Area type
Region
Land area
15,405 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.56
Birth rate
10.4
Death rate
10.5
internal migration
0.0%
international migration
0.4%
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The population of Yorkshire and the Humber is 5,526,350 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Yorkshire and the Humber to be 5,573,414. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Yorkshire and the Humber grew by an estimated 23,383 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 238,138. Compare population by area.
Yorkshire and the Humber's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.4%, which is 0.1% lower than the average population growth rate in Yorkshire and the Humber for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.5%).
Yorkshire and the Humber covers an area of 15,405 square kilometres (5,948 square miles) and has a population density of 359 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 15 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration out of Yorkshire and the Humber was 27, and net international migration into Yorkshire and the Humber was 22,649.
Yorkshire and the Humber's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Yorkshire and the Humber if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.56, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 10.4, led to population increases of 57,382 during the year, and Yorkshire and the Humber's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 10.5 resulted in a 57,616 population decrease. In total, a net 234 person natural decrease.
During the past decade, internal migration has risen from a net outflow of 5,676 in 2011 to a net 27 outflow. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 22,558 in 2011 to an inflow of 22,649 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 17,676 people in 2011 to -234 in 2020.
International migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 63% of the total change in population.
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Yorkshire and the Humber'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 | 5,526,350 | 0.42% | 359 |
| 2019 | 5,502,967 | 0.43% | 357 |
| 2018 | 5,479,615 | 0.54% | 356 |
| 2017 | 5,450,130 | 0.46% | 354 |
| 2016 | 5,425,370 | 0.65% | 352 |
| 2015 | 5,390,211 | 0.56% | 350 |
| 2014 | 5,360,117 | 0.42% | 348 |
| 2013 | 5,337,940 | 0.40% | 346 |
| 2012 | 5,316,897 | 0.54% | 345 |
| 2011 | 5,288,212 | 343 |
Yorkshire and the Humber's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Yorkshire and the Humber is forecast to be 5,623,321 in 2025 and 5,705,872 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5,587,634 | 0.34% | 363 |
| 2024 | 5,605,797 | 0.33% | 364 |
| 2025 | 5,623,321 | 0.31% | 365 |
| 2026 | 5,640,705 | 0.31% | 366 |
| 2027 | 5,657,800 | 0.30% | 367 |
| 2028 | 5,674,179 | 0.29% | 368 |
| 2029 | 5,690,090 | 0.28% | 369 |
| 2030 | 5,705,872 | 0.28% | 370 |
| 2031 | 5,721,284 | 0.27% | 371 |
| 2032 | 5,736,090 | 0.26% | 372 |
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