West Yorkshire Modern (post-1974) County (Met.C) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 321,452 Show data context
1811 321,452 Show data context 374,966 Show data context
1821 374,966 Show data context 475,471 Show data context
1831 475,471 Show data context 598,109 Show data context
1841 598,109 Show data context 733,483 Show data context
1851 733,483 Show data context 854,712 Show data context
1861 854,712 Show data context 944,946 Show data context
1871 944,946 Show data context
1881 1,430,639 Show data context
1891 1,430,639 Show data context 1,595,504 Show data context
1901 1,595,504 Show data context
1911 1,848,762 Show data context
1921 1,848,762 Show data context 1,872,355 Show data context
1931 1,872,355 Show data context 1,934,824 Show data context
1941 1,934,824 Show data context
1951 1,979,025 Show data context
1961 1,979,025 Show data context 2,001,204 Show data context
1971 2,001,204 Show data context 2,014,684 Show data context
1981 2,014,684 Show data context 2,020,905 Show data context
1991 2,020,905 Show data context 2,008,079 Show data context
2001 2,008,079 Show data context 2,079,211 Show data context
2011 2,226,058 Show data context
2021 2,351,543 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Yorkshire 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/10056974/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026