Guildford population, 2001–2024
Guildford has an estimated population of 151,359 (mid-2024), up 16.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Guildford local authority area.
151,359
population, mid-2024
+16.6%
since 2001
+8.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (151,359)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 151,359 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 149,094 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 146,232 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 144,013 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 142,732 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 142,328 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 142,384 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 143,294 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 142,891 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 141,577 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 139,706 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 138,627 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 137,893 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 137,580 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 135,547 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 133,584 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 132,401 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 131,656 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 130,673 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 129,043 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 128,575 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 128,763 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 129,297 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 129,774 | — |
Food businesses
Guildford has 79 takeaways, 266 restaurants and cafés and 112 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.30 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Guildford local authority area (code E07000209), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.