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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)
2005201020152020 93k 112k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024111,932+1.6%
2023110,192+1.7%
2022108,305+1.3%
2021106,883+1.8%
2020105,008+0.8%
2019104,179+1.0%
2018103,163+0.2%
2017102,975+0.3%
2016102,624+0.2%
2015102,430+0.5%
2014101,910+0.1%
2013101,808+0.5%
2012101,286+0.4%
2011100,911+0.5%
2010100,424+0.4%
2009100,012+0.5%
200899,490+1.0%
200798,528+1.1%
200697,432+1.2%
200596,307+0.8%
200495,580+1.2%
200394,467+0.8%
200293,679+0.5%
200193,229

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.