Bath and North East Somerset population, 2001–2024
Bath and North East Somerset has an estimated population of 200,028 (mid-2024), up 18.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bath and North East Somerset local authority area.
200,028
population, mid-2024
+18.2%
since 2001
+11.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (200,028)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 200,028 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 198,264 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 195,467 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 192,419 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 191,974 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 190,176 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 189,489 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 186,894 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 185,507 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 182,561 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 180,065 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 178,743 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 176,598 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 175,538 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 174,267 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 173,360 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 173,565 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 172,635 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 171,204 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 171,274 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 170,585 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 170,361 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 169,819 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 169,158 | — |
Food businesses
Bath and North East Somerset has 122 takeaways, 415 restaurants and cafés and 182 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.29 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bath and North East Somerset local authority area (code E06000022), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.