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Estimated population of England by macro-region 1981-2025

Characteristic	South	North	Midlands
1981	23,286,431	14,495,050	9,039,324
1982	23,310,452	14,438,544	9,028,341
1983	23,384,045	14,400,295	9,029,353
1984	23,506,442	14,365,150	9,040,852
1985	23,649,049	14,339,277	9,069,033
1986	23,789,355	14,310,527	9,087,761
1987	23,890,960	14,289,596	9,119,863
1988	23,974,991	14,282,638	9,154,713
1989	24,043,761	14,319,206	9,189,684
1990	24,152,994	14,334,741	9,211,381
1991	24,267,800	14,366,125	9,241,110
1992	24,342,512	14,381,395	9,274,066
1993	24,405,666	14,394,830	9,301,823
1994	24,520,114	14,387,652	9,321,015
1995	24,663,657	14,371,230	9,348,574
1996	24,800,663	14,347,350	9,371,116
1997	24,962,174	14,320,005	9,382,598
1998	25,105,827	14,310,759	9,403,997
1999	25,328,716	14,279,754	9,424,402
2000	25,519,356	14,276,253	9,437,702
2001	25,689,679	14,289,718	9,470,349
2002	25,830,680	14,325,591	9,522,996
2003	25,963,527	14,381,435	9,580,555
2004	26,112,678	14,444,070	9,637,852
2005	26,370,679	14,525,556	9,709,799
2006	26,594,820	14,588,169	9,782,197
2007	26,868,935	14,655,460	9,856,698
2008	27,151,954	14,726,534	9,937,365
2009	27,411,780	14,784,941	9,999,660
2010	27,707,938	14,861,577	10,072,937
2011	28,020,440	14,940,614	10,146,115
2012	28,303,983	14,991,802	10,211,027
2013	28,593,636	15,043,537	10,281,513
2014	28,902,802	15,108,006	10,359,511
2015	29,198,932	15,171,817	10,437,927
2016	29,484,719	15,260,452	10,543,863
2017	29,658,814	15,327,336	10,633,398
2018	29,830,657	15,389,392	10,704,479
2019	30,000,484	15,464,594	10,764,978
2020	30,052,050	15,486,518	10,787,393
2021	30,163,066	15,554,040	10,837,785
2022	30,489,535	15,741,345	10,958,821
2023	30,931,544	15,947,128	11,112,119
2024	31,243,872	16,121,425	11,241,873
2025	31,335,551	16,207,766	11,291,495

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July 2026

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United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

1971 to 2025

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the .

Regions of England included in each macro-region:
Southern England: East England, South East, South West
Northern England: North East, North West, Yorkshire
Midlands: East Midlands, West Midlands

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In 2025, the estimated population of Southern England was around 31.3 million, compared with 16.2 million in Northern England and 11.3 million in the Midlands.