Tower Hamlets population, 2001–2024
Tower Hamlets has an estimated population of 331,886 (mid-2024), up 65.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Tower Hamlets local authority area.
331,886
population, mid-2024
+65.0%
since 2001
+19.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (331,886)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 331,886 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 329,143 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 324,881 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 312,715 | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 306,780 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 305,066 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 300,050 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 293,526 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 289,011 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 282,674 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 277,060 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 270,294 | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 261,936 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 256,012 | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 248,520 | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 240,495 | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 231,893 | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 225,251 | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 218,400 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 213,382 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 211,154 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 208,651 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 207,031 | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 201,090 | — |
Food businesses
Tower Hamlets has 337 takeaways, 1,179 restaurants and cafés and 159 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.29 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Tower Hamlets local authority area (code E09000030), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.