Area type
County
Land area
2,083 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.50
Birth rate
9.5
Death rate
10.0
internal migration
0.7%
international migration
0.3%
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The population of Leicestershire is 713,085 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Leicestershire to be 727,150. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Leicestershire grew by an estimated 6,930 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 61,906. Compare population by area.
Leicestershire's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 1.0%, which is 0.0% lower than the average population growth rate in Leicestershire for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (1.0%).
Leicestershire covers an area of 2,083 square kilometres (804 square miles) and has a population density of 342 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 30 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration into Leicestershire was 4,784, and net international migration into Leicestershire was 2,340.
Leicestershire's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Leicestershire if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.5, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 9.5, led to population increases of 6,674 during the year, and Leicestershire's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 10.0 resulted in a 7,039 population decrease. In total, a net 365 person natural decrease.
During the past decade, internal migration has risen from a net inflow of 1,938 in 2011 to a net 4,784 inflow. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 1,882 in 2011 to an inflow of 2,340 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 1,439 people in 2011 to -365 in 2020.
Internal migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 65% of the total change in population.
Data for internal migration is not available for 2012
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Leicestershire'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 | 713,085 | 0.98% | 342 |
| 2019 | 706,155 | 1.13% | 339 |
| 2018 | 698,268 | 1.17% | 335 |
| 2017 | 690,212 | 1.43% | 331 |
| 2016 | 680,466 | 1.05% | 327 |
| 2015 | 673,410 | 1.01% | 323 |
| 2014 | 666,682 | 0.87% | 320 |
| 2013 | 660,917 | 0.72% | 317 |
| 2012 | 656,182 | 0.77% | 315 |
| 2011 | 651,179 | 313 |
Leicestershire's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Leicestershire is forecast to be 753,710 in 2025 and 788,591 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 738,588 | 1.05% | 355 |
| 2024 | 746,231 | 1.03% | 358 |
| 2025 | 753,710 | 1.00% | 362 |
| 2026 | 761,049 | 0.97% | 365 |
| 2027 | 768,228 | 0.94% | 369 |
| 2028 | 775,218 | 0.91% | 372 |
| 2029 | 782,010 | 0.88% | 375 |
| 2030 | 788,591 | 0.84% | 379 |
| 2031 | 794,958 | 0.81% | 382 |
| 2032 | 801,008 | 0.76% | 385 |
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