Year	Population 20 years earlier	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801			601,767
1811		601,767	682,426
1821		682,426	810,204
1831		810,204	923,395
1841		923,395	1,068,500
1851		1,068,500	1,188,890
1861			1,312,834
1871			1,421,670
1881		1,420,408	1,577,559
1891		1,577,533	1,776,405
1901		1,774,810	2,015,012
1911			2,419,154
1921		2,420,921	2,656,474
1931		2,656,504	2,593,332
1939			2,567,385
1951	2,482,259		2,598,675
1961		2,598,475	2,644,023
1971			2,728,770
1981		2,728,770	2,716,966
1991		2,716,966	2,835,157
2001		2,835,157	2,902,954
2011			3,063,456

Date:	Source:
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'
1871	1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901	1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1911 - 2011	Census of Population
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1939	1939 National Registration of United Kingdom and Isle of Man, Population summary, Table 3 A, 'Population by Sex and Year of Birth (and Age) in Great Britain and the Isle of Man. England and Wales - Counties, Boroughs, Urban and Rural Districts'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

 

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