Worthing population, 2001–2024
Worthing has an estimated population of 113,866 (mid-2024), up 16.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Worthing local authority area.
113,866
population, mid-2024
+16.6%
since 2001
+6.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (113,866)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 113,866 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 112,897 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 112,071 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 111,654 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 111,064 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 110,932 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 110,280 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 109,989 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 109,346 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 108,337 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 107,291 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 106,349 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 105,797 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 104,998 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 103,769 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 102,809 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 102,369 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 101,511 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 100,632 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 100,064 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 99,452 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 98,787 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 98,236 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 97,661 | — |
Food businesses
Worthing has 108 takeaways, 228 restaurants and cafés and 97 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.47 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Worthing local authority area (code E07000229), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.