Harborough population, 2001–2024
Harborough has an estimated population of 104,713 (mid-2024), up 36.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Harborough local authority area.
104,713
population, mid-2024
+36.3%
since 2001
+19.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (104,713)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 104,713 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 102,910 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 100,666 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 98,254 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 95,288 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 93,661 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 92,648 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 91,718 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 90,610 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 89,402 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 87,991 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 87,346 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 86,350 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 85,699 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 84,849 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 84,132 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 83,417 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 82,593 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 81,492 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 80,486 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 79,860 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 79,118 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 78,226 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 76,818 | — |
Food businesses
Harborough has 52 takeaways, 167 restaurants and cafés and 87 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.31 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Harborough local authority area (code E07000131), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.