Burnley population, 2001–2024
Burnley has an estimated population of 99,233 (mid-2024), up 10.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Burnley local authority area.
99,233
population, mid-2024
+10.8%
since 2001
+11.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (99,233)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99,233 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 97,425 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 95,894 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 94,734 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 93,927 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 92,949 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 91,994 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 90,902 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 89,891 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 89,230 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 88,786 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 87,795 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 87,563 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 87,032 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 86,902 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 87,027 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 87,328 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 87,256 | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 87,646 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 87,624 | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 87,923 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 88,282 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 88,842 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 89,521 | — |
Food businesses
Burnley has 151 takeaways, 162 restaurants and cafés and 71 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.93 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 15.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Burnley local authority area (code E07000117), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.