Coventry's 2026 population is now estimated at 378,024. In 2005, the population of Coventry was 298,386. Coventry has grown by 4,526 in the last year, which represents a 1.21% annual change. These population values and projections come from UK local authority population estimates (Nomis NM_31_1 official) and World Population Review Internal Projections .
Coventry is a city located in West Midlands, England. The city is the second largest in the region by population, with a population estimated to be 345,385 in 2015. The city is also the 9th largest in England, and its population places it as the 12th largest in the UK. Over the years, Coventry has become known for its contribution to the automotive industry.
The city of Coventry covers a total surface area of approximately 98.6 square kilometers. With a population creeping upwards to 350,000 and beyond, the density of the residents comes to just over 3,100 individuals per square kilometer.
Over 66% of the city’s population is White British. Of the remaining residents, 7.2% are White (non-British), 5.5% are black, and over 16% are Asian, which far exceeds the national average.
The 2011 Census shows that over 53% of Coventry residents identify as Christian, while Islam is the second most-followed religion. Twenty-three percent of the population do not identify with a religion.
There is also a large population of students that reside in Coventry for at least 12 months, with approximately 15,000 of these students originating from outside of the UK.
The history of Coventry is thought to date back to the 10th century. During the Middle Ages, the area was one of the most prosperous due to its wool and cloth industries. Unfortunately, most of its economic fortunes were lost by the end of the 15th century. Because of the economic changes, over the next 300 years, much of the city was unable to be rebuilt, and there was no real expansion. Much of the remains of the medieval city were still in place during the 20th century, although homes and terraces were later destroyed in 1940 when an air raid occurred. The city’s cathedral church was destroyed during the Coventry Blitz, but was rebuilt as the Coventry Cathedral.
The city’s role in the motor industry was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. During this time, theaters, sports centers, and retail shopping centers were built. The University of Warwick was opened in 1965 and quickly established a role as one of the country’s top institutions of higher education.
In modern times, the city’s role in the automotive industry continues to decline, but new industries have made their way to the city. In the 1980s, Coventry had a high rate of unemployment – one of the highest in the country – and had a significantly high crime rate. However, the city now is considered one of the safest major cities in the UK and has bounced back from its economic troubles.
Despite the destruction that occurred during the air raids in 1940 and the high rate of crime and unemployment that plagued the city in the 1980s, Coventry has recovered quite well and is one of the fastest growing cities in the United Kingdom. Between 2012 and 2013, the city’s population increased by over 2%. A significant number of immigrants have contributed to the city’s population, which is expected to continue as Coventry will see steady population increases.
| City | 2026 Pop. ↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| London | 9,188,200 | 0.54% |
| Birmingham | 1,199,447 | 0.67% |
| Leeds | 860,894 | 0.92% |
| Glasgow | 663,221 | 0.99% |
| Manchester | 605,521 | 1.34% |
| Cornwall | 591,594 | 0.71% |
| Sheffield | 588,768 | 0.54% |
| Bradford | 570,186 | 0.58% |
| County Durham | 543,515 | 0.51% |
| Edinburgh | 540,101 | 0.88% |
| Wiltshire | 531,890 | 0.78% |
| Liverpool | 518,060 | 0.89% |
| Bristol | 504,401 | 1.01% |
| Kirklees | 451,654 | 0.42% |
| Cheshire East | 431,445 | 1.2% |
| Croydon | 415,854 | 0.79% |
| Barnet | 411,361 | 0.78% |
| Leicester | 397,462 | 1.17% |
| Ealing | 392,217 | 0.8% |
| Cardiff | 391,495 | 0.98% |
| Newham | 385,122 | 1.41% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 379,280 | 1.02% |
| Coventry | 378,024 | 1.21% |
| Fife | 376,502 | 0.23% |
| Wakefield | 375,620 | 1.08% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 360,762 | 0.68% |
| Sandwell | 360,389 | 0.92% |
| Brent | 356,957 | 0.56% |
| Wigan | 350,509 | 0.81% |
| North Lanarkshire | 345,840 | 0.19% |
| Tower Hamlets | 343,937 | 1.8% |
| Wandsworth | 341,081 | 0.51% |
| South Lanarkshire | 337,675 | 0.54% |
| Hillingdon | 337,556 | 1.26% |
| Bromley | 337,506 | 0.33% |
| Shropshire | 337,480 | 0.75% |
| Dudley | 335,485 | 0.53% |
| Northumberland | 335,376 | 0.6% |
| Nottingham | 335,171 | 0.62% |
| Wirral | 330,714 | 0.28% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 328,349 | 1.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 326,829 | 1.72% |
| Enfield | 326,676 | -0.12% |
| Redbridge | 325,903 | 0.72% |
| Doncaster | 323,304 | 0.55% |
| Southwark | 317,223 | 0.39% |
| Bolton | 315,960 | 0.94% |
| Lambeth | 315,610 | -0.21% |
| Milton Keynes | 314,541 | 1.41% |
| South Gloucestershire | 314,483 | 1.32% |
| Stockport | 307,537 | 0.59% |
| Salford | 306,062 | 1.97% |
| Greenwich | 305,459 | 0.99% |
| Hounslow | 305,116 | 0.95% |
| Lewisham | 302,580 | 0.22% |
| Walsall | 300,361 | 0.79% |
| Medway | 296,482 | 0.65% |
| Sunderland | 291,624 | 0.52% |
| Sefton | 288,723 | 0.43% |
| Wolverhampton | 287,161 | 1.05% |
| Brighton and Hove | 285,339 | 0.26% |
| Havering | 282,365 | 1.1% |
| Waltham Forest | 280,896 | 0.21% |
| Rotherham | 279,932 | 0.6% |
| Kingston upon Hull | 278,303 | 0.53% |
| Derby | 278,015 | 0.7% |
| Harrow | 274,274 | 0.65% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 274,194 | 0.69% |
| Plymouth | 274,104 | 0.37% |
| Hackney | 267,843 | 0.2% |
| Aberdeenshire | 265,488 | 0.08% |
| Southampton | 262,823 | 0.65% |
| Haringey | 261,872 | -0.38% |
| Bexley | 259,894 | 0.67% |
| Oldham | 255,956 | 0.87% |
| Barnsley | 254,879 | 0.62% |
| Swansea | 254,040 | 0.54% |
| Swindon | 249,070 | 1.06% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 244,568 | 0.35% |
| Luton | 244,144 | 1.05% |
| Tameside | 243,351 | 0.77% |
| Trafford | 242,961 | 0.4% |
| Rochdale | 240,500 | 1.04% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 239,031 | 1.34% |
| Highland | 238,014 | 0.15% |
| Aberdeen City | 232,929 | 0.25% |
| Peterborough | 229,218 | 1.24% |
| North Somerset | 227,819 | 0.72% |
| Islington | 224,098 | 0.24% |
| Solihull | 223,421 | 0.49% |
| Merton | 219,608 | 0.24% |
| North Tyneside | 217,804 | 0.64% |
| Sutton | 217,602 | 0.71% |
| Warrington | 216,705 | 0.3% |
| Camden | 216,045 | -0.21% |
| Portsmouth | 215,781 | 0.34% |
| Calderdale | 211,806 | 0.21% |
| York | 210,679 | 0.33% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 209,330 | 0.61% |
| Westminster | 208,711 | -0.31% |
| Colchester | 204,204 | 0.99% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 204,131 | 1.02% |
| Gateshead | 203,092 | 0.08% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 201,479 | 1.4% |
| Bury | 201,135 | 0.55% |
| Bedford | 200,968 | 1.53% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 197,060 | 0.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 196,925 | 0.98% |
| Basildon | 196,141 | 0.65% |
| Huntingdonshire | 194,116 | 0.91% |
| Maidstone | 193,470 | 1.51% |
| Wokingham | 193,372 | 1.64% |
| Chelmsford | 192,408 | 0.95% |
| Renfrewshire | 192,252 | 0.81% |
| Carmarthenshire | 192,251 | 0.38% |
| Herefordshire | 192,238 | 0.31% |
| Charnwood | 192,008 | 0.96% |
| St. Helens | 191,293 | 0.64% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 189,009 | 0.09% |
| West Lothian | 188,591 | 0.58% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 186,629 | 0.37% |
| Reading | 186,096 | 0.87% |
| Thurrock | 184,346 | 0.92% |
| South Cambridgeshire | 176,714 | 1.2% |
| Caerphilly | 176,555 | -0.09% |
| New Forest | 175,741 | -0.11% |
| Cherwell | 175,688 | 1.53% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 173,846 | 0.33% |
| Arun | 172,996 | 0.86% |
| Newport | 172,428 | 1.34% |
| North Lincolnshire | 171,812 | 0.14% |
| Slough | 171,455 | 1.22% |
| Wealden | 169,588 | 0.8% |
| Preston | 168,268 | 1.65% |
| Oxford | 167,837 | 0.54% |
| Braintree | 167,439 | 0.95% |
| West Berkshire | 166,526 | 0.43% |
| Knowsley | 166,167 | 1.1% |
| Mid Sussex | 165,560 | 1.17% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 165,346 | 0.86% |
| Dacorum | 163,854 | 0.75% |
| Canterbury | 163,454 | 0.42% |
| East Devon | 162,971 | 1.48% |
| Reigate and Banstead | 162,599 | 1.08% |
| Swale | 162,085 | 1.16% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 160,991 | 0.64% |
| Falkirk | 160,499 | 0.15% |
| Tendring | 160,360 | 1.14% |
| South Oxfordshire | 160,319 | 1.22% |
| Middlesbrough | 160,100 | 1.25% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 160,083 | 0.05% |
| East Hertfordshire | 160,064 | 1.01% |
| Warwick | 158,150 | 1.05% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 157,188 | 0.31% |
| Flintshire | 156,355 | 0.16% |
| Perth and Kinross | 155,770 | 0.44% |
| Horsham | 155,246 | 1.22% |
| Vale of White Horse | 155,051 | 1.89% |
| Guildford | 153,623 | 0.74% |
| Cambridge | 153,084 | 1.24% |
| South Norfolk | 152,906 | 1.49% |
| South Tyneside | 152,334 | 0.31% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 152,038 | 1.96% |
| St Albans | 151,943 | 0.31% |
| Dundee City | 150,455 | 0.19% |
| Breckland | 149,172 | 0.87% |
| Norwich | 149,154 | 0.67% |
| South Kesteven | 149,047 | 0.64% |
| Bridgend | 148,747 | 0.41% |
| East Lindsey | 146,888 | 0.59% |
| Lancaster | 146,586 | 0.54% |
| Eastleigh | 146,409 | 1.21% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 145,210 | -0.22% |
| Ashford | 144,853 | 1.38% |
| Blackpool | 144,731 | 0.19% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 144,622 | 1.07% |
| Neath Port Talbot | 144,049 | 0.28% |
| Stafford | 143,961 | 0.85% |
| Thanet | 143,372 | 0.24% |
| Elmbridge | 143,189 | 0.44% |
| Exeter | 142,441 | 1.45% |
| Isle of Wight | 142,186 | 0.19% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 142,053 | -0.86% |
| Wychavon | 141,855 | 1.38% |
| Torbay | 141,279 | 0.41% |
| Gloucester | 141,062 | 0.88% |
| Broadland | 141,055 | 1.04% |
| Teignbridge | 140,869 | 0.83% |
| Ipswich | 140,403 | 0.05% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 140,100 | 0.31% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 139,460 | 0.95% |
| Winchester | 139,004 | 1.24% |
| Epping Forest | 138,963 | 0.55% |
| Wrexham | 138,848 | 0.22% |
| North Hertfordshire | 138,463 | 0.46% |
| Test Valley | 138,259 | 1.12% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 137,945 | 0.81% |
| Waverley | 136,576 | 0.85% |
| Powys | 135,533 | 0.18% |
| Bracknell Forest | 133,565 | 1.05% |
| North Ayrshire | 133,524 | -0.18% |
| Halton | 132,699 | 0.44% |
| East Hampshire | 132,608 | 1.01% |
| East Staffordshire | 132,488 | 1.08% |
| Amber Valley | 132,207 | 0.67% |
| Chichester | 131,388 | 0.95% |
| Ashfield | 131,052 | 0.57% |
| Newark and Sherwood | 130,132 | 0.87% |
| Dartford | 130,124 | 2.02% |
| Rushcliffe | 130,006 | 1.28% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 128,589 | 0.34% |
| Havant | 128,076 | 0.43% |
| Stroud | 127,751 | 0.82% |
| Bassetlaw | 127,409 | 0.98% |
| Pembrokeshire | 126,677 | 0.36% |
| Crawley | 126,608 | 1.04% |
| Rugby | 126,262 | 1.57% |
| North Kesteven | 125,007 | 1.03% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 124,876 | 0.83% |
| West Lancashire | 123,959 | 0.8% |
| Sevenoaks | 123,891 | 0.46% |
| West Oxfordshire | 123,677 | 1.13% |
| Chorley | 122,794 | 0.81% |
| Cheltenham | 122,657 | 0.38% |
| South Derbyshire | 122,415 | 2.07% |
| Dover | 121,454 | 0.7% |
| East Ayrshire | 121,449 | -0.01% |
| Wyre | 121,157 | 1.01% |
| Gedling | 121,133 | 0.4% |
| Gwynedd | 121,077 | 0.11% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 120,817 | 0.47% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 118,556 | 0.8% |
| East Lothian | 117,796 | 1.13% |
| South Ribble | 117,547 | 0.62% |
| Scottish Borders | 117,450 | 0.2% |
| North West Leicestershire | 115,656 | 1.67% |
| Fareham | 115,640 | 0.09% |
| Broxtowe | 115,512 | 0.41% |
| South Staffordshire | 115,499 | 0.47% |
| Worthing | 115,132 | 0.55% |
| Conwy | 114,783 | -0.05% |
| Mansfield | 114,428 | 0.57% |
| Angus | 114,357 | -0.2% |
| Erewash | 114,313 | 0.03% |
| Lichfield | 114,160 | 0.99% |
| Darlington | 113,987 | 0.66% |
| Mid Suffolk | 113,638 | 1.28% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 113,339 | 0.41% |
| South Ayrshire | 112,260 | 0% |
| Gravesham | 111,642 | 0.44% |
| Hertsmere | 111,544 | 0.6% |
| Blaby | 110,916 | 1.26% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 110,561 | 0.27% |
| Watford | 108,967 | 0.83% |
| Spelthorne | 108,772 | 0.79% |
| Harborough | 108,457 | 1.77% |
| North East Derbyshire | 108,382 | 0.81% |
| Rushmoor | 107,633 | 0.89% |
| Worcester | 107,483 | 0.38% |
| Lincoln | 106,418 | 0.62% |
| Chesterfield | 106,411 | 0.17% |
| Woking | 106,218 | 0.25% |
| Fenland | 106,018 | 0.53% |
| Tewkesbury | 106,001 | 1.97% |
| Cannock Chase | 105,611 | 0.73% |
| Hart | 105,127 | 0.95% |
| Wyre Forest | 104,791 | 0.42% |
| Eastbourne | 104,769 | 0.24% |
| North Norfolk | 103,495 | 0.13% |
| Bromsgrove | 103,127 | 0.71% |
| Lewes | 102,960 | 0.29% |
| Broxbourne | 102,957 | 0.52% |
| North Devon | 102,935 | 0.84% |
| Midlothian | 102,684 | 1.39% |
| Pendle | 101,708 | 0.96% |
| Burnley | 101,604 | 1.19% |
| East Renfrewshire | 101,393 | 0.78% |
| South Holland | 101,291 | 1% |
| Great Yarmouth | 100,865 | 0.17% |
| West Lindsey | 100,839 | 0.82% |
| Harlow | 100,718 | 1.26% |
| Hartlepool | 99,579 | 0.71% |
| Denbighshire | 99,000 | 0.41% |
| Babergh | 98,818 | 0.92% |
| Uttlesford | 97,607 | 1.31% |
| Rother | 97,135 | 0.52% |
| Three Rivers | 96,683 | 0.46% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 96,551 | -0.05% |
| Surrey Heath | 95,771 | 0.67% |
| Monmouthshire | 95,624 | 0.36% |
| Moray | 95,057 | 0.03% |
| Stirling | 94,964 | 0.4% |
| Torfaen | 94,863 | 0.39% |
| East Cambridgeshire | 94,331 | 0.76% |
| Runnymede | 94,093 | 1.07% |
| South Hams | 93,911 | 0.95% |
| Cotswold | 93,139 | 0.8% |
| Stevenage | 92,756 | 0.53% |
| High Peak | 92,226 | 0.14% |
| Tandridge | 91,750 | 0.64% |
| Hastings | 91,091 | -0.07% |
| Rochford | 91,091 | 0.71% |
| Forest of Dean | 91,003 | 0.69% |
| Castle Point | 90,969 | 0.21% |
| Mole Valley | 88,989 | 0.16% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 88,941 | -0.1% |
| Redditch | 88,293 | 0.25% |
| Argyll and Bute | 87,654 | -0.02% |
| Fylde | 87,412 | 1.14% |
| Hyndburn | 87,277 | 0.71% |
| Mid Devon | 86,345 | 0.79% |
| Bolsover | 85,204 | 0.85% |
| Malvern Hills | 84,918 | 1.01% |
| Epsom and Ewell | 84,298 | 0.6% |
| Gosport | 82,719 | -0.12% |
| Tamworth | 81,912 | 0.49% |
| Brentwood | 79,924 | 0.38% |
| Inverclyde | 78,559 | -0.2% |
| Rossendale | 73,929 | 0.6% |
| Ceredigion | 72,351 | -0.17% |
| Derbyshire Dales | 71,950 | 0.13% |
| Boston | 71,881 | 0.56% |
| Torridge | 70,770 | 0.66% |
| Maldon | 70,623 | 1.07% |
| Isle of Anglesey | 69,027 | -0.05% |
| North Warwickshire | 68,145 | 0.76% |
| Blaenau Gwent | 67,758 | -0.08% |
| Ribble Valley | 67,592 | 1.36% |
| Adur | 65,132 | 0.19% |
| Oadby and Wigston | 62,983 | 1.04% |
| West Devon | 59,924 | 0.85% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 58,983 | 0.01% |
| Melton | 54,752 | 0.65% |
| Clackmannanshire | 52,233 | 0.12% |
| Rutland | 42,142 | 0.84% |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 25,822 | -0.38% |
| Shetland Islands | 23,150 | -0.09% |
| Orkney Islands | 22,133 | 0.26% |
| City of London | 16,700 | 5.12% |
| Isles of Scilly | 2,395 | 0.59% |