Birkenhead, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Birkenhead, UK metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Birkenhead in 2025 is 336,000, a 0.6% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Birkenhead in 2024 was 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.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in UK
City Name Population
London 9,841,000
Manchester 2,833,000
West Midlands 2,705,000
West Yorkshire 1,956,000
Glasgow 1,719,000
South Hampshire 967,000
Liverpool 929,000
Newcastle upon Tyne 834,000
Nottingham 819,000
Sheffield 757,000
Bristol 720,000
Belfast 652,000
Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton 632,000
Leicester 575,000
Edinburgh 564,000
Bournemouth/Poole 527,000
Cardiff 495,000
Coventry-Bedworth 455,000
Middlesbrough 398,000
The Potteries 397,000
Reading-Wokingham 356,000
Sunderland 349,000
Preston 338,000
Birkenhead 336,000
Kingston upon Hull 329,000
Newport 325,000
Southend-On-Sea 323,000
Swansea 320,000
Birkenhead - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 336,000 0.60%
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%