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Population in New Forest

Population in New Forest was 175,930 in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is unchanged from 2024.

2025, persons175,930
Change on 20240%
Series high177,8752014
Series low175,7242023

Population in New Forest, 2011 to 2025

175.5K176K176.5K177K177.5K178K201120142017202020252011: 176,789 persons2012: 177,030 persons2013: 177,362 persons2014: 177,875 persons2015: 177,813 persons2016: 177,855 persons2017: 177,616 persons2018: 177,525 persons2019: 177,111 persons2020: 175,937 persons2021: 176,217 persons2022: 175,914 persons2023: 175,724 persons2024: 175,845 persons2025: 175,930 persons
persons. Source: Office for National Statistics, Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1). Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2026-07-29.
All 15 values
Periodpersons
2025175,930
2024175,845
2023175,724
2022175,914
2021176,217
2020175,937
2019177,111
2018177,525
2017177,616
2016177,855
2015177,813
2014177,875
2013177,362
2012177,030
2011176,789

Compared with South East

Place2025
New Forest175,930
South East9,691,844

Rankings

Definition

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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How to cite

Office for National Statistics. Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&time=2011,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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What is the population in New Forest?

Population in New Forest was 175,930 in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is unchanged from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest population in New Forest?

177,875 in 2014, the highest value since 2011 in this series.

Population elsewhere in South East

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