Harrow population, 2001–2024
Harrow has an estimated population of 270,724 (mid-2024), up 28.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Harrow local authority area.
270,724
population, mid-2024
+28.9%
since 2001
+7.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (270,724)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 270,724 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 266,891 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 261,798 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 261,159 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 262,281 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 262,065 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 259,861 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 257,881 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 257,317 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 255,308 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 251,618 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 247,018 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 243,800 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 240,499 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 237,451 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 233,495 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 229,567 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 226,355 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 223,632 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 221,109 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 216,267 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 213,728 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 212,336 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 210,044 | — |
Food businesses
Harrow has 203 takeaways, 499 restaurants and cafés and 61 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.41 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Harrow local authority area (code E09000015), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.