Nashville Metro Area Population 1950-2021
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Nashville metro area from 1950 to 2021. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Nashville in 2021 is 1,272,000, a 1.84% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Nashville in 2020 was 1,249,000, a 2.04% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Nashville in 2019 was 1,224,000, a 2.09% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Nashville in 2018 was 1,199,000, a 2.65% increase from 2017.
Other Cities in United States |
City Name |
Population |
New York City |
18,823,000 |
Los Angeles |
12,459,000 |
Chicago |
8,877,000 |
Houston |
6,491,000 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,397,000 |
Miami |
6,167,000 |
Atlanta |
5,911,000 |
Philadelphia |
5,734,000 |
Washington DC |
5,378,000 |
Phoenix |
4,584,000 |
Boston |
4,315,000 |
Detroit |
3,530,000 |
Seattle |
3,461,000 |
San Francisco |
3,313,000 |
San Diego |
3,272,000 |
Minneapolis |
2,946,000 |
Tampa |
2,911,000 |
Denver |
2,862,000 |
Las Vegas |
2,772,000 |
Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,514,000 |
San Antonio |
2,368,000 |
Baltimore |
2,333,000 |
St. Louis |
2,216,000 |
Portland |
2,174,000 |
Sacramento |
2,155,000 |
Charlotte |
2,132,000 |
Austin |
2,117,000 |
Orlando |
2,002,000 |
Indianapolis |
1,833,000 |
San Jose |
1,799,000 |
Cleveland |
1,760,000 |
Cincinnati |
1,754,000 |
Pittsburgh |
1,700,000 |
Kansas City |
1,698,000 |
Columbus |
1,666,000 |
Raleigh |
1,498,000 |
Virginia Beach |
1,479,000 |
Milwaukee |
1,443,000 |
Jacksonville |
1,297,000 |
Nashville |
1,272,000 |
Providence |
1,200,000 |
Salt Lake City |
1,180,000 |
Memphis |
1,156,000 |
Richmond |
1,117,000 |
Louisville |
1,098,000 |
McAllen |
1,037,000 |
Hartford |
1,004,000 |
New Orleans |
998,000 |
Oklahoma City |
998,000 |
Tucson |
993,000 |
El Paso |
963,000 |
Bridgeport-Stamford |
955,000 |
Albuquerque |
929,000 |
Honolulu |
898,000 |
Temecula-Murrieta |
892,000 |
Buffalo |
886,000 |
Cape Coral |
882,000 |
Birmingham |
849,000 |
Omaha |
843,000 |
Provo-Orem |
793,000 |
Fresno |
777,000 |
Tulsa |
774,000 |
Allentown |
770,000 |
Knoxville |
756,000 |
Baton Rouge |
746,000 |
Rochester |
744,000 |
Sarasota-Bradenton |
743,000 |
Dayton |
741,000 |
Columbia, South Carolina |
730,000 |
Ogden-Layton |
725,000 |
Charleston-North Charleston |
721,000 |
Bakersfield |
705,000 |
Concord |
688,000 |
Colorado Springs |
677,000 |
Springfield |
672,000 |
Mission Viejo |
639,000 |
Albany |
632,000 |
The Woodlands |
609,000 |
Grand Rapids |
601,000 |
New Haven |
595,000 |
Akron |
564,000 |
Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
558,000 |
Des Moines |
552,000 |
Worcester |
552,000 |
Harrisburg |
550,000 |
Kissimmee |
549,000 |
Greenville |
540,000 |
Port St. Lucie |
533,000 |
Wichita |
531,000 |
Fayetteville-Springdale |
525,000 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne |
524,000 |
Little Rock |
521,000 |
Winston-Salem |
519,000 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
514,000 |
Reno |
514,000 |
Toledo |
509,000 |
Lancaster |
505,000 |
Lancaster-Palmdale |
504,000 |
Madison |
494,000 |
Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
487,000 |
Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
478,000 |
Boise City |
455,000 |
Denton-Lewisville |
452,000 |
Spokane |
452,000 |
Augusta-Richmond County |
448,000 |
Bonita Springs-Naples |
445,000 |
Stockton |
441,000 |
Jackson, Mississippi |
426,000 |
Durham |
424,000 |
Chattanooga |
423,000 |
Concord |
421,000 |
Syracuse |
420,000 |
Visalia |
420,000 |
Modesto |
414,000 |
Santa Clarita |
404,000 |
Oxnard |
399,000 |
Myrtle Beach |
393,000 |
Huntsville |
392,000 |
Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
377,000 |
Scranton |
375,000 |
Lafayette |
367,000 |
Greensboro |
365,000 |
Asheville |
360,000 |
Montgomery |
360,000 |
Antioch |
359,000 |
Pensacola |
356,000 |
Youngstown |
355,000 |
Springfield, Missouri |
353,000 |
Lakeland |
351,000 |
Fayetteville |
349,000 |
Corpus Christi |
348,000 |
Flint |
344,000 |
Fort Collins |
343,000 |
Fort Wayne |
341,000 |
Lexington-Fayette |
337,000 |
Mobile |
333,000 |
Santa Rosa |
333,000 |
Trenton |
331,000 |
Ann Arbor |
329,000 |
Savannah |
329,000 |
Lansing |
326,000 |
Rockford |
326,000 |
Shreveport |
323,000 |
Laredo |
322,000 |
Nashville - Historical Population Data
|
Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
2021 |
1,272,000 |
1.84% |
2020 |
1,249,000 |
2.04% |
2019 |
1,224,000 |
2.09% |
2018 |
1,199,000 |
2.65% |
2017 |
1,168,000 |
2.55% |
2016 |
1,139,000 |
2.61% |
2015 |
1,110,000 |
2.68% |
2014 |
1,081,000 |
2.56% |
2013 |
1,054,000 |
2.63% |
2012 |
1,027,000 |
2.60% |
2011 |
1,001,000 |
2.56% |
2010 |
976,000 |
2.63% |
2009 |
951,000 |
2.59% |
2008 |
927,000 |
2.66% |
2007 |
903,000 |
2.50% |
2006 |
881,000 |
2.68% |
2005 |
858,000 |
2.63% |
2004 |
836,000 |
2.58% |
2003 |
815,000 |
2.52% |
2002 |
795,000 |
2.71% |
2001 |
774,000 |
2.52% |
2000 |
755,000 |
2.72% |
1999 |
735,000 |
2.80% |
1998 |
715,000 |
2.73% |
1997 |
696,000 |
2.65% |
1996 |
678,000 |
2.73% |
1995 |
660,000 |
2.64% |
1994 |
643,000 |
2.72% |
1993 |
626,000 |
2.79% |
1992 |
609,000 |
2.70% |
1991 |
593,000 |
2.77% |
1990 |
577,000 |
1.41% |
1989 |
569,000 |
1.07% |
1988 |
563,000 |
0.90% |
1987 |
558,000 |
1.09% |
1986 |
552,000 |
1.10% |
1985 |
546,000 |
0.92% |
1984 |
541,000 |
0.93% |
1983 |
536,000 |
1.13% |
1982 |
530,000 |
0.95% |
1981 |
525,000 |
0.96% |
1980 |
520,000 |
1.36% |
1979 |
513,000 |
1.58% |
1978 |
505,000 |
1.41% |
1977 |
498,000 |
1.43% |
1976 |
491,000 |
1.45% |
1975 |
484,000 |
1.47% |
1974 |
477,000 |
1.49% |
1973 |
470,000 |
1.51% |
1972 |
463,000 |
1.31% |
1971 |
457,000 |
1.56% |
1970 |
450,000 |
2.27% |
1969 |
440,000 |
2.56% |
1968 |
429,000 |
2.63% |
1967 |
418,000 |
2.70% |
1966 |
407,000 |
2.52% |
1965 |
397,000 |
2.58% |
1964 |
387,000 |
2.65% |
1963 |
377,000 |
2.72% |
1962 |
367,000 |
2.51% |
1961 |
358,000 |
2.58% |
1960 |
349,000 |
2.95% |
1959 |
339,000 |
3.04% |
1958 |
329,000 |
2.81% |
1957 |
320,000 |
2.89% |
1956 |
311,000 |
2.98% |
1955 |
302,000 |
3.07% |
1954 |
293,000 |
2.81% |
1953 |
285,000 |
3.26% |
1952 |
276,000 |
2.60% |
1951 |
269,000 |
3.07% |
1950 |
261,000 |
0.00% |