Leicester, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Leicester, UK metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Leicester in 2025 is 575,000, a 0.7% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Leicester in 2024 was 571,000, a 0.88% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Leicester in 2023 was 566,000, a 0.71% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Leicester in 2022 was 562,000, a 0.9% increase from 2021.
| Other Cities in UK |
| City Name |
Population |
| London |
9,841,000 |
| Manchester |
2,833,000 |
| West Midlands |
2,705,000 |
| West Yorkshire |
1,956,000 |
| Glasgow |
1,719,000 |
| South Hampshire |
967,000 |
| Liverpool |
929,000 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
834,000 |
| Nottingham |
819,000 |
| Sheffield |
757,000 |
| Bristol |
720,000 |
| Belfast |
652,000 |
| Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton |
632,000 |
| Leicester |
575,000 |
| Edinburgh |
564,000 |
| Bournemouth/Poole |
527,000 |
| Cardiff |
495,000 |
| Coventry-Bedworth |
455,000 |
| Middlesbrough |
398,000 |
| The Potteries |
397,000 |
| Reading-Wokingham |
356,000 |
| Sunderland |
349,000 |
| Preston |
338,000 |
| Birkenhead |
336,000 |
| Kingston upon Hull |
329,000 |
| Newport |
325,000 |
| Southend-On-Sea |
323,000 |
| Swansea |
320,000 |
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Leicester - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2025 |
575,000 |
0.70% |
| 2024 |
571,000 |
0.88% |
| 2023 |
566,000 |
0.71% |
| 2022 |
562,000 |
0.90% |
| 2021 |
557,000 |
0.91% |
| 2020 |
552,000 |
0.91% |
| 2019 |
547,000 |
0.74% |
| 2018 |
543,000 |
0.93% |
| 2017 |
538,000 |
0.94% |
| 2016 |
533,000 |
0.95% |
| 2015 |
528,000 |
0.76% |
| 2014 |
524,000 |
0.96% |
| 2013 |
519,000 |
0.78% |
| 2012 |
515,000 |
0.98% |
| 2011 |
510,000 |
1.19% |
| 2010 |
504,000 |
1.20% |
| 2009 |
498,000 |
1.01% |
| 2008 |
493,000 |
1.23% |
| 2007 |
487,000 |
1.25% |
| 2006 |
481,000 |
1.26% |
| 2005 |
475,000 |
1.06% |
| 2004 |
470,000 |
1.29% |
| 2003 |
464,000 |
1.31% |
| 2002 |
458,000 |
1.10% |
| 2001 |
453,000 |
0.67% |
| 2000 |
450,000 |
0.67% |
| 1999 |
447,000 |
0.45% |
| 1998 |
445,000 |
0.68% |
| 1997 |
442,000 |
0.45% |
| 1996 |
440,000 |
0.69% |
| 1995 |
437,000 |
0.69% |
| 1994 |
434,000 |
0.46% |
| 1993 |
432,000 |
0.70% |
| 1992 |
429,000 |
0.47% |
| 1991 |
427,000 |
0.47% |
| 1990 |
425,000 |
0.47% |
| 1989 |
423,000 |
0.24% |
| 1988 |
422,000 |
0.48% |
| 1987 |
420,000 |
0.48% |
| 1986 |
418,000 |
0.48% |
| 1985 |
416,000 |
0.24% |
| 1984 |
415,000 |
0.48% |
| 1983 |
413,000 |
0.49% |
| 1982 |
411,000 |
0.24% |
| 1981 |
410,000 |
0.00% |
| 1980 |
410,000 |
0.00% |
| 1979 |
410,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1978 |
411,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1977 |
412,000 |
0.00% |
| 1976 |
412,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1975 |
413,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1974 |
414,000 |
0.00% |
| 1973 |
414,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1972 |
415,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1971 |
416,000 |
0.00% |
| 1970 |
416,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1969 |
417,000 |
0.00% |
| 1968 |
417,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1967 |
418,000 |
0.00% |
| 1966 |
418,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1965 |
419,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1964 |
420,000 |
0.00% |
| 1963 |
420,000 |
-0.24% |
| 1962 |
421,000 |
0.00% |
| 1961 |
421,000 |
0.72% |
| 1960 |
418,000 |
0.72% |
| 1959 |
415,000 |
0.97% |
| 1958 |
411,000 |
0.74% |
| 1957 |
408,000 |
0.99% |
| 1956 |
404,000 |
0.75% |
| 1955 |
401,000 |
1.01% |
| 1954 |
397,000 |
0.76% |
| 1953 |
394,000 |
1.03% |
| 1952 |
390,000 |
0.78% |
| 1951 |
387,000 |
0.78% |
| 1950 |
384,000 |
0.00% |
