Manchester population, 2001–2024
Manchester has an estimated population of 589,670 (mid-2024), up 39.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Manchester local authority area.
589,670
population, mid-2024
+39.4%
since 2001
+14.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (589,670)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 589,670 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 581,302 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 569,103 | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 550,630 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 547,340 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 545,947 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 540,675 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 536,961 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 533,446 | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 523,321 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 515,360 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 510,783 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 506,869 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 502,902 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 492,598 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 483,784 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 477,408 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 470,538 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 463,749 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 455,745 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 444,925 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 436,727 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 428,221 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 422,915 | — |
Food businesses
Manchester has 755 takeaways, 1,965 restaurants and cafés and 450 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.38 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Manchester local authority area (code E08000003), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.