Barking and Dagenham population, 2001–2024
Barking and Dagenham has an estimated population of 232,747 (mid-2024), up 40.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Barking and Dagenham local authority area.
232,747
population, mid-2024
+40.5%
since 2001
+15.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (232,747)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 232,747 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 226,301 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 220,392 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 218,714 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 219,227 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 218,828 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 216,298 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 214,017 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 211,047 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 206,450 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 201,244 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 196,204 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 191,453 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 187,029 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 182,838 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 177,580 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 172,452 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 169,031 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 167,157 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 166,275 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 165,610 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 166,210 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 166,357 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 165,654 | — |
Food businesses
Barking and Dagenham has 230 takeaways, 232 restaurants and cafés and 27 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.99 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Barking and Dagenham local authority area (code E09000002), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.