Westminster population, 2001–2024
Westminster has an estimated population of 209,996 (mid-2024), up 3.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Westminster local authority area.
209,996
population, mid-2024
+3.3%
since 2001
-2.0%
last 10 years
2005
peak year (223,132)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 209,996 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 210,665 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 209,333 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 205,759 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 205,624 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 208,415 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 209,868 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 210,459 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 213,193 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 215,876 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 214,341 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 215,907 | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 219,539 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 219,582 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 217,187 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 216,980 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 218,673 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 220,619 | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 222,829 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 223,132 | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 214,557 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 211,009 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 208,100 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 203,329 | — |
Food businesses
Westminster has 284 takeaways, 3,504 restaurants and cafés and 156 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.08 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 13.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Westminster has 620 hairdressers and beauty salons, 245 pubs and bars, 1,075 licensed restaurants, 220 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 Westminster local authority area (code E09000033), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Westminster?
209,996, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Westminster 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 Westminster growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 3.3% since 2001, from 203,329 to 209,996. The peak year in the series so far is 2005. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.