Darlington population, 2001–2024
Darlington has an estimated population of 112,489 (mid-2024), up 14.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Darlington local authority area.
112,489
population, mid-2024
+14.9%
since 2001
+6.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (112,489)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 112,489 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 110,925 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 109,461 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 108,210 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 106,827 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 106,532 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 106,411 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 106,541 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 106,258 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 105,988 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 105,825 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 105,591 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 105,557 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 105,584 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 105,028 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 104,355 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 103,694 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 102,632 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 101,509 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 100,287 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 99,343 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 98,911 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 98,474 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 97,894 | — |
Food businesses
Darlington has 139 takeaways, 167 restaurants and cafés and 100 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.83 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Darlington local authority area (code E06000005), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.