Renfrewshire population, 2001–2024
Renfrewshire has an estimated population of 189,170 (mid-2024), up 9.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Renfrewshire local authority area.
189,170
population, mid-2024
+9.4%
since 2001
+7.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (189,170)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 189,170 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 187,150 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 184,370 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 182,330 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 181,610 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 181,040 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 179,510 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 178,530 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 177,400 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 175,900 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 175,280 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 174,600 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 174,660 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 174,700 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 173,700 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 173,020 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 172,640 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 171,870 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 171,270 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 171,430 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 171,470 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 171,560 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 172,300 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 172,850 | — |
High street businesses
Renfrewshire has 155 hairdressers and beauty salons, 70 pubs and bars, 65 licensed restaurants, 135 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 Renfrewshire local authority area (code S12000038), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Renfrewshire?
189,170, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 9.4% since 2001, from 172,850 to 189,170. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.