Thanet population, 2001–2024
Thanet has an estimated population of 142,691 (mid-2024), up 12.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Thanet local authority area.
142,691
population, mid-2024
+12.6%
since 2001
+2.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (142,691)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 142,691 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 141,049 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 140,699 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 140,658 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 139,945 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 140,624 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 140,848 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 140,680 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 140,373 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 139,668 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 138,695 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 136,916 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 135,730 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 134,402 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 133,508 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 132,337 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 131,750 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 130,637 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 129,601 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 129,301 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 128,782 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 128,140 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 127,675 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 126,750 | — |
Food businesses
Thanet has 167 takeaways, 428 restaurants and cafés and 137 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.39 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Thanet local authority area (code E07000114), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.