Population of United Kingdom

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of United Kingdom is 68,466,656 as of May 20, 2022, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of United Kingdom is projected at 68,207,116 or 68.207 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in United Kingdom is projected at 67,886,011 or 67.886 million people for the year 2020. United Kingdom ranks number 21st in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. United Kingdom is ranked 3rd among 48 countries in Europe.

United Kingdom's population will be increased year by year. The United Kingdom population is projected to reach 70.49 million in 2030 and increase further to 74.08 million in 2050 and 78.05 million by 2100. The United Kingdom accounts for 0.87 percent of the world population. However, its global share decreased by 1.96% in 1951 and is projected to decrease by 0.72% by 2100.

United Kingdom was at 9th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 34th in 2100.

United Kingdom population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	67,886,011	355,839	0.53	0.87
2021	68,207,116	321,105	0.47	0.87
2022	68,497,907	290,791	0.43	0.86
2023	68,765,936	268,029	0.39	0.86
2024	69,021,845	255,909	0.37	0.85
2025	69,273,640	251,795	0.36	0.85
2026	69,524,101	250,461	0.36	0.84
2027	69,771,947	247,846	0.36	0.84
2028	70,016,260	244,313	0.35	0.83
2029	70,254,656	238,396	0.34	0.83
2030	70,485,490	230,834	0.33	0.82
2031	70,709,298	223,808	0.32	0.82
2032	70,927,462	218,164	0.31	0.82
2033	71,140,066	212,604	0.30	0.81
2034	71,347,129	207,063	0.29	0.81
2035	71,548,760	201,631	0.28	0.81
2036	71,744,929	196,169	0.27	0.80
2037	71,935,937	191,008	0.27	0.80
2038	72,122,616	186,679	0.26	0.79
2039	72,306,026	183,410	0.25	0.79
2040	72,486,891	180,865	0.25	0.79
2041	72,665,441	178,550	0.25	0.78
2042	72,841,361	175,920	0.24	0.78
2043	73,014,053	172,692	0.24	0.78
2044	73,182,656	168,603	0.23	0.78
2045	73,346,427	163,771	0.22	0.77
2046	73,505,278	158,851	0.22	0.77
2047	73,659,109	153,831	0.21	0.77
2048	73,807,103	147,994	0.20	0.77
2049	73,948,292	141,189	0.19	0.76
2050	74,081,981	133,689	0.18	0.76
2051	74,208,005	126,024	0.17	0.76
2052	74,326,606	118,601	0.16	0.76
2053	74,438,066	111,460	0.15	0.75
2054	74,542,868	104,802	0.14	0.75
2055	74,641,518	98,650	0.13	0.75
2056	74,734,273	92,755	0.12	0.75
2057	74,821,530	87,257	0.12	0.75
2058	74,904,241	82,711	0.11	0.74
2059	74,983,545	79,304	0.11	0.74
2060	75,060,465	76,920	0.10	0.74
2061	75,135,401	74,936	0.10	0.74
2062	75,208,706	73,305	0.10	0.74
2063	75,281,334	72,628	0.10	0.73
2064	75,354,285	72,951	0.10	0.73
2065	75,428,316	74,031	0.10	0.73
2066	75,503,853	75,537	0.10	0.73
2067	75,580,853	77,000	0.10	0.73
2068	75,658,870	78,017	0.10	0.73
2069	75,737,158	78,288	0.10	0.73
2070	75,815,108	77,950	0.10	0.72
2071	75,892,708	77,600	0.10	0.72
2072	75,970,008	77,300	0.10	0.72
2073	76,046,486	76,478	0.10	0.72
2074	76,121,516	75,030	0.10	0.72
2075	76,194,674	73,158	0.10	0.72
2076	76,265,862	71,188	0.09	0.72
2077	76,335,215	69,353	0.09	0.72
2078	76,402,934	67,719	0.09	0.72
2079	76,469,356	66,422	0.09	0.72
2080	76,534,826	65,470	0.09	0.72
2081	76,599,394	64,568	0.08	0.72
2082	76,663,297	63,903	0.08	0.72
2083	76,727,237	63,940	0.08	0.72
2084	76,792,090	64,853	0.08	0.72
2085	76,858,557	66,467	0.09	0.71
2086	76,926,869	68,312	0.09	0.71
2087	76,997,050	70,181	0.09	0.71
2088	77,069,265	72,215	0.09	0.71
2089	77,143,609	74,344	0.10	0.71
2090	77,220,084	76,475	0.10	0.71
2091	77,298,640	78,556	0.10	0.71
2092	77,379,144	80,504	0.10	0.71
2093	77,461,387	82,243	0.11	0.71
2094	77,545,081	83,694	0.11	0.72
2095	77,629,887	84,806	0.11	0.72
2096	77,715,360	85,473	0.11	0.72
2097	77,801,030	85,670	0.11	0.72
2098	77,886,334	85,304	0.11	0.72
2099	77,970,642	84,308	0.11	0.72
2100	78,053,260	82,618	0.11	0.72

United Kingdom population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	50,616,014	-	-	2.00
1951	50,601,935	-14,079	-0.03	1.96
1952	50,651,280	49,345	0.10	1.93
1953	50,750,976	99,696	0.20	1.90
1954	50,890,915	139,939	0.28	1.87
1955	51,063,902	172,987	0.34	1.84
1956	51,265,880	201,978	0.40	1.82
1957	51,495,702	229,822	0.45	1.79
1958	51,754,673	258,971	0.50	1.77
1959	52,045,662	290,989	0.56	1.75
1960	52,370,602	324,940	0.62	1.73
1961	52,727,768	357,166	0.68	1.71
1962	53,109,399	381,631	0.72	1.69
1963	53,500,716	391,317	0.74	1.67
1964	53,882,751	382,035	0.71	1.65
1965	54,240,850	358,099	0.66	1.62
1966	54,568,868	328,018	0.60	1.60
1967	54,866,534	297,666	0.55	1.58
1968	55,132,596	266,062	0.48	1.55
1969	55,367,947	235,351	0.43	1.53
1970	55,573,453	205,506	0.37	1.50
1971	55,748,531	175,078	0.32	1.48
1972	55,892,418	143,887	0.26	1.45
1973	56,006,296	113,878	0.20	1.43
1974	56,092,066	85,770	0.15	1.40
1975	56,152,333	60,267	0.11	1.38
1976	56,188,348	36,015	0.06	1.35
1977	56,203,595	15,247	0.03	1.33
1978	56,205,913	2,318	0.00	1.31
1979	56,205,083	-830	0.00	1.28
1980	56,209,171	4,088	0.01	1.26
1981	56,220,735	11,564	0.02	1.24
1982	56,241,412	20,677	0.04	1.22
1983	56,276,798	35,386	0.06	1.20
1984	56,332,901	56,103	0.10	1.18
1985	56,413,553	80,652	0.14	1.16
1986	56,522,503	108,950	0.19	1.14
1987	56,658,270	135,767	0.24	1.12
1988	56,812,757	154,487	0.27	1.10
1989	56,974,297	161,540	0.28	1.09
1990	57,134,391	160,094	0.28	1.07
1991	57,290,785	156,394	0.27	1.06
1992	57,446,037	155,252	0.27	1.04
1993	57,602,284	156,247	0.27	1.03
1994	57,763,378	161,094	0.28	1.02
1995	57,932,453	169,075	0.29	1.01
1996	58,113,557	181,104	0.31	1.00
1997	58,307,313	193,756	0.33	0.99
1998	58,509,974	202,661	0.35	0.98
1999	58,715,854	205,880	0.35	0.97
2000	58,923,309	207,455	0.35	0.96
2001	59,124,288	200,979	0.34	0.95
2002	59,326,294	202,006	0.34	0.94
2003	59,561,432	235,138	0.40	0.93
2004	59,872,753	311,321	0.52	0.93
2005	60,287,954	415,201	0.69	0.92
2006	60,821,356	533,402	0.88	0.92
2007	61,455,162	633,806	1.04	0.92
2008	62,145,097	689,935	1.12	0.92
2009	62,828,616	683,519	1.10	0.91
2010	63,459,808	631,192	1.00	0.91
2011	64,021,919	562,111	0.89	0.91
2012	64,525,312	503,393	0.79	0.91
2013	64,984,018	458,706	0.71	0.90
2014	65,423,047	439,029	0.68	0.90
2015	65,860,146	437,099	0.67	0.89
2016	66,297,944	437,798	0.66	0.89
2017	66,727,461	429,517	0.65	0.88
2018	67,141,684	414,223	0.62	0.88
2019	67,530,172	388,488	0.58	0.88