Sunderland, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Sunderland, UK metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Sunderland in 2024 is 347,000, a 0.58% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Sunderland in 2023 was 345,000, a 0.29% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Sunderland in 2022 was 344,000, a 0.58% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Sunderland in 2021 was 342,000, a 0.29% increase from 2020.
| 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 |
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Sunderland - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
347,000 |
0.58% |
| 2023 |
345,000 |
0.29% |
| 2022 |
344,000 |
0.58% |
| 2021 |
342,000 |
0.29% |
| 2020 |
341,000 |
0.29% |
| 2019 |
340,000 |
0.00% |
| 2018 |
340,000 |
0.29% |
| 2017 |
339,000 |
0.00% |
| 2016 |
339,000 |
0.30% |
| 2015 |
338,000 |
0.30% |
| 2014 |
337,000 |
0.00% |
| 2013 |
337,000 |
0.30% |
| 2012 |
336,000 |
0.00% |
| 2011 |
336,000 |
0.00% |
| 2010 |
336,000 |
0.00% |
| 2009 |
336,000 |
0.00% |
| 2008 |
336,000 |
0.00% |
| 2007 |
336,000 |
0.00% |
| 2006 |
336,000 |
0.00% |
| 2005 |
336,000 |
-0.30% |
| 2004 |
337,000 |
0.00% |
| 2003 |
337,000 |
0.00% |
| 2002 |
337,000 |
0.00% |
| 2001 |
337,000 |
-0.59% |
| 2000 |
339,000 |
-0.88% |
| 1999 |
342,000 |
-0.87% |
| 1998 |
345,000 |
-0.58% |
| 1997 |
347,000 |
-0.86% |
| 1996 |
350,000 |
-0.85% |
| 1995 |
353,000 |
-0.84% |
| 1994 |
356,000 |
-0.56% |
| 1993 |
358,000 |
-0.83% |
| 1992 |
361,000 |
-0.82% |
| 1991 |
364,000 |
4.60% |
| 1990 |
348,000 |
6.10% |
| 1989 |
328,000 |
5.81% |
| 1988 |
310,000 |
6.16% |
| 1987 |
292,000 |
6.18% |
| 1986 |
275,000 |
6.18% |
| 1985 |
259,000 |
6.15% |
| 1984 |
244,000 |
6.09% |
| 1983 |
230,000 |
5.99% |
| 1982 |
217,000 |
5.85% |
| 1981 |
205,000 |
0.99% |
| 1980 |
203,000 |
-0.98% |
| 1979 |
205,000 |
-1.44% |
| 1978 |
208,000 |
-0.95% |
| 1977 |
210,000 |
-0.94% |
| 1976 |
212,000 |
-0.93% |
| 1975 |
214,000 |
-0.93% |
| 1974 |
216,000 |
-0.92% |
| 1973 |
218,000 |
-1.36% |
| 1972 |
221,000 |
-0.90% |
| 1971 |
223,000 |
0.00% |
| 1970 |
223,000 |
-0.45% |
| 1969 |
224,000 |
0.00% |
| 1968 |
224,000 |
0.00% |
| 1967 |
224,000 |
0.00% |
| 1966 |
224,000 |
0.00% |
| 1965 |
224,000 |
0.00% |
| 1964 |
224,000 |
-0.44% |
| 1963 |
225,000 |
0.00% |
| 1962 |
225,000 |
0.00% |
| 1961 |
225,000 |
0.45% |
| 1960 |
224,000 |
0.45% |
| 1959 |
223,000 |
0.45% |
| 1958 |
222,000 |
0.45% |
| 1957 |
221,000 |
0.45% |
| 1956 |
220,000 |
0.92% |
| 1955 |
218,000 |
0.46% |
| 1954 |
217,000 |
0.46% |
| 1953 |
216,000 |
0.47% |
| 1952 |
215,000 |
0.47% |
| 1951 |
214,000 |
0.47% |
| 1950 |
213,000 |
0.00% |
