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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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
226 Anna Maria 971
197 Apalachicola 2,337
113 Atlantic Beach 13,500
203 Atlantis 2,121
60 Aventura 40,036
185 Bal Harbour 3,077
218 Baldwin 1,407
157 Bay Harbor Islands 5,886
238 Bell 503
102 Belle Glade 16,717
169 Belleair 4,294
212 Belleair Beach 1,631
199 Belleair Bluffs 2,316
183 Biscayne Park 3,100
19 Boca Raton 98,240
48 Bonita Springs 53,894
30 Boynton Beach 80,473
45 Bradenton 55,817
229 Bradenton Beach 907
223 Bronson 1,145
136 Brooksville 8,925
181 Bunnell 3,285
213 Callahan 1,551
118 Callaway 12,986
131 Cape Canaveral 9,981
…
116 Fernandina Beach 13,101
162 Flagler Beach 5,155
117 Florida City 13,016
8 Fort Lauderdale 183K
24 Fort Myers 87,289
159 Fort Myers Beach 5,584
52 Fort Pierce 47,573
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2020

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.