West Midlands

Region in England

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Name	Status	Population Census 1991-04-05	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
West Midlands	Region	5,150,193	5,267,308	5,601,847	5,950,757	6,187,204
Birmingham	Metropolitan Borough	969,846	977,087	1,073,045	1,144,919	1,183,618	→
Bromsgrove	District	82,682	87,837	93,637	99,183	101,685	→
Cannock Chase	District	88,833	92,126	97,462	100,519	104,088	→
County of Herefordshire	Unitary Authority	159,870	174,871	183,477	187,034	191,047	→
Coventry	Metropolitan Borough	293,989	300,848	316,960	345,324	369,026	→
Dudley	Metropolitan Borough	304,898	305,155	312,925	323,488	331,930	→
East Staffordshire	District	97,105	103,770	113,583	124,019	129,659	→
Lichfield	District	92,872	93,232	100,654	106,436	111,932	→
Malvern Hills	District	68,942	72,172	74,631	79,486	83,227	→
Newcastle-under-Lyme	District	119,091	122,030	123,871	123,299	127,727	→
North Warwickshire	District	60,746	61,860	62,014	65,035	67,117	→
Nuneaton and Bedworth	District	117,049	119,132	125,252	134,197	141,565	→
Redditch	District	78,106	78,807	84,214	87,036	87,847	→
Rugby	District	84,558	87,453	100,075	114,363	122,378	→
Sandwell	Metropolitan Borough	290,076	282,904	308,063	341,832	353,860	→
Shropshire	Unitary Authority	266,871	283,173	306,129	323,606	332,455	→
Solihull	Metropolitan Borough	200,202	199,517	206,674	216,240	221,242	→
South Staffordshire	District	104,070	105,896	108,131	110,472	114,423	→
Stafford	District	117,755	120,670	130,869	136,867	141,556	→
Staffordshire Moorlands	District	95,483	94,489	97,106	95,845	96,651	→
Stoke-on-Trent	Unitary Authority	244,643	240,636	249,008	258,369	270,425	→
Stratford-on-Avon	District	105,445	111,484	120,485	134,725	146,258	→
Tamworth	District	70,065	74,531	76,813	78,647	81,117	→
Telford and Wrekin	Unitary Authority	139,516	158,325	166,641	185,541	195,952	→
Walsall	Metropolitan Borough	259,125	253,499	269,323	284,124	295,678	→
Warwick	District	116,522	125,931	137,648	148,452	154,889	→
Wolverhampton	Metropolitan Borough	243,548	236,582	249,470	263,727	281,251	→
Worcester	District	81,755	93,353	98,768	103,872	106,671	→
Wychavon	District	101,716	112,957	116,944	132,492	138,017	→
Wyre Forest	District	94,814	96,981	97,975	101,607	103,913	→
England	Country	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,490,048	58,620,101

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	3,052,306
Females	3,134,898

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	1,351,245
18-64 years	3,668,310
65+ years	1,167,649

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	56,490
80-89 years	275,030
70-79 years	528,207
60-69 years	677,922
50-59 years	794,143
40-49 years	746,341
30-39 years	839,114
20-29 years	766,058
10-19 years	785,062
0-9 years	718,837

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	5,048,322
EU	300,823
Europe (other)	24,834
Middle East & Asia	382,278
Africa	132,413
Other country	62,089

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	4,585,024
Asian	794,264
Black	269,019
Arab	31,790
Mixed/multiple	178,224
Other ethnic group	92,436

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	2,770,559
Muslims	569,963
Hindus	88,116
Sikhs	172,398
Buddhists	18,804
Jews	4,394
Other religion	31,805
No religion	1,955,003

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