Middlesbrough, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Middlesbrough, UK metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Middlesbrough in 2025 is 398,000, a 0.76% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Middlesbrough in 2024 was 395,000, a 0.51% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Middlesbrough in 2023 was 393,000, a 0.51% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Middlesbrough in 2022 was 391,000, a 0.51% 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
Middlesbrough - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 398,000 0.76%
2024 395,000 0.51%
2023 393,000 0.51%
2022 391,000 0.51%
2021 389,000 0.52%
2020 387,000 0.26%
2019 386,000 0.26%
2018 385,000 0.26%
2017 384,000 0.52%
2016 382,000 0.26%
2015 381,000 0.26%
2014 380,000 0.26%
2013 379,000 0.26%
2012 378,000 0.27%
2011 377,000 0.27%
2010 376,000 0.53%
2009 374,000 0.27%
2008 373,000 0.27%
2007 372,000 0.27%
2006 371,000 0.27%
2005 370,000 0.27%
2004 369,000 0.27%
2003 368,000 0.27%
2002 367,000 0.27%
2001 366,000 0.00%
2000 366,000 0.00%
1999 366,000 -0.27%
1998 367,000 0.00%
1997 367,000 0.00%
1996 367,000 -0.27%
1995 368,000 0.00%
1994 368,000 -0.27%
1993 369,000 0.00%
1992 369,000 -0.27%
1991 370,000 -0.27%
1990 371,000 -0.27%
1989 372,000 -0.27%
1988 373,000 -0.27%
1987 374,000 -0.53%
1986 376,000 -0.27%
1985 377,000 -0.26%
1984 378,000 -0.53%
1983 380,000 -0.26%
1982 381,000 -0.26%
1981 382,000 -0.52%
1980 384,000 -0.52%
1979 386,000 -0.52%
1978 388,000 -0.51%
1977 390,000 -0.51%
1976 392,000 -0.51%
1975 394,000 -0.51%
1974 396,000 -0.50%
1973 398,000 -0.50%
1972 400,000 -0.50%
1971 402,000 -0.25%
1970 403,000 -0.49%
1969 405,000 -0.49%
1968 407,000 -0.49%
1967 409,000 -0.49%
1966 411,000 -0.48%
1965 413,000 -0.48%
1964 415,000 -0.48%
1963 417,000 -0.48%
1962 419,000 -0.48%
1961 421,000 0.96%
1960 417,000 0.97%
1959 413,000 1.23%
1958 408,000 0.99%
1957 404,000 1.00%
1956 400,000 1.01%
1955 396,000 1.28%
1954 391,000 1.03%
1953 387,000 1.04%
1952 383,000 1.06%
1951 379,000 1.07%
1950 375,000 0.00%