Fenland population, 2001–2024
Fenland has an estimated population of 104,896 (mid-2024), up 25.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Fenland local authority area.
104,896
population, mid-2024
+25.3%
since 2001
+6.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (104,896)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 104,896 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 103,700 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 103,019 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 102,731 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 102,228 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 102,487 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 102,346 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 102,029 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 101,075 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 99,991 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 98,571 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 97,556 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 96,429 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 95,461 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 95,135 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 94,404 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 93,653 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 92,713 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 90,647 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 88,968 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 87,983 | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 86,296 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 84,676 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 83,687 | — |
Food businesses
Fenland has 82 takeaways, 122 restaurants and cafés and 67 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.67 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 Fenland local authority area (code E07000010), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.