Area type
Unitary Authority
Land area
71 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.63
Birth rate
12.2
Death rate
10.5
internal migration
-0.8%
international migration
0.4%
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The population of Kingston upon Hull, City of is 259,126 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Kingston upon Hull, City of to be 257,827. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Kingston upon Hull, City of grew by an estimated -652 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 3,003. Compare population by area.
Kingston upon Hull, City of's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.3%, which is 0.4% lower than the average population growth rate in Kingston upon Hull, City of for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.1%).
Kingston upon Hull, City of covers an area of 71 square kilometres (28 square miles) and has a population density of 3,627 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 42 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration out of Kingston upon Hull, City of was 2,058, and net international migration into Kingston upon Hull, City of was 956.
Kingston upon Hull, City of's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Kingston upon Hull, City of 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 12.2, led to population increases of 3,178 during the year, and Kingston upon Hull, City of's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 10.5 resulted in a 2,734 population decrease. In total, a net 444 person natural increase.
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During the past decade, internal migration has risen from a net outflow of 2,585 in 2011 to a net 2,058 outflow. International migration has fallen from a net inflow of 1,701 in 2011 to an inflow of 956 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 1,455 people in 2011 to 444 in 2020.
Births and deaths was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 322% of the total change in population (over 100% as other factors were net outflows).
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Kingston upon Hull, City of'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 | 259,126 | -0.25% | 3,627 |
| 2019 | 259,778 | -0.33% | 3,636 |
| 2018 | 260,645 | -0.01% | 3,648 |
| 2017 | 260,673 | 0.25% | 3,648 |
| 2016 | 260,035 | 0.56% | 3,639 |
| 2015 | 258,587 | 0.46% | 3,619 |
| 2014 | 257,414 | 0.09% | 3,603 |
| 2013 | 257,188 | 0.07% | 3,600 |
| 2012 | 257,012 | 0.35% | 3,597 |
| 2011 | 256,123 | 3,585 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Kingston upon Hull, City of is forecast to be 260,953 in 2025 and 261,111 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 261,048 | -0.03% | 3,654 |
| 2024 | 260,989 | -0.02% | 3,653 |
| 2025 | 260,953 | -0.01% | 3,652 |
| 2026 | 260,948 | 0.00% | 3,652 |
| 2027 | 260,980 | 0.01% | 3,653 |
| 2028 | 261,038 | 0.02% | 3,653 |
| 2029 | 261,064 | 0.01% | 3,654 |
| 2030 | 261,111 | 0.02% | 3,654 |
| 2031 | 261,198 | 0.03% | 3,656 |
| 2032 | 261,304 | 0.04% | 3,657 |
| 2033 | 261,373 | 0.03% | 3,658 |
| 2034 | 261,427 | 0.02% | 3,659 |
| 2035 | 261,502 | 0.03% | 3,660 |
| 2036 | 261,590 | 0.03% | 3,661 |
| 2037 | 261,673 | 0.03% | 3,662 |
| 2038 | 261,724 | 0.02% | 3,663 |
| 2039 | 261,763 | 0.02% | 3,664 |
| 2040 | 261,834 | 0.03% | 3,665 |
| 2041 | 261,928 | 0.04% | 3,666 |
| 2042 | 262,028 | 0.04% | 3,667 |
| 2043 | 262,129 | 0.04% | 3,669 |
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