United Kingdom: West Midlands

Contents: Boroughs

The population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of West Midlands.

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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 Census 2021-03-21
Birmingham	Metropolitan Borough	1,029,200	1,004,500	984,600	1,074,283	1,144,919	→
Coventry	Metropolitan Borough	319,000	303,900	302,800	316,915	345,324	→
Dudley	Metropolitan Borough	301,200	307,700	305,100	313,261	323,488	→
Sandwell	Metropolitan Borough	309,700	292,600	284,600	309,042	341,832	→
Solihull	Metropolitan Borough	198,600	200,400	199,600	206,856	216,240	→
Walsall	Metropolitan Borough	267,300	261,300	253,300	269,524	284,124	→
Wolverhampton	Metropolitan Borough	257,800	248,500	238,000	249,852	263,727	→
West Midlands	Metropolitan County	2,682,800	2,618,800	2,568,000	2,739,733	2,919,654

Source: UK Office for National Statistics. (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	1,433,052
Females	1,486,597

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	694,728
18-64 years	1,770,011
65+ years	454,910

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	380,650
10-19 years	396,069
20-29 years	401,980
30-39 years	408,181
40-49 years	364,468
50-59 years	366,101
60-69 years	269,619
70-79 years	203,983
80+ years	128,598

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	2,286,558
EU	165,431
Europe (other)	15,241
Middle East & Asia	308,122
Africa	102,205
Other country	42,092

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	1,793,173
Asian	667,315
Black	236,047
Arab	28,083
Mixed/multiple	121,685
Other ethnic group	73,352

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	1,189,066
Muslim	501,480
Hindu	68,376
Sikh	148,937
Buddhist	9,380
Jewish	2,559
Other religion	17,805
No religion	814,372