United Kingdom: Merseyside

Contents: Merseyside

Metropolitan County

1,423,718 Population [2021] – estimate

1,456,562 Population [2023] – estimate

644.9km² Area

2,259/km² Density [2023]

Contents: Boroughs

The population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of Merseyside.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, country of birth, ethnic group, religion).

Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2021-06-30	Population Estimate 2023-06-30
Knowsley	Metropolitan Borough	173,600	155,100	151,200	145,903	154,978	159,243	→
Liverpool	Metropolitan Borough	517,000	475,600	441,900	465,656	485,022	503,740	→
Sefton	Metropolitan Borough	300,100	292,900	282,900	273,969	279,693	282,745	→
St Helens	Metropolitan Borough	190,800	180,100	176,800	175,405	183,394	185,982	→
Wirral	Metropolitan Borough	340,500	334,300	315,000	319,837	320,631	324,852	→
Merseyside	Metropolitan County	1,522,000	1,438,000	1,367,800	1,380,770	1,423,718	1,456,562

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2023)
Males	709,500
Females	747,062

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-17 years	288,156
18-64 years	885,921
65+ years	282,485

Age Distribution (E 2023)
90+ years	12,370
80-89 years	61,381
70-79 years	128,950
60-69 years	175,430
50-59 years	190,620
40-49 years	166,084
30-39 years	198,028
20-29 years	198,077
10-19 years	168,394
0-9 years	157,228

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	1,298,297
EU	51,083
Europe (other)	5,655
Middle East & Asia	39,771
Africa	16,752
Other country	11,730

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	1,304,797
Asian	44,452
Black	21,902
Arab	10,086
Mixed/multiple	30,495
Other ethnic group	11,554

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	851,424
Muslim	33,578
Hindu	7,356
Sikh	1,204
Buddhist	4,585
Jewish	2,576
Other religion	5,166
No religion	441,531