Birkenhead, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Birkenhead, UK metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Birkenhead in 2024 is 334,000, a 0.6% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Birkenhead in 2023 was 332,000, a 0.3% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Birkenhead in 2022 was 331,000, a 0.3% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Birkenhead in 2021 was 330,000, a 0.3% increase from 2020.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in UK
City Name Population
London 9,748,000
Manchester 2,812,000
West Midlands 2,685,000
West Yorkshire 1,942,000
Glasgow 1,708,000
South Hampshire 959,000
Liverpool 923,000
Newcastle upon Tyne 829,000
Nottingham 813,000
Sheffield 751,000
Bristol 714,000
Belfast 647,000
Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton 628,000
Leicester 571,000
Edinburgh 559,000
Bournemouth/Poole 523,000
Cardiff 492,000
Coventry-Bedworth 450,000
Middlesbrough 395,000
The Potteries 394,000
Reading-Wokingham 353,000
Sunderland 347,000
Preston 336,000
Birkenhead 334,000
Kingston upon Hull 327,000
Newport 323,000
Southend-On-Sea 321,000
Swansea 318,000
Birkenhead - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 334,000 0.60%
2023 332,000 0.30%
2022 331,000 0.30%
2021 330,000 0.30%
2020 329,000 0.30%
2019 328,000 0.00%
2018 328,000 0.00%
2017 328,000 0.31%
2016 327,000 0.00%
2015 327,000 0.31%
2014 326,000 0.00%
2013 326,000 0.00%
2012 326,000 0.31%
2011 325,000 0.00%
2010 325,000 0.31%
2009 324,000 0.00%
2008 324,000 0.31%
2007 323,000 0.00%
2006 323,000 0.31%
2005 322,000 0.31%
2004 321,000 0.00%
2003 321,000 0.31%
2002 320,000 0.00%
2001 320,000 -0.31%
2000 321,000 -0.31%
1999 322,000 -0.62%
1998 324,000 -0.31%
1997 325,000 -0.61%
1996 327,000 -0.30%
1995 328,000 -0.61%
1994 330,000 -0.30%
1993 331,000 -0.60%
1992 333,000 -0.30%
1991 334,000 0.00%
1990 334,000 0.30%
1989 333,000 0.60%
1988 331,000 0.30%
1987 330,000 0.30%
1986 329,000 0.30%
1985 328,000 0.31%
1984 327,000 0.31%
1983 326,000 0.31%
1982 325,000 0.62%
1981 323,000 0.31%
1980 322,000 0.31%
1979 321,000 0.31%
1978 320,000 0.31%
1977 319,000 0.31%
1976 318,000 0.32%
1975 317,000 0.32%
1974 316,000 0.64%
1973 314,000 0.32%
1972 313,000 0.32%
1971 312,000 -0.32%
1970 313,000 -0.32%
1969 314,000 -0.32%
1968 315,000 0.00%
1967 315,000 -0.32%
1966 316,000 -0.32%
1965 317,000 -0.31%
1964 318,000 -0.31%
1963 319,000 -0.31%
1962 320,000 -0.31%
1961 321,000 0.00%
1960 321,000 0.31%
1959 320,000 0.00%
1958 320,000 0.31%
1957 319,000 0.00%
1956 319,000 0.31%
1955 318,000 0.00%
1954 318,000 0.32%
1953 317,000 0.00%
1952 317,000 0.32%
1951 316,000 0.00%
1950 316,000 0.00%