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Population density in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points 1 of 12 · Regions of Wales Updated 22 Oct 2026
People · Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Wales United Kingdom

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 1,101per km² +0.3% since 2023
Regions of Wales · 2024 1 of 12 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +8.8% +0.7% a year on average
vs Wales +617% Wales: 154 · 2024
Population density, 1990 – 2024 per km² · Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan · Wales · United Kingdom · World
+8.8% since 2014
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Wales United Kingdom World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Population density · per km²
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1,101
Wales
154
United Kingdom
285
World
62.1 · 2023

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 1,101 · 2024
First value 873 · 1990
Highest 1,101 · 2024
Lowest 873 · 1990
Average change +0.7% a year on average
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearCardiff and Vale of GlamorganChange WalesUnited KingdomWorld
2024 1,101 +0.3% 154 285 —
2023 1,098 +2.7% 153 281 62.1
2022 1,069 +2.5% 151 278 61.6
2021 1,043 +0.2% 150 276 61.0
2020 1,041 +0.9% 150 275 60.4
2019 1,032 +0.5% 149 274 59.8
2018 1,026 +0.3% 149 273 59.2
2017 1,023 +0.6% 149 272 58.6
2016 1,017 +0.5% 148 271 57.9
2015 1,012 +0.0% 148 268 57.3
2014 1,012 +0.3% 148 266 56.6
2013 1,009 +0.3% 148 264 55.9
2012 1,006 +0.6% 148 262 55.2
2011 1,000 +0.9% 148 261 55.6
2010 991 +0.9% 147 259 54.9
2009 983 +1.2% 147 256 54.3
2008 971 +1.2% 146 255 53.6
2007 960 +1.2% 145 253 52.9
2006 948 +0.8% 144 251 52.3
2005 940 +1.1% 143 249 51.6
2004 931 +1.1% 143 247 51.0
2003 920 +0.4% 142 246 50.4
2002 916 +0.7% 141 245 49.7
2001 910 −0.3% 140 244 49.1
2000 913 +0.6% 140 243 48.4
1999 907 +0.3% 140 242 47.8
1998 904 +0.6% 140 241 47.2
1997 899 +0.6% 140 240 46.5
1996 893 +1.1% 139 240 45.8
1995 884 +0.2% 139 239 45.1
1994 882 −0.0% 139 238 44.5
1993 882 +0.3% 139 238 43.8
1992 879 −0.1% 139 237 43.5
1991 880 +0.8% 139 236 51.7
1990 873 138 235 50.8

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of Wales

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation density
12 Mid Wales 29.0
11 Gwynedd 46.6
10 South West Wales 75.0
9 Isle of Anglesey 96.4
8 Conwy and Denbighshire 106
7 Monmouthshire and Newport 238
6 Flintshire and Wrexham 309
5 Neath Port Talbot 313
4 Central Valleys and Bridgend 555
3 Swansea 629
2 Gwent Valleys 656
1 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan 1,026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2018

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.