Southend-On-Sea, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Southend-On-Sea, UK metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Southend-On-Sea in 2025 is 323,000, a 0.62% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Southend-On-Sea in 2024 was 321,000, a 0.63% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Southend-On-Sea in 2023 was 319,000, a 0.95% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Southend-On-Sea in 2022 was 316,000, a 0.64% 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
Southend-On-Sea - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 323,000 0.62%
2024 321,000 0.63%
2023 319,000 0.95%
2022 316,000 0.64%
2021 314,000 0.64%
2020 312,000 0.65%
2019 310,000 0.65%
2018 308,000 0.33%
2017 307,000 0.66%
2016 305,000 0.66%
2015 303,000 0.66%
2014 301,000 0.67%
2013 299,000 0.34%
2012 298,000 0.68%
2011 296,000 0.68%
2010 294,000 0.68%
2009 292,000 0.69%
2008 290,000 0.69%
2007 288,000 0.70%
2006 286,000 0.70%
2005 284,000 0.71%
2004 282,000 0.71%
2003 280,000 0.72%
2002 278,000 0.72%
2001 276,000 0.36%
2000 275,000 0.36%
1999 274,000 0.37%
1998 273,000 0.37%
1997 272,000 0.37%
1996 271,000 0.37%
1995 270,000 0.00%
1994 270,000 0.37%
1993 269,000 0.37%
1992 268,000 0.37%
1991 267,000 0.00%
1990 267,000 0.38%
1989 266,000 0.00%
1988 266,000 0.00%
1987 266,000 0.00%
1986 266,000 0.38%
1985 265,000 0.00%
1984 265,000 0.00%
1983 265,000 0.00%
1982 265,000 0.38%
1981 264,000 -0.38%
1980 265,000 -0.38%
1979 266,000 -0.37%
1978 267,000 -0.37%
1977 268,000 -0.37%
1976 269,000 -0.37%
1975 270,000 -0.37%
1974 271,000 -0.37%
1973 272,000 -0.37%
1972 273,000 -0.36%
1971 274,000 -0.36%
1970 275,000 0.00%
1969 275,000 -0.36%
1968 276,000 0.00%
1967 276,000 0.00%
1966 276,000 -0.36%
1965 277,000 0.00%
1964 277,000 -0.36%
1963 278,000 0.00%
1962 278,000 0.00%
1961 278,000 0.36%
1960 277,000 0.36%
1959 276,000 0.36%
1958 275,000 0.36%
1957 274,000 0.37%
1956 273,000 0.74%
1955 271,000 0.37%
1954 270,000 0.37%
1953 269,000 0.37%
1952 268,000 0.75%
1951 266,000 0.38%
1950 265,000 0.00%