Wigan population, 2001–2024
Wigan has an estimated population of 344,922 (mid-2024), up 14.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wigan local authority area.
344,922
population, mid-2024
+14.4%
since 2001
+7.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (344,922)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 344,922 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 340,208 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 334,675 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 329,796 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 327,850 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 326,386 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 323,904 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 322,485 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 321,494 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 320,864 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 320,075 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 318,737 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 318,109 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 318,122 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 316,296 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 314,363 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 311,971 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 309,403 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 308,023 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 306,143 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 304,958 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 303,846 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 302,305 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 301,453 | — |
Food businesses
Wigan has 369 takeaways, 922 restaurants and cafés and 225 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.40 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Wigan local authority area (code E08000010), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.