Key statistics and data

Demographics headline indicators

This data provides a range of statistics about Liverpool's current population. A breakdown of the population by ethnic group is also provided.

All data points are the latest available data, as at September 2023.

Population and age profile

Indicator

Liverpool

United Kingdom

Total population 484,488 67,026,292
10 year population growth 18,832 (4.0%) 3,741,147 (5.9%)

Aged 0-15

83,089 (17.2%) 12,314,585 (18.3%)
Aged 16-64 326,521 (67.4%) 42,174,676 (62.9%)
Aged 65+ 74,878 (15.5%) 12,537,031 (18.7%)

Source: ONS 2021 Population estimates, ONS 2018 based population projections

Population by ethnicity

Indicator

Liverpool

England

White 84.0% 81.7%
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 77.3% 74.4%
White: Irish 1.4% 0.9%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.1% 0.1%
White: Roma 0.2% 0.2%
White: Other 5.0% 6.2%
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups 3.5% 2.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 5.7% 9.3%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 3.5% 4.0%
Other ethnicities 3.3% 2.1%

Source: ONS Census 2021

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Licence

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