West Midlands

Metropolitan County in United Kingdom

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2021-06-30	Population Estimate 2025-06-30
West Midlands	Metropolitan County	2,682,800	2,618,800	2,568,000	2,739,733	2,918,251	3,027,190
Birmingham	Metropolitan Borough	1,029,200	1,004,500	984,600	1,074,283	1,143,285	1,176,960	→
Coventry	Metropolitan Borough	319,000	303,900	302,800	316,915	344,151	364,766	→
Dudley	Metropolitan Borough	301,200	307,700	305,100	313,261	323,591	333,941	→
Sandwell	Metropolitan Borough	309,700	292,600	284,600	309,042	341,895	352,918	→
Solihull	Metropolitan Borough	198,600	200,400	199,600	206,856	216,677	221,449	→
Walsall	Metropolitan Borough	267,300	261,300	253,300	269,524	284,392	295,722	→
Wolverhampton	Metropolitan Borough	257,800	248,500	238,000	249,852	264,260	281,434	→
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	56,357,500	57,438,700	59,113,000	63,285,145	66,983,488	69,487,000

Source: UK National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

Explanation: Population estimates for Northern Ireland in 2025 are not yet available.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	1,499,865
Females	1,527,325