Lewes population, 2001–2024
Lewes has an estimated population of 102,363 (mid-2024), up 11.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Lewes local authority area.
102,363
population, mid-2024
+11.0%
since 2001
+2.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (102,363)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 102,363 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 101,605 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 100,693 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 100,166 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 100,443 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 100,813 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 100,589 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 100,434 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 100,062 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 99,717 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 99,607 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 99,215 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 98,532 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 97,584 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 97,079 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 96,114 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 95,455 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 94,782 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 94,162 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 93,832 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 93,794 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 93,227 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 92,901 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 92,247 | — |
Food businesses
Lewes has 52 takeaways, 201 restaurants and cafés and 81 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.26 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Lewes local authority area (code E07000063), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.