Rutland population, 2001–2024
Rutland has an estimated population of 41,443 (mid-2024), up 19.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Rutland local authority area.
41,443
population, mid-2024
+19.8%
since 2001
+8.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (41,443)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41,443 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 40,807 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 41,165 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 41,342 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 40,633 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 40,175 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 40,053 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 39,831 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 39,044 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 38,438 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 38,294 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 37,833 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 37,114 | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 37,581 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 37,670 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 37,417 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 37,478 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 37,110 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 36,510 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 36,115 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 35,623 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 35,559 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 35,295 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 34,598 | — |
Food businesses
Rutland has 27 takeaways, 76 restaurants and cafés and 45 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.36 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Rutland local authority area (code E06000017), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.