Portsmouth population, 2001–2024
Portsmouth has an estimated population of 214,321 (mid-2024), up 14.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Portsmouth local authority area.
214,321
population, mid-2024
+14.0%
since 2001
+3.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (214,321)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 214,321 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 213,976 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 209,599 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 207,119 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 209,142 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 210,412 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 211,215 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 210,965 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 209,951 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 207,873 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 206,200 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 205,905 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 205,729 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 205,433 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 202,700 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 198,983 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 196,036 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 194,907 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 195,964 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 196,318 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 193,483 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 190,283 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 188,476 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 188,043 | — |
Food businesses
Portsmouth has 212 takeaways, 415 restaurants and cafés and 154 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.51 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Portsmouth local authority area (code E06000044), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.