Suffolk Modern (post-1974) County : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 208,508 Show data context
1811 208,508 Show data context 227,066 Show data context
1821 227,066 Show data context 262,637 Show data context
1831 262,637 Show data context 288,007 Show data context
1841 288,007 Show data context 306,338 Show data context
1851 306,338 Show data context 327,240 Show data context
1861 327,240 Show data context 324,617 Show data context
1871 324,617 Show data context
1881 347,880 Show data context
1891 347,880 Show data context 359,173 Show data context
1901 359,173 Show data context
1911 390,661 Show data context
1921 390,661 Show data context 396,613 Show data context
1931 396,613 Show data context 397,590 Show data context
1941 397,590 Show data context
1951 438,746 Show data context
1961 438,746 Show data context 467,012 Show data context
1971 467,012 Show data context 515,630 Show data context
1981 515,630 Show data context 587,575 Show data context
1991 587,575 Show data context 631,589 Show data context
2001 631,589 Show data context 668,553 Show data context
2011 728,163 Show data context
2021 760,577 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, Suffolk Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10084726/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026