United Kingdom · region of England
East of England population 2026
East of England has 6,613,801 people on the latest official figure, for mid-2025, 42,771 more than a year earlier (+0.65%). It is 4th of the UK’s 9 English regions by population, home to 9.5% of the UK’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 6.7 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
East of England in numbers
- Population
- 6.6 million mid-2025
- Change in a year
- +0.65% +42,771 people
- Change since 2020
- +5.02% from 6.3 million
- Share of the UK
- 9.5% 4th of 9 English regions
- Population density
- 346per km² 19,116 km²
- Births in the year
- 62 thousand deaths: 62 thousand
- International migration
- +18 thousand net arrivals from abroad
- Moves within the UK
- +25 thousand more people moved in than left
In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 357, 17,595 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 25,154 more people moved in from the rest of the UK than moved out.
That is about as many people as Congo (6.6 million).
Population of East of England by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,862,418 |
| 2012 | 5,915,033 |
| 2013 | 5,970,484 |
| 2014 | 6,039,521 |
| 2015 | 6,098,262 |
| 2016 | 6,161,075 |
| 2017 | 6,202,843 |
| 2018 | 6,237,376 |
| 2019 | 6,274,179 |
| 2020 | 6,297,779 |
| 2021 | 6,349,646 |
| 2022 | 6,406,661 |
| 2023 | 6,496,086 |
| 2024 | 6,571,030 |
| 2025 | 6,613,801 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,613,801 | +42,771 | +0.65% |
| 2024 | 6,571,030 | +74,944 | +1.15% |
| 2023 | 6,496,086 | +89,425 | +1.40% |
| 2022 | 6,406,661 | +57,015 | +0.90% |
| 2021 | 6,349,646 | +51,867 | +0.82% |
| 2020 | 6,297,779 | +23,600 | +0.38% |
| 2019 | 6,274,179 | +36,803 | +0.59% |
| 2018 | 6,237,376 | +34,533 | +0.56% |
| 2017 | 6,202,843 | +41,768 | +0.68% |
| 2016 | 6,161,075 | +62,813 | +1.03% |
| 2015 | 6,098,262 | +58,741 | +0.97% |
| 2014 | 6,039,521 | +69,037 | +1.16% |
| 2013 | 5,970,484 | +55,451 | +0.94% |
| 2012 | 5,915,033 | +52,615 | +0.90% |
| 2011 | 5,862,418 | – | – |
East of England among the UK’s English regions
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South East England | 9,691,844 | +0.55% | 13.9% | 508 |
| 2 | London | 9,122,909 | −0.29% | 13.1% | 5,804 |
| 3 | North West England | 7,772,854 | +0.73% | 11.2% | 551 |
| 4 | East of England | 6,613,801 | +0.65% | 9.5% | 346 |
| 5 | West Midlands | 6,205,854 | +0.39% | 8.9% | 477 |
| 6 | South West England | 5,906,997 | +0.38% | 8.5% | 248 |
| 7 | Yorkshire and the Humber | 5,672,166 | +0.28% | 8.2% | 368 |
| 8 | East Midlands | 5,085,641 | +0.50% | 7.3% | 326 |
| 9 | North East England | 2,762,746 | +0.51% | 4.0% | 322 |
Largest cities in East of England
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Southend-on-Sea295,310
- Luton225,262
- Ipswich178,835
- Peterborough163,379
- Cambridge145,674
- Norwich143,135
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Source and method
Office for National Statistics, mid-year population estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Standard area measurements, ONS. The ONS publishes new mid-year estimates once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the UK, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: East of England population, Office for National Statistics, mid-2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-kingdom/east-of-england/
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