Lichfield population, 2001–2024
Lichfield has an estimated population of 111,932 (mid-2024), up 20.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Lichfield local authority area.
111,932
population, mid-2024
+20.1%
since 2001
+9.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (111,932)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 111,932 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 110,192 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 108,305 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 106,883 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 105,008 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 104,179 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 103,163 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 102,975 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 102,624 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 102,430 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 101,910 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 101,808 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 101,286 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 100,911 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 100,424 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 100,012 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 99,490 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 98,528 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 97,432 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 96,307 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 95,580 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 94,467 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 93,679 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 93,229 | — |
Food businesses
Lichfield has 66 takeaways, 259 restaurants and cafés and 128 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.25 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Lichfield local authority area (code E07000194), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.