Liverpool, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Liverpool, UK metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Liverpool in 2025 is 929,000, a 0.65% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Liverpool in 2024 was 923,000, a 0.65% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Liverpool in 2023 was 917,000, a 0.55% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Liverpool in 2022 was 912,000, a 0.66% increase from 2021.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
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
Liverpool - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 929,000 0.65%
2024 923,000 0.65%
2023 917,000 0.55%
2022 912,000 0.66%
2021 906,000 0.44%
2020 902,000 0.56%
2019 897,000 0.45%
2018 893,000 0.45%
2017 889,000 0.45%
2016 885,000 0.45%
2015 881,000 0.46%
2014 877,000 0.46%
2013 873,000 0.46%
2012 869,000 0.46%
2011 865,000 0.23%
2010 863,000 0.12%
2009 862,000 0.23%
2008 860,000 0.12%
2007 859,000 0.12%
2006 858,000 0.23%
2005 856,000 0.12%
2004 855,000 0.12%
2003 854,000 0.23%
2002 852,000 0.12%
2001 851,000 -0.23%
2000 853,000 -0.23%
1999 855,000 -0.23%
1998 857,000 -0.23%
1997 859,000 -0.23%
1996 861,000 -0.23%
1995 863,000 -0.23%
1994 865,000 -0.35%
1993 868,000 -0.23%
1992 870,000 -0.23%
1991 872,000 -1.47%
1990 885,000 -1.88%
1989 902,000 -1.85%
1988 919,000 -1.82%
1987 936,000 -1.89%
1986 954,000 -1.85%
1985 972,000 -1.82%
1984 990,000 -1.88%
1983 1,009,000 -1.85%
1982 1,028,000 -1.81%
1981 1,047,000 -1.87%
1980 1,067,000 -1.84%
1979 1,087,000 -1.90%
1978 1,108,000 -1.77%
1977 1,128,000 -1.91%
1976 1,150,000 -1.79%
1975 1,171,000 -1.93%
1974 1,194,000 -1.81%
1973 1,216,000 -1.86%
1972 1,239,000 -1.82%
1971 1,262,000 -1.10%
1970 1,276,000 -0.85%
1969 1,287,000 -0.92%
1968 1,299,000 -0.84%
1967 1,310,000 -0.91%
1966 1,322,000 -0.90%
1965 1,334,000 -0.89%
1964 1,346,000 -0.88%
1963 1,358,000 -0.88%
1962 1,370,000 -0.87%
1961 1,382,000 -0.14%
1960 1,384,000 0.00%
1959 1,384,000 0.00%
1958 1,384,000 0.00%
1957 1,384,000 0.07%
1956 1,383,000 0.00%
1955 1,383,000 0.00%
1954 1,383,000 0.00%
1953 1,383,000 0.00%
1952 1,383,000 0.07%
1951 1,382,000 0.00%
1950 1,382,000 0.00%