Bournemouth/Poole, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Bournemouth/Poole, UK metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Bournemouth/Poole in 2024 is 523,000, a 0.77% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Bournemouth/Poole in 2023 was 519,000, a 0.97% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Bournemouth/Poole in 2022 was 514,000, a 0.78% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Bournemouth/Poole in 2021 was 510,000, a 0.79% 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
Bournemouth/Poole - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 523,000 0.77%
2023 519,000 0.97%
2022 514,000 0.78%
2021 510,000 0.79%
2020 506,000 1.00%
2019 501,000 0.80%
2018 497,000 0.81%
2017 493,000 1.02%
2016 488,000 0.83%
2015 484,000 0.83%
2014 480,000 0.84%
2013 476,000 1.06%
2012 471,000 0.86%
2011 467,000 0.86%
2010 463,000 0.65%
2009 460,000 0.88%
2008 456,000 0.88%
2007 452,000 0.67%
2006 449,000 0.90%
2005 445,000 0.91%
2004 441,000 0.68%
2003 438,000 0.92%
2002 434,000 0.70%
2001 431,000 0.70%
2000 428,000 0.71%
1999 425,000 0.47%
1998 423,000 0.71%
1997 420,000 0.48%
1996 418,000 0.72%
1995 415,000 0.73%
1994 412,000 0.49%
1993 410,000 0.49%
1992 408,000 0.74%
1991 405,000 0.75%
1990 402,000 0.75%
1989 399,000 0.76%
1988 396,000 0.76%
1987 393,000 0.77%
1986 390,000 0.78%
1985 387,000 0.78%
1984 384,000 0.52%
1983 382,000 0.79%
1982 379,000 0.80%
1981 376,000 0.80%
1980 373,000 0.81%
1979 370,000 0.54%
1978 368,000 0.82%
1977 365,000 0.83%
1976 362,000 0.84%
1975 359,000 0.56%
1974 357,000 0.85%
1973 354,000 0.85%
1972 351,000 0.57%
1971 349,000 0.29%
1970 348,000 -0.29%
1969 349,000 0.00%
1968 349,000 0.00%
1967 349,000 0.00%
1966 349,000 0.00%
1965 349,000 0.00%
1964 349,000 0.00%
1963 349,000 0.00%
1962 349,000 0.00%
1961 349,000 0.58%
1960 347,000 0.87%
1959 344,000 0.88%
1958 341,000 1.19%
1957 337,000 0.90%
1956 334,000 0.91%
1955 331,000 0.91%
1954 328,000 0.61%
1953 326,000 0.93%
1952 323,000 0.94%
1951 320,000 0.95%
1950 317,000 0.00%