Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Land area
33 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.46
Birth rate
10.3
Death rate
9.6
internal migration
-1.2%
international migration
0.2%
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The population of Worcester is 100,265 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Worcester to be 98,378. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Worcester grew by an estimated -957 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 1,586. Compare population by area.
Worcester's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.9%, which is 1.1% lower than the average population growth rate in Worcester for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.2%).
Worcester covers an area of 33 square kilometres (13 square miles) and has a population density of 3,013 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 48 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration out of Worcester was 1,240, and net international migration into Worcester was 208.
Worcester's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Worcester if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.46, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 10.3, led to population increases of 1,047 during the year, and Worcester's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 9.6 resulted in a 976 population decrease. In total, a net 71 person natural increase.
During the past decade, internal migration has fallen from a net inflow of 155 in 2011 to a net 1,240 outflow. International migration has risen from a net outflow of 52 in 2011 to an inflow of 208 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 606 people in 2011 to 71 in 2020.
Births and deaths was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 175% of the total change in population (over 100% as other factors were net outflows).
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Worcester'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 | 100,265 | -0.95% | 3,013 |
| 2019 | 101,222 | -0.66% | 3,042 |
| 2018 | 101,891 | -0.41% | 3,062 |
| 2017 | 102,314 | 0.38% | 3,075 |
| 2016 | 101,927 | 0.93% | 3,063 |
| 2015 | 100,985 | 0.24% | 3,035 |
| 2014 | 100,739 | 0.37% | 3,027 |
| 2013 | 100,363 | 0.74% | 3,016 |
| 2012 | 99,622 | 0.96% | 2,994 |
| 2011 | 98,679 | 2,965 |
Worcester's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Worcester is forecast to be 102,570 in 2025 and 103,470 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 102,319 | 0.08% | 3,075 |
| 2024 | 102,437 | 0.11% | 3,078 |
| 2025 | 102,570 | 0.13% | 3,082 |
| 2026 | 102,723 | 0.15% | 3,087 |
| 2027 | 102,895 | 0.17% | 3,092 |
| 2028 | 103,068 | 0.17% | 3,097 |
| 2029 | 103,257 | 0.18% | 3,103 |
| 2030 | 103,470 | 0.21% | 3,109 |
| 2031 | 103,708 | 0.23% | 3,116 |
| 2032 | 103,941 | 0.23% | 3,123 |
| 2033 | 104,166 | 0.22% | 3,130 |
| 2034 | 104,390 | 0.21% | 3,137 |
| 2035 | 104,628 | 0.23% | 3,144 |
| 2036 | 104,879 | 0.24% | 3,152 |
| 2037 | 105,125 | 0.23% | 3,159 |
| 2038 | 105,359 | 0.22% | 3,166 |
| 2039 | 105,607 | 0.24% | 3,173 |
| 2040 | 105,872 | 0.25% | 3,181 |
| 2041 | 106,148 | 0.26% | 3,190 |
| 2042 | 106,433 | 0.27% | 3,198 |
| 2043 | 106,719 | 0.27% | 3,207 |
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