Essex Modern (post-1974) County : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 196,333 Show data context
1811 196,333 Show data context 211,196 Show data context
1821 211,196 Show data context 245,635 Show data context
1831 245,635 Show data context 269,091 Show data context
1841 269,091 Show data context 291,418 Show data context
1851 291,418 Show data context 306,112 Show data context
1861 306,112 Show data context 316,228 Show data context
1871 316,228 Show data context
1881 307,295 Show data context
1891 307,295 Show data context 321,929 Show data context
1901 321,929 Show data context
1911 374,636 Show data context
1921 374,636 Show data context 395,002 Show data context
1931 395,002 Show data context 455,642 Show data context
1941 455,642 Show data context
1951 617,634 Show data context
1961 617,634 Show data context 847,461 Show data context
1971 847,461 Show data context 1,052,665 Show data context
1981 1,052,665 Show data context 1,179,716 Show data context
1991 1,179,716 Show data context 1,234,966 Show data context
2001 1,234,966 Show data context 1,310,835 Show data context
2011 1,393,587 Show data context
2021 1,503,494 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, Essex 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/10197284/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026