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 Estimate 2018-06-30
Birmingham	Metropolitan Borough	1,029,200	1,004,500	984,600	1,074,283	1,141,374	→
Coventry	Metropolitan Borough	319,000	303,900	302,800	316,915	366,785	→
Dudley	Metropolitan Borough	301,200	307,700	305,100	313,261	320,626	→
Sandwell	Metropolitan Borough	309,700	292,600	284,600	309,042	327,378	→
Solihull	Metropolitan Borough	198,600	200,400	199,600	206,856	214,909	→
Walsall	Metropolitan Borough	267,300	261,300	253,300	269,524	283,378	→
Wolverhampton	Metropolitan Borough	257,800	248,500	238,000	249,852	262,008	→
West Midlands	Metropolitan County	2,682,800	2,618,800	2,568,000	2,739,733	2,916,458

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

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2018)
Males	1,444,836
Females	1,471,622

Age Groups (E 2018)
0-17 years	694,914
18-64 years	1,770,661
65+ years	450,883

Age Distribution (E 2018)
0-9 years	403,210
10-19 years	371,704
20-29 years	454,434
30-39 years	399,388
40-49 years	354,271
50-59 years	346,911
60-69 years	257,757
70-79 years	199,572
80+ years	129,211

Passport (C 2011)
UK	1,980,999
Republic of Ireland	24,375
EU (other)	73,692
other passport	132,631
no passport	541,747

Country of Birth (C 2011)
UK	2,282,318
Republic of Ireland	29,167
EU (other)	70,427
Other country	354,548

Ethnic Group (C 2011)
White	1,919,138
Asian	514,981
Black	164,069
Arab	16,029
Mixed/multiple	96,204
Other ethnic group	26,039

Religion (C 2011)
Christian	1,471,780
Muslim	332,684
Hindu	59,768
Sikh	116,715
Jewish	3,060
Buddhist	9,119
Other religion	15,181
No religion	554,152