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Population in Blackburn with Darwen

Every population series published for Blackburn with Darwen, each over its full published span. A series that begins part-way along began then: nothing earlier is published for this area, and no gap is filled in.

Net internal migration by local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, net internal migration by local authority rose from -1,187 in Year to mid-2012 to 348 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,535 or 129.3% (ONS).

Net internal migration by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour-1k0201520202025Year to mid-2012: -1,187 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: -1,422 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: -1,591 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: -988 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: -1,089 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: -1,011 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: -1,369 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: -835 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: -696 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: -1,034 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: -886 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 452 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 373 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 348 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 348 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

International migration into a local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, international migration into a local authority rose from 691 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,381 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,690 or 244.6% (ONS).

International migration into a local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01k2k3k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 691 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 725 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 733 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 857 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 1,001 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 908 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 1,032 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 1,208 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,047 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 1,095 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 2,217 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 2,572 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 3,046 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 2,381 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 2,381 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

International migration out of a local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, international migration out of a local authority rose from 475 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,100 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 625 or 131.6% (ONS).

International migration out of a local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 475 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 406 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 443 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 471 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 470 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 507 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 588 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 595 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,036 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 852 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 465 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 439 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 578 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,100 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,100 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Net international migration by local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, net international migration by local authority rose from 216 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,281 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,065 or 493.1% (ONS).

Net international migration by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01k2k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 216 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 319 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 290 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 386 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 531 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 401 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 444 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 613 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 11 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 243 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 1,752 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 2,133 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 2,468 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,281 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,281 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Births by local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, births by local authority fell from 2,382 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,938 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 444 or 18.6% (ONS).

Births by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01k2k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 2,382 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 2,277 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 2,190 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 2,159 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 2,188 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 2,092 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 2,001 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 2,023 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,910 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 1,927 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 1,903 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 1,817 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 1,911 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,938 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,938 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Deaths by local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, deaths by local authority rose from 1,227 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,391 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 164 or 13.4% (ONS).

Deaths by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k2k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,227 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 1,238 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 1,176 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 1,279 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 1,268 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 1,354 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 1,297 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 1,259 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,449 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 1,553 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 1,457 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 1,479 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 1,394 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,391 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,391 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Births minus deaths by local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 1,155 in Year to mid-2012 to 547 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 608 or 52.6% (ONS).

Births minus deaths by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,155 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 1,039 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 1,014 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 880 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 920 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 738 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 704 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 764 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 461 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 374 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 446 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 338 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 517 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 547 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 547 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Other population change by local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, other population change by local authority fell from 691 in Year to mid-2012 to 7 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 684 or 99.0% (ONS).

Other population change by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0250500750201520202025Year to mid-2012: 691 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 680 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 718 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 633 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 645 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 687 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 696 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 737 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 722 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 807 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 2 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: -2 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: -7 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 7 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 7 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Population by local authority

In Blackburn with Darwen, population by local authority rose from 147,657 in Mid-2011 to 162,540 in Mid-2024, a change of 14,883 or 10.1% (ONS).

Population by local authority: Mid-2011 to Mid-2024CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservative050k100k150k20152020Mid-2011: 147,657 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2012: 148,532 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2013: 149,148 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2014: 149,579 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2015: 150,490 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2016: 151,497 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2017: 152,312 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2018: 152,787 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2019: 154,066 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2020: 154,564 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2021: 154,954 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2022: 156,268 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2023: 159,189 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2024: 162,540 people · published 26 September 2025

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ONS. Latest: 162,540 (Mid-2024). The national series and its methodology.

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