Reading-Wokingham, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Reading-Wokingham, UK metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Reading-Wokingham in 2025 is 356,000, a 0.85% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Reading-Wokingham in 2024 was 353,000, a 0.86% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Reading-Wokingham in 2023 was 350,000, a 0.57% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Reading-Wokingham in 2022 was 348,000, a 0.87% 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
Reading-Wokingham - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 356,000 0.85%
2024 353,000 0.86%
2023 350,000 0.57%
2022 348,000 0.87%
2021 345,000 0.88%
2020 342,000 0.88%
2019 339,000 0.59%
2018 337,000 0.90%
2017 334,000 0.91%
2016 331,000 0.61%
2015 329,000 0.92%
2014 326,000 0.62%
2013 324,000 0.93%
2012 321,000 0.63%
2011 319,000 0.63%
2010 317,000 0.63%
2009 315,000 0.32%
2008 314,000 0.64%
2007 312,000 0.32%
2006 311,000 0.65%
2005 309,000 0.32%
2004 308,000 0.65%
2003 306,000 0.33%
2002 305,000 0.66%
2001 303,000 2.36%
2000 296,000 2.78%
1999 288,000 2.86%
1998 280,000 2.94%
1997 272,000 3.03%
1996 264,000 2.72%
1995 257,000 2.80%
1994 250,000 2.88%
1993 243,000 2.97%
1992 236,000 3.06%
1991 229,000 1.78%
1990 225,000 1.35%
1989 222,000 1.37%
1988 219,000 1.39%
1987 216,000 1.41%
1986 213,000 1.43%
1985 210,000 1.45%
1984 207,000 0.98%
1983 205,000 1.49%
1982 202,000 1.51%
1981 199,000 0.00%
1980 199,000 -1.00%
1979 201,000 -0.50%
1978 202,000 -0.98%
1977 204,000 -0.49%
1976 205,000 -0.97%
1975 207,000 -0.48%
1974 208,000 -0.95%
1973 210,000 -0.47%
1972 211,000 -0.94%
1971 213,000 0.95%
1970 211,000 0.96%
1969 209,000 0.97%
1968 207,000 0.98%
1967 205,000 0.99%
1966 203,000 1.00%
1965 201,000 1.01%
1964 199,000 1.02%
1963 197,000 1.03%
1962 195,000 1.04%
1961 193,000 1.58%
1960 190,000 1.60%
1959 187,000 1.63%
1958 184,000 1.66%
1957 181,000 1.69%
1956 178,000 1.71%
1955 175,000 1.74%
1954 172,000 1.18%
1953 170,000 1.80%
1952 167,000 1.83%
1951 164,000 1.23%
1950 162,000 0.00%