# 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%.

Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates.

| Rank | Area | Annual population change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | 1.5% |
| 2 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | 1.4% |
| 3 | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | 0.9% |
| 4 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | 0.6% |
| 5 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | 0.5% |
| =6 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | 0.4% |
| =6 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | 0.4% |
| 8 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | 0.3% |
| 9 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | 0.1% |
| =10 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | 0.0% |
| =10 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | 0.0% |
| =10 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | 0.0% |
| =13 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | −0.1% |
| =13 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | −0.1% |
| =15 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | −0.2% |
| =15 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | −0.2% |
| 17 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | −0.3% |
| =18 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | −0.4% |
| =18 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | −0.4% |
| =20 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | −0.5% |
| =20 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | −0.5% |
| =22 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | −0.6% |
| =22 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | −0.6% |
| 24 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | −0.7% |
| 25 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | −0.8% |
| =26 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | −0.9% |
| =26 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | −0.9% |
| =26 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | −0.9% |
| 29 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | −1.0% |
| 30 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | −1.4% |
| =31 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | −1.5% |
| =31 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | −1.5% |
| 33 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | −1.8% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population-change)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population-change)

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