Bristol, City of population, 2001–2024
Bristol, City of has an estimated population of 494,399 (mid-2024), up 26.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bristol, City of local authority area.
494,399
population, mid-2024
+26.8%
since 2001
+11.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (494,399)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 494,399 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 486,376 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 479,639 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 471,285 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 471,851 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 469,920 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 467,026 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 463,113 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 459,588 | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 451,790 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 443,834 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 438,984 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 433,264 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 428,074 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 423,044 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 418,990 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 414,822 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 411,901 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 408,428 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 405,407 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 395,743 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 391,454 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 389,735 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 390,049 | — |
Food businesses
Bristol, City of has 435 takeaways, 1,514 restaurants and cafés and 400 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 8.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bristol, City of local authority area (code E06000023), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.