Sheffield, UK Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Sheffield, UK metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Sheffield in 2025 is 757,000, a 0.8% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Sheffield in 2024 was 751,000, a 0.67% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Sheffield in 2023 was 746,000, a 0.67% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Sheffield in 2022 was 741,000, a 0.82% 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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Sheffield - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2025 |
757,000 |
0.80% |
| 2024 |
751,000 |
0.67% |
| 2023 |
746,000 |
0.67% |
| 2022 |
741,000 |
0.82% |
| 2021 |
735,000 |
0.68% |
| 2020 |
730,000 |
0.69% |
| 2019 |
725,000 |
0.69% |
| 2018 |
720,000 |
0.70% |
| 2017 |
715,000 |
0.70% |
| 2016 |
710,000 |
0.57% |
| 2015 |
706,000 |
0.71% |
| 2014 |
701,000 |
0.72% |
| 2013 |
696,000 |
0.72% |
| 2012 |
691,000 |
0.58% |
| 2011 |
687,000 |
0.73% |
| 2010 |
682,000 |
0.74% |
| 2009 |
677,000 |
0.59% |
| 2008 |
673,000 |
0.75% |
| 2007 |
668,000 |
0.75% |
| 2006 |
663,000 |
0.61% |
| 2005 |
659,000 |
0.76% |
| 2004 |
654,000 |
0.62% |
| 2003 |
650,000 |
0.62% |
| 2002 |
646,000 |
0.78% |
| 2001 |
641,000 |
0.16% |
| 2000 |
640,000 |
0.16% |
| 1999 |
639,000 |
0.16% |
| 1998 |
638,000 |
0.00% |
| 1997 |
638,000 |
0.16% |
| 1996 |
637,000 |
0.16% |
| 1995 |
636,000 |
0.00% |
| 1994 |
636,000 |
0.16% |
| 1993 |
635,000 |
0.16% |
| 1992 |
634,000 |
0.00% |
| 1991 |
634,000 |
0.00% |
| 1990 |
634,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1989 |
635,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1988 |
636,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1987 |
637,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1986 |
638,000 |
0.00% |
| 1985 |
638,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1984 |
639,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1983 |
640,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1982 |
641,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1981 |
642,000 |
-0.16% |
| 1980 |
643,000 |
-0.31% |
| 1979 |
645,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1978 |
646,000 |
-0.31% |
| 1977 |
648,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1976 |
649,000 |
-0.31% |
| 1975 |
651,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1974 |
652,000 |
-0.31% |
| 1973 |
654,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1972 |
655,000 |
-0.30% |
| 1971 |
657,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1970 |
658,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1969 |
659,000 |
0.00% |
| 1968 |
659,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1967 |
660,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1966 |
661,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1965 |
662,000 |
0.00% |
| 1964 |
662,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1963 |
663,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1962 |
664,000 |
-0.15% |
| 1961 |
665,000 |
0.30% |
| 1960 |
663,000 |
0.15% |
| 1959 |
662,000 |
0.30% |
| 1958 |
660,000 |
0.30% |
| 1957 |
658,000 |
0.30% |
| 1956 |
656,000 |
0.31% |
| 1955 |
654,000 |
0.31% |
| 1954 |
652,000 |
0.31% |
| 1953 |
650,000 |
0.15% |
| 1952 |
649,000 |
0.31% |
| 1951 |
647,000 |
0.31% |
| 1950 |
645,000 |
0.00% |
