 154,420 (mid-2024), up 14.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Perth and Kinross local authority area.
154,420
population, mid-2024
+14.4%
since 2001
+4.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (154,420)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 154,420 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 152,910 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 151,130 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 150,700 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 149,410 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 149,740 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 149,350 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 149,540 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 149,170 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 148,490 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 147,800 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 147,010 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 147,260 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 146,850 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 145,600 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 144,370 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 143,130 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 141,140 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 139,380 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 138,060 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 136,900 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 135,960 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 135,130 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 134,950 | — |
High street businesses
Perth and Kinross has 90 hairdressers and beauty salons, 60 pubs and bars, 100 licensed restaurants, 80 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 Perth and Kinross local authority area (code S12000048), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Perth and Kinross?
154,420, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the Perth and Kinross 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 Perth and Kinross growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 14.4% since 2001, from 134,950 to 154,420. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.