Population of United Kingdom

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Feb 2025

The current population of United Kingdom is 69,569,826 as of July 19, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of United Kingdom is projected at 69,551,332, or 69.55 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in United Kingdom is projected at 69,138,192, or 69.14 million people, for the year 2024.

United Kingdom is the third-most populous country in Europe and is in the 22nd position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

United Kingdom population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	68,923,043	69,138,192	430,297	0.622	0.847
2025	69,353,340	69,551,332	395,983	0.569	0.845
2026	69,749,323	69,931,528	364,410	0.521	0.842
2027	70,113,733	70,293,580	359,695	0.512	0.840
2028	70,473,428	70,642,974	339,092	0.480	0.837
2029	70,812,520	70,971,337	317,633	0.448	0.835
2030	71,130,153	71,286,992	313,678	0.440	0.832
2031	71,443,831	71,587,424	287,186	0.401	0.829
2032	71,731,017	71,868,655	275,276	0.383	0.826
2033	72,006,293	72,142,880	273,174	0.379	0.823
2034	72,279,467	72,405,685	252,435	0.349	0.821
2035	72,531,902	72,656,815	249,826	0.344	0.818
2036	72,781,728	72,898,254	233,053	0.320	0.815
2037	73,014,781	73,125,973	222,384	0.304	0.812
2038	73,237,165	73,348,190	222,051	0.303	0.809
2039	73,459,216	73,564,958	211,484	0.287	0.807
2040	73,670,700	73,774,626	207,853	0.282	0.804
2041	73,878,553	73,980,351	203,596	0.275	0.801
2042	74,082,149	74,181,563	198,828	0.268	0.799
2043	74,280,977	74,380,562	199,170	0.268	0.796
2044	74,480,147	74,572,568	184,843	0.248	0.794
2045	74,664,990	74,753,658	177,335	0.237	0.792
2046	74,842,325	74,925,784	166,917	0.223	0.790
2047	75,009,242	75,089,106	159,727	0.213	0.788
2048	75,168,969	75,241,980	146,022	0.194	0.785
2049	75,314,991	75,380,404	130,826	0.174	0.783
2050	75,445,817	75,504,681	117,728	0.156	0.781
2051	75,563,545	75,616,457	105,823	0.140	0.779
2052	75,669,368	75,715,203	91,670	0.121	0.777
2053	75,761,038	75,797,706	73,336	0.097	0.775
2054	75,834,374	75,868,023	67,298	0.089	0.773
2055	75,901,672	75,921,058	38,773	0.051	0.771
2056	75,940,445	75,956,753	32,616	0.043	0.769
2057	75,973,061	75,982,995	19,867	0.026	0.767
2058	75,992,928	76,002,015	18,174	0.024	0.765
2059	76,011,102	76,010,858	-488	-0.001	0.763
2060	76,010,614	76,010,356	-516	-0.001	0.761
2061	76,010,098	76,011,258	2,319	0.003	0.759
2062	76,012,417	76,015,723	6,611	0.009	0.757
2063	76,019,028	76,018,826	-404	-0.001	0.756
2064	76,018,624	76,020,153	3,058	0.004	0.754
2065	76,021,682	76,022,079	793	0.001	0.753
2066	76,022,475	76,025,915	6,880	0.009	0.751
2067	76,029,355	76,033,052	7,393	0.010	0.750
2068	76,036,748	76,037,173	850	0.001	0.749
2069	76,037,598	76,040,923	6,649	0.009	0.747
2070	76,044,247	76,049,084	9,675	0.013	0.746
2071	76,053,922	76,059,258	10,671	0.014	0.745
2072	76,064,593	76,068,383	7,580	0.010	0.745
2073	76,072,173	76,067,629	-9,088	-0.012	0.744
2074	76,063,085	76,057,432	-11,305	-0.015	0.743
2075	76,051,780	76,045,531	-12,497	-0.016	0.742
2076	76,039,283	76,038,090	-2,386	-0.003	0.741
2077	76,036,897	76,028,116	-17,562	-0.023	0.741
2078	76,019,335	76,010,108	-18,454	-0.024	0.740
2079	76,000,881	75,986,572	-28,618	-0.038	0.739
2080	75,972,263	75,956,251	-32,024	-0.042	0.739
2081	75,940,239	75,926,701	-27,077	-0.036	0.738
2082	75,913,162	75,892,777	-40,771	-0.054	0.738
2083	75,872,391	75,847,664	-49,454	-0.065	0.737
2084	75,822,937	75,797,777	-50,321	-0.066	0.737
2085	75,772,616	75,743,276	-58,680	-0.077	0.736
2086	75,713,936	75,680,069	-67,733	-0.089	0.736
2087	75,646,203	75,610,810	-70,787	-0.094	0.735
2088	75,575,416	75,539,628	-71,576	-0.095	0.735
2089	75,503,840	75,462,724	-82,232	-0.109	0.734
2090	75,421,608	75,378,279	-86,658	-0.115	0.734
2091	75,334,950	75,289,987	-89,926	-0.119	0.733
2092	75,245,024	75,198,447	-93,155	-0.124	0.733
2093	75,151,869	75,102,910	-97,918	-0.130	0.733
2094	75,053,951	75,005,766	-96,370	-0.128	0.732
2095	74,957,581	74,902,636	-109,889	-0.147	0.732
2096	74,847,692	74,791,791	-111,802	-0.149	0.731
2097	74,735,890	74,679,075	-113,631	-0.152	0.731
2098	74,622,259	74,562,973	-118,571	-0.159	0.731
2099	74,503,688	74,438,679	-130,018	-0.175	0.730
2100	74,373,670	74,305,411	-136,518	-0.184	0.730

United Kingdom population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	49,931,042	50,121,017	379,950	0.758	2.010
1951	50,310,992	50,346,815	71,647	0.142	1.985
1952	50,382,639	50,496,234	227,191	0.450	1.954
1953	50,609,830	50,727,037	234,413	0.462	1.926
1954	50,844,243	50,958,249	228,013	0.447	1.897
1955	51,072,256	51,176,747	208,983	0.408	1.868
1956	51,281,239	51,400,459	238,441	0.464	1.839
1957	51,519,680	51,655,912	272,463	0.527	1.811
1958	51,792,143	51,935,644	287,002	0.553	1.784
1959	52,079,145	52,226,471	294,652	0.564	1.761
1960	52,373,797	52,538,548	329,503	0.627	1.742
1961	52,703,300	52,884,948	363,297	0.687	1.726
1962	53,066,597	53,272,830	412,467	0.774	1.706
1963	53,479,064	53,652,936	347,744	0.648	1.680
1964	53,826,808	54,009,135	364,653	0.675	1.654
1965	54,191,461	54,359,020	335,119	0.616	1.630
1966	54,526,580	54,676,344	299,528	0.548	1.606
1967	54,826,108	54,973,661	295,106	0.537	1.583
1968	55,121,214	55,240,645	238,863	0.432	1.558
1969	55,360,077	55,456,207	192,259	0.347	1.532
1970	55,552,336	55,663,801	222,930	0.400	1.507
1971	55,775,266	55,890,372	230,212	0.412	1.483
1972	56,005,478	56,079,239	147,522	0.263	1.459
1973	56,153,000	56,188,791	71,583	0.127	1.433
1974	56,224,583	56,224,550	-67	0.000	1.407
1975	56,224,516	56,220,143	-8,747	-0.016	1.381
1976	56,215,769	56,201,138	-29,262	-0.052	1.356
1977	56,186,507	56,175,829	-21,355	-0.038	1.332
1978	56,165,152	56,175,556	20,809	0.037	1.309
1979	56,185,961	56,218,763	65,604	0.117	1.287
1980	56,251,565	56,282,103	61,076	0.109	1.265
1981	56,312,641	56,304,592	-16,099	-0.029	1.243
1982	56,296,542	56,292,755	-7,575	-0.013	1.220
1983	56,288,967	56,332,058	86,181	0.153	1.199
1984	56,375,148	56,451,313	152,331	0.270	1.180
1985	56,527,479	56,606,414	157,871	0.279	1.163
1986	56,685,350	56,751,923	133,145	0.235	1.145
1987	56,818,495	56,886,024	135,057	0.237	1.127
1988	56,953,552	57,026,546	145,989	0.256	1.109
1989	57,099,541	57,182,136	165,190	0.289	1.092
1990	57,264,731	57,367,862	206,262	0.360	1.077
1991	57,470,993	57,555,192	168,398	0.293	1.062
1992	57,639,391	57,719,272	159,761	0.277	1.048
1993	57,799,152	57,861,037	123,770	0.214	1.035
1994	57,922,922	58,003,203	160,562	0.277	1.022
1995	58,083,484	58,154,635	142,301	0.245	1.010
1996	58,225,785	58,298,565	145,560	0.250	0.998
1997	58,371,345	58,447,089	151,488	0.259	0.986
1998	58,522,833	58,626,819	207,973	0.355	0.976
1999	58,730,806	58,838,657	215,702	0.367	0.966
2000	58,946,508	59,057,338	221,660	0.375	0.957
2001	59,168,168	59,288,090	239,844	0.405	0.948
2002	59,408,012	59,540,763	265,502	0.446	0.939
2003	59,673,514	59,820,385	293,742	0.491	0.932
2004	59,967,256	60,169,967	405,422	0.674	0.925
2005	60,372,678	60,596,108	446,860	0.737	0.920
2006	60,819,538	61,051,094	463,113	0.759	0.915
2007	61,282,651	61,535,855	506,407	0.823	0.911
2008	61,789,058	62,027,306	476,497	0.768	0.906
2009	62,265,555	62,506,226	481,341	0.770	0.902
2010	62,746,896	63,006,483	519,174	0.824	0.897
2011	63,266,070	63,509,285	486,431	0.766	0.893
2012	63,752,501	63,960,484	415,966	0.650	0.888
2013	64,168,467	64,389,388	441,842	0.686	0.883
2014	64,610,309	64,865,916	511,215	0.788	0.879
2015	65,121,524	65,382,110	521,172	0.797	0.875
2016	65,642,696	65,893,358	501,324	0.761	0.872
2017	66,144,020	66,354,471	420,902	0.634	0.868
2018	66,564,922	66,752,475	375,106	0.562	0.864
2019	66,940,028	67,110,958	341,860	0.509	0.859
2020	67,281,888	67,351,861	139,947	0.208	0.854
2021	67,421,835	67,668,792	493,914	0.730	0.851
2022	67,915,749	68,179,315	527,133	0.773	0.850
2023	68,442,882	68,682,962	480,161	0.699	0.849