Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Land area
732 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.63
Birth rate
8.7
Death rate
12.2
internal migration
0.0%
international migration
0.1%
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The population of Copeland is 68,041 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Copeland to be 67,758. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Copeland grew by an estimated -142 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by -2,586. Compare population by area.
Copeland's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.2%, which is 0.2% higher than the average population growth rate in Copeland for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (-0.4%).
Copeland covers an area of 732 square kilometres (283 square miles) and has a population density of 93 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has decreased by 4 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration into Copeland was 32, and net international migration into Copeland was 40.
Copeland's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Copeland if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.63, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 8.7, led to population increases of 590 during the year, and Copeland's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 12.2 resulted in a 832 population decrease. In total, a net 242 person natural decrease.
During the past decade, internal migration has risen from a net outflow of 154 in 2011 to a net 32 inflow. International migration has fallen from a net inflow of 85 in 2011 to an inflow of 40 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 23 people in 2011 to -242 in 2020.
International migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa -9% of the total change in population.
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Copeland's population, population density, and population growth rate, over the past decade.
Figures reported by the ONS in 2021.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 68,041 | -0.21% | 93 |
| 2019 | 68,183 | -0.35% | 93 |
| 2018 | 68,424 | -0.39% | 94 |
| 2017 | 68,689 | -0.89% | 94 |
| 2016 | 69,306 | -0.55% | 95 |
| 2015 | 69,688 | -0.25% | 95 |
| 2014 | 69,866 | -0.27% | 95 |
| 2013 | 70,052 | -0.37% | 96 |
| 2012 | 70,309 | -0.45% | 96 |
| 2011 | 70,627 | 97 |
Copeland's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Copeland is forecast to be 66,562 in 2025 and 65,229 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 67,112 | -0.41% | 92 |
| 2024 | 66,847 | -0.40% | 91 |
| 2025 | 66,562 | -0.43% | 91 |
| 2026 | 66,284 | -0.42% | 91 |
| 2027 | 66,010 | -0.41% | 90 |
| 2028 | 65,751 | -0.39% | 90 |
| 2029 | 65,488 | -0.40% | 89 |
| 2030 | 65,229 | -0.40% | 89 |
| 2031 | 64,967 | -0.40% | 89 |
| 2032 | 64,714 | -0.39% | 88 |
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics