People and Places
London population projections
Explore how London’s population could change by borough, year, age and sex under the GLA’s low, central and high housing-led scenarios.
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Population projection: central variant
2024 base and 2030 projection · London’s 32 boroughs and the City of London
GLA modelled central projection, not an observed population or prediction of certainty. These are people, not percentage growth.
This is the London overview for the period shown; interactive selections above do not change this reference table.
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| Borough | 2024 base population | 2030 projected population |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 233,707 | 242,177 |
| Barnet | 400,168 | 421,254 |
| Bexley | 253,897 | 256,135 |
| Brent | 356,093 | 374,834 |
| Bromley | 331,903 | 337,800 |
| Camden | 220,549 | 224,190 |
| City of London | 15,605 | 15,527 |
| Croydon | 406,735 | 414,578 |
| Ealing | 387,539 | 405,021 |
| Enfield | 330,197 | 339,168 |
| Greenwich | 301,675 | 318,649 |
| Hackney | 270,879 | 273,906 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 190,978 | 199,459 |
| Haringey | 268,591 | 278,879 |
| Harrow | 270,468 | 277,085 |
| Havering | 274,060 | 282,569 |
| Hillingdon | 324,033 | 330,883 |
| Hounslow | 300,677 | 313,736 |
| Islington | 225,049 | 227,002 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 148,667 | 150,632 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 173,445 | 176,061 |
| Lambeth | 319,805 | 329,651 |
| Lewisham | 300,168 | 310,010 |
| Merton | 221,637 | 226,387 |
| Newham | 380,674 | 395,395 |
| Redbridge | 324,145 | 330,705 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 194,809 | 198,543 |
| Southwark | 316,455 | 329,436 |
| Sutton | 210,923 | 213,880 |
| Tower Hamlets | 334,870 | 349,100 |
| Waltham Forest | 285,992 | 298,034 |
| Wandsworth | 338,773 | 348,195 |
| Westminster | 218,923 | 221,867 |
The 2024 starting point is modelled. Later years are projections, not predictions or Census counts; the scenarios use different assumptions rather than confidence limits.
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