Tyne and Wear Modern (post-1974) County (Met.C) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 122,683 Show data context
1811 122,683 Show data context 136,346 Show data context
1821 136,346 Show data context 168,020 Show data context
1831 168,020 Show data context 207,530 Show data context
1841 207,530 Show data context 252,879 Show data context
1851 252,879 Show data context 309,840 Show data context
1861 309,840 Show data context 385,240 Show data context
1871 385,240 Show data context
1881 646,080 Show data context
1891 646,080 Show data context 800,083 Show data context
1901 800,083 Show data context
1911 1,104,488 Show data context
1921 1,104,488 Show data context 1,179,779 Show data context
1931 1,179,779 Show data context 1,199,121 Show data context
1941 1,199,121 Show data context
1951 1,194,726 Show data context
1961 1,194,726 Show data context 1,235,240 Show data context
1971 1,235,240 Show data context 1,185,088 Show data context
1981 1,185,088 Show data context 1,136,431 Show data context
1991 1,136,431 Show data context 1,093,833 Show data context
2001 1,093,833 Show data context 1,075,938 Show data context
2011 1,104,825 Show data context
2021 1,127,193 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project
1811 - 2001 Census of Population

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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Tyne and Wear Modern (post-1974) County (Met.C) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10032945/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 10th April 2026