Fastest and slowest growing London boroughs (2025)

Barking and Dagenham was the fastest growing of London’s 33 boroughs in 2025 (annual population change 1.5%).

Camden was the slowest growing (−1.8%). The middle borough, Hammersmith and Fulham, had −0.3%.

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Annual population change for every council in London, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Barking and Dagenham1.5%
2Havering1.4%
3City of London0.9%
4Harrow0.6%
5Barnet0.5%
=6Bromley0.4%
=6Croydon0.4%
8Bexley0.3%
9Sutton0.1%
=10Greenwich0.0%
=10Waltham Forest0.0%
=10Wandsworth0.0%
=13Kingston upon Thames−0.1%
=13Richmond upon Thames−0.1%
=15Ealing−0.2%
=15Hounslow−0.2%
17Hammersmith and Fulham−0.3%
=18Hillingdon−0.4%
=18Redbridge−0.4%
=20Lewisham−0.5%
=20Merton−0.5%
=22Enfield−0.6%
=22Tower Hamlets−0.6%
24Islington−0.7%
25Newham−0.8%
=26Brent−0.9%
=26Hackney−0.9%
=26Haringey−0.9%
29Kensington and Chelsea−1.0%
30Lambeth−1.4%
=31Southwark−1.5%
=31Westminster−1.5%
33Camden−1.8%

Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Source and method · See it on the map