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People Statistics · City

Population in Fort Lauderdale

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 8 of 243 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 3, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

Population, 2010 – 2025 people
+6.6% since 2015

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
Fort Lauderdale 189K
Florida 23M
World 8.2B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Fort Lauderdale · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 188,677 · 2025
First value 166,342 · 2010
Highest 188,692 · 2024
Lowest 166,342 · 2010
Average change +0.8% a year on average
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearFort LauderdaleChange Broward CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 188,677 −0.0% 2M 23M 342M 8.2B
2024 188,692 +0.5% 2M 23M 340M 8.1B
2023 187,796 +1.6% 2M 23M 337M 8.1B
2022 184,908 +1.6% 2M 22M 334M 8B
2021 181,946 −0.4% 1.9M 22M 332M 7.9B
2020 182,726 +0.5% 1.9M 22M 332M 7.9B
2019 181,753 +0.2% 1.9M 21M — 7.8B
2018 181,478 +1.2% 1.9M 21M — 7.7B
2017 179,335 +0.5% 1.9M 21M — 7.6B
2016 178,399 +0.8% 1.9M 21M — 7.5B
2015 176,974 +1.2% 1.9M 20M — 7.4B
2014 174,891 +1.6% 1.9M 20M — 7.4B
2013 172,136 +0.7% 1.8M 20M — 7.3B
2012 170,889 +1.1% 1.8M 19M — 7.2B
2011 169,111 +1.7% 1.8M 19M — 7.1B
2010 166,342 1.8M 19M — 7B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
225 Anna Maria 1,016
196 Apalachicola 2,318
113 Atlantic Beach 13,564
202 Atlantis 2,144
60 Aventura 40,222
185 Bal Harbour 3,103
218 Baldwin 1,406
155 Bay Harbor Islands 5,956
238 Bell 501
100 Belle Glade 16,956
170 Belleair 4,238
212 Belleair Beach 1,637
197 Belleair Bluffs 2,317
183 Biscayne Park 3,141
19 Boca Raton 97,488
48 Bonita Springs 53,342
30 Boynton Beach 79,208
45 Bradenton 55,671
227 Bradenton Beach 935
223 Bronson 1,128
137 Brooksville 8,690
182 Bunnell 3,162
215 Callahan 1,478
114 Callaway 13,342
131 Cape Canaveral 10,023
…
118 Fernandina Beach 12,949
162 Flagler Beach 5,152
117 Florida City 13,014
8 Fort Lauderdale 182K
27 Fort Myers 83,790
158 Fort Myers Beach 5,683
52 Fort Pierce 46,961
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2019

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.