Dartford population, 2001–2024
Dartford has an estimated population of 125,011 (mid-2024), up 45.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Dartford local authority area.
125,011
population, mid-2024
+45.4%
since 2001
+21.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (125,011)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 125,011 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 121,966 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 119,042 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 116,819 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 115,572 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 113,928 | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 110,818 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 108,372 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 105,905 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 104,379 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 102,765 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 100,756 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 99,064 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 97,604 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 96,337 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 95,266 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 93,946 | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 92,242 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 91,174 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 89,990 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 88,277 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 87,011 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 86,403 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 85,956 | — |
Food businesses
Dartford has 97 takeaways, 181 restaurants and cafés and 63 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.54 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Dartford local authority area (code E07000107), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.