Ipswich population, 2001–2024
Ipswich has an estimated population of 140,274 (mid-2024), up 19.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Ipswich local authority area.
140,274
population, mid-2024
+19.7%
since 2001
+1.6%
last 10 years
2017
peak year (141,922)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 140,274 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 139,497 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 139,331 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 139,638 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 139,889 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 140,809 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 141,643 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 141,922 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 141,245 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 139,694 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 138,108 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 136,760 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 135,694 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 133,729 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 131,729 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 129,320 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 127,387 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 125,471 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 124,753 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 124,028 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 121,175 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 119,210 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 117,818 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 117,156 | — |
Food businesses
Ipswich has 127 takeaways, 275 restaurants and cafés and 69 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.46 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Ipswich local authority area (code E07000202), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.