Camden population, 2001–2024
Camden has an estimated population of 216,943 (mid-2024), up 7.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Camden local authority area.
216,943
population, mid-2024
+7.1%
since 2001
-1.9%
last 10 years
2013
peak year (221,348)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 216,943 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 217,235 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 217,352 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 210,968 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 214,768 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 217,136 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 217,915 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 218,833 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 221,024 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 221,032 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 221,095 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 221,348 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 219,647 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 220,087 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 214,725 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 212,924 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 210,273 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 211,520 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 211,032 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 211,088 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 207,341 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 204,254 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 203,972 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 202,567 | — |
Food businesses
Camden has 777 takeaways, 1,731 restaurants and cafés and 233 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.45 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 35.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Camden local authority area (code E09000007), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.