Southampton · Population

Question: What is the population of Southampton? Answer: Southampton, United Kingdom (Administrative unit: England) - last known population is ≈ 245 300 (year 2014). This was 0.381% of total United Kingdom population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2014 (+1.31%/year), Southampton population in 2024 would be: 279 493*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1981-1991] -0.24 %/year
[1991-2001] +0.7 %/year
[2001-2011] +0.72 %/year
[2011-2014] +1.31 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 50.91, -1.404

Local time in Southampton: 00:19 Friday GMT0.

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Southampton on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near Southampton

• Hampshire 18 km,

22°
• Portsmouth 25 km,

114°
• New Forest 17 km,

256°
• Isle of Wight 25 km,

165°
• Eastleigh 7 km,

18°
• Test Valley 26 km,

336°
• Winchester 18 km,

21°
• East Hampshire 18 km,

22°
• Fareham 17 km,

111°
• Gosport 24 km,

122°

Sources, Notices

1981e, 1991e, 2001e, 2011c, 2014e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• UK National Statistics
• The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
• General Register Office for Scotland
• 2011 Census: KS101EW Usual resident population, local authorities in England and Wales Office for National Statistics. ret.2014-01-10.
• Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2014 y2013,2014
• Philip's geographical digest (1996) For some missing data
• 1991 and earlier Censuses
• Local Authorities KS01 Usual resident population 1991-2001
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).