United Kingdom vs United States statistics compared

The United Kingdom has a population of 69.2M (ranked 21/197), compared with 340M in The United States (ranked 3/197). The United Kingdom's land area is 93,410 sq mi versus 3,531,839 sq mi for The United States (ranked 78th vs. 3rd).

By GDP, The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T) and The United States ranks 1/197 ($29.2T). By GDP per capita, The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637), while The United States ranks 9/197 ($85,810).

United Kingdom and United States: Comparison Charts

United Kingdom and United States economies compared

GDP

United Kingdom

United States

Table

Year	GDP
	United Kingdom	United States
1960	$73,233,967,692	$542,390,475,099
1961	$77,741,965,703	$562,640,778,342
1962	$81,247,564,157	$604,729,643,906
1963	$86,561,961,812	$638,380,883,119
1964	$94,407,558,351	$685,631,590,687
1965	$101,824,755,079	$743,503,780,837
1966	$108,572,752,102	$814,082,043,611
1967	$113,116,888,211	$860,737,154,024
1968	$107,759,910,068	$941,639,100,804
1969	$116,464,702,803	$1,018,471,133,697
1970	$130,671,946,244	$1,073,303,000,000
1971	$148,113,896,325	$1,164,850,000,000
1972	$169,965,034,965	$1,279,110,000,000
1973	$192,537,971,583	$1,425,376,000,000
1974	$206,131,369,799	$1,545,243,000,000
1975	$241,756,637,168	$1,684,904,000,000
1976	$232,614,555,256	$1,873,412,000,000
1977	$263,066,457,352	$2,081,826,000,000
1978	$335,883,029,722	$2,351,599,000,000
1979	$438,994,070,309	$2,627,333,000,000
1980	$564,947,710,899	$2,857,307,000,000
1981	$540,765,675,241	$3,207,041,000,000
1982	$515,048,916,841	$3,343,789,000,000
1983	$489,618,008,186	$3,634,038,000,000
1984	$461,487,097,632	$4,037,613,000,000
1985	$489,285,164,271	$4,338,979,000,000
1986	$601,452,653,181	$4,579,631,000,000
1987	$745,162,608,269	$4,855,215,000,000
1988	$910,122,732,124	$5,236,438,000,000
1989	$926,884,816,754	$5,641,580,000,000
1990	$1,093,169,389,205	$5,963,144,000,000
1991	$1,142,797,178,131	$6,158,129,000,000
1992	$1,179,659,529,660	$6,520,327,000,000
1993	$1,061,388,722,256	$6,858,559,000,000
1994	$1,140,489,745,944	$7,287,236,000,000
1995	$1,344,240,176,740	$7,639,749,000,000
1996	$1,419,645,865,835	$8,073,122,000,000
1997	$1,560,911,918,795	$8,577,552,000,000
1998	$1,653,694,932,097	$9,062,817,000,000
1999	$1,687,830,448,148	$9,631,172,000,000
2000	$1,665,534,876,683	$10,250,952,000,000
2001	$1,649,827,263,567	$10,581,929,000,000
2002	$1,785,729,916,067	$10,929,108,000,000
2003	$2,054,422,857,143	$11,456,450,000,000
2004	$2,421,525,082,387	$12,217,196,000,000
2005	$2,543,180,000,000	$13,039,197,000,000
2006	$2,708,441,582,337	$13,815,583,000,000
2007	$3,090,510,204,082	$14,474,228,000,000
2008	$2,929,411,764,706	$14,769,862,000,000
2009	$2,412,840,006,232	$14,478,067,000,000
2010	$2,485,482,596,185	$15,048,971,000,000
2011	$2,663,805,834,828	$15,599,732,000,000
2012	$2,707,089,726,615	$16,253,970,000,000
2013	$2,784,853,502,534	$16,880,683,000,000
2014	$3,064,708,247,921	$17,608,138,000,000
2015	$2,927,911,140,917	$18,295,019,000,000
2016	$2,689,106,566,900	$18,804,913,000,000
2017	$2,680,148,052,335	$19,612,102,000,000
2018	$2,871,340,347,582	$20,656,516,000,000
2019	$2,851,407,164,908	$21,539,982,000,000
2020	$2,696,778,386,608	$21,354,105,000,000
2021	$3,143,323,050,707	$23,681,171,000,000
2022	$3,114,042,471,144	$26,006,893,000,000
2023	$3,369,861,888,973	$27,720,709,000,000
2024	$3,643,834,188,783	$29,184,890,000,000

United Kingdom and United States economies compared

GDP per capita

United Kingdom

United States

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	United Kingdom	United States
1960	$1,398	$3,002
1961	$1,472	$3,063
1962	$1,526	$3,242
1963	$1,613	$3,373
1964	$1,748	$3,573
1965	$1,874	$3,827
1966	$1,987	$4,142
1967	$2,059	$4,332
1968	$1,952	$4,692
1969	$2,101	$5,025
1970	$2,348	$5,234
1971	$2,650	$5,609
1972	$3,030	$6,094
1973	$3,426	$6,726
1974	$3,666	$7,226
1975	$4,300	$7,801
1976	$4,138	$8,592
1977	$4,681	$9,453
1978	$5,977	$10,565
1979	$7,805	$11,674
1980	$10,032	$12,613
1981	$9,599	$13,976
1982	$9,146	$14,434
1983	$8,692	$15,544
1984	$8,179	$17,121
1985	$8,652	$18,237
1986	$10,611	$19,071
1987	$13,119	$20,039
1988	$15,987	$21,417
1989	$16,239	$22,857
1990	$19,095	$23,840
1991	$19,901	$24,293
1992	$20,487	$25,381
1993	$18,389	$26,353
1994	$19,709	$27,662
1995	$23,169	$28,661
1996	$24,406	$29,937
1997	$26,766	$31,430
1998	$28,275	$32,823
1999	$28,762	$34,484
2000	$28,281	$36,330
2001	$27,907	$37,134
2002	$30,078	$37,998
2003	$34,443	$39,490
2004	$40,367	$41,725
2005	$42,105	$44,123
2006	$44,512	$46,302
2007	$50,398	$48,050
2008	$47,396	$48,570
2009	$38,744	$47,195
2010	$39,599	$48,651
2011	$42,110	$50,066
2012	$42,490	$51,784
2013	$43,419	$53,410
2014	$47,427	$55,304
2015	$44,984	$57,040
2016	$40,988	$58,207
2017	$40,629	$60,322
2018	$43,315	$63,201
2019	$42,794	$65,605
2020	$40,405	$64,411
2021	$46,926	$71,352
2022	$46,063	$78,035
2023	$49,201	$82,769
2024	$52,637	$85,810

United Kingdom vs. United States life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

United Kingdom

United States

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	United Kingdom	United States
1950	68.6	68.1
1951	68.2	68.2
1952	69.5	68.4
1953	69.8	68.7
1954	70.2	69.5
1955	70.1	69.6
1956	70.4	69.6
1957	70.5	69.4
1958	70.7	69.7
1959	70.8	69.9
1960	71	69.8
1961	70.8	70.3
1962	70.9	70.1
1963	70.8	69.9
1964	71.5	70.2
1965	71.5	70.2
1966	71.4	70.2
1967	72.1	70.5
1968	71.7	70.2
1969	71.7	70.5
1970	71.9	70.7
1971	72.2	71.1
1972	72	71.2
1973	72.2	71.4
1974	72.4	72
1975	72.7	72.5
1976	72.6	72.8
1977	73.1	73.2
1978	73	73.4
1979	73.2	73.8
1980	73.6	73.7
1981	73.9	74.1
1982	74	74.5
1983	74.3	74.6
1984	74.7	74.7
1985	74.5	74.7
1986	74.8	74.7
1987	75.1	74.9
1988	75.3	74.8
1989	75.4	75.1
1990	75.7	75.4
1991	75.9	75.5
1992	76.3	75.8
1993	76.2	75.6
1994	76.7	75.7
1995	76.6	75.9
1996	76.9	76.2
1997	77.1	76.5
1998	77.3	76.7
1999	77.4	76.7
2000	77.8	76.8
2001	78.1	76.9
2002	78.2	77
2003	78.3	77.1
2004	78.9	77.5
2005	79.1	77.5
2006	79.3	77.8
2007	79.5	78
2008	79.7	78.1
2009	80.2	78.5
2010	80.4	78.7
2011	80.8	78.7
2012	80.9	78.8
2013	80.9	78.8
2014	81.2	78.9
2015	80.9	78.7
2016	81.1	78.7
2017	81.2	78.6
2018	81.1	78.8
2019	81.4	78.9
2020	80.4	77
2021	80.7	76.4
2022	81.1	78
2023	81.3	79.3
2024	81.4	79.5
2025	81.6	79.6

United Kingdom and United States population clocks and comparison

Population

United Kingdom

United States

Table

Year	Population
	United Kingdom	United States
1900	-	76,094,000
1901	-	77,584,000
1902	-	79,163,000
1903	-	80,632,000
1904	-	82,166,000
1905	-	83,822,000
1906	-	85,450,000
1907	-	87,008,000
1908	-	88,710,000
1909	-	90,490,000
1910	-	92,407,000
1911	-	93,863,000
1912	-	95,335,000
1913	-	97,225,000
1914	-	99,111,000
1915	-	100,546,000
1916	-	101,961,000
1917	-	103,268,000
1918	-	103,208,000
1919	-	104,514,000
1920	-	106,461,000
1921	-	108,538,000
1922	-	110,049,000
1923	-	111,947,000
1924	-	114,109,000
1925	-	115,829,000
1926	-	117,397,000
1927	-	119,035,000
1928	-	120,509,000
1929	-	121,767,000
1930	-	123,076,741
1931	-	124,039,648
1932	-	124,840,471
1933	-	125,578,763
1934	-	126,373,773
1935	-	127,250,232
1936	-	128,053,180
1937	-	128,824,829
1938	-	129,824,939
1939	-	130,879,718
1940	-	132,122,446
1941	-	133,402,471
1942	-	134,859,553
1943	-	136,739,353
1944	-	138,397,345
1945	-	139,928,165
1946	-	141,388,566
1947	-	144,126,071
1948	-	146,631,302
1949	-	149,188,130
1950	-	152,271,417
1951	-	154,877,889
1952	-	157,552,740
1953	-	160,184,192
1954	-	163,025,854
1955	-	165,931,202
1956	-	168,903,031
1957	-	171,984,130
1958	-	174,881,904
1959	-	177,829,628
1960	52,400,000	180,671,158
1961	52,800,000	183,691,481
1962	53,250,000	186,537,737
1963	53,650,000	189,241,798
1964	54,000,000	191,888,791
1965	54,348,050	194,302,963
1966	54,648,500	196,560,338
1967	54,943,600	198,712,056
1968	55,211,700	200,706,052
1969	55,441,750	202,676,946
1970	55,663,250	205,052,174
1971	55,896,223	207,660,677
1972	56,086,065	209,896,021
1973	56,194,527	211,908,788
1974	56,229,974	213,853,928
1975	56,225,800	215,973,199
1976	56,211,968	218,035,164
1977	56,193,492	220,239,425
1978	56,196,504	222,584,545
1979	56,246,951	225,055,487
1980	56,314,216	226,542,250
1981	56,333,829	229,465,744
1982	56,313,641	231,664,432
1983	56,332,848	233,792,014
1984	56,422,072	235,824,908
1985	56,550,268	237,923,734
1986	56,681,396	240,132,831
1987	56,802,050	242,288,936
1988	56,928,327	244,499,004
1989	57,076,711	246,819,222
1990	57,247,586	250,131,894
1991	57,424,897	253,492,503
1992	57,580,402	256,894,189
1993	57,718,614	260,255,352
1994	57,865,745	263,435,673
1995	58,019,030	266,557,091
1996	58,166,950	269,667,391
1997	58,316,954	272,911,760
1998	58,487,141	276,115,288
1999	58,682,466	279,294,713
2000	58,892,514	282,162,411
2001	59,119,673	284,968,955
2002	59,370,479	287,625,193
2003	59,647,577	290,107,933
2004	59,987,905	292,805,298
2005	60,401,206	295,516,599
2006	60,846,820	298,379,912
2007	61,322,463	301,231,207
2008	61,806,995	304,093,966
2009	62,276,270	306,771,529
2010	62,766,365	309,327,143
2011	63,258,810	311,583,481
2012	63,711,000	313,877,662
2013	64,139,000	316,059,947
2014	64,620,000	318,386,329
2015	65,088,000	320,738,994
2016	65,607,000	323,071,755
2017	65,966,000	325,122,128
2018	66,289,000	326,838,199
2019	66,631,000	328,329,953
2020	66,744,000	331,526,933
2021	66,984,000	331,893,745
2022	67,604,000	333,271,411
2023	68,492,000	334,914,895
2024	69,226,000	340,110,988

Fertility rates in United Kingdom and United States

Fertility rate

United Kingdom

United States

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	United Kingdom	United States
1960	2.69	3.65
1961	2.78	3.62
1962	2.86	3.46
1963	2.88	3.32
1964	2.93	3.19
1965	2.86	2.91
1966	2.78	2.72
1967	2.68	2.56
1968	2.6	2.46
1969	2.51	2.46
1970	2.44	2.48
1971	2.41	2.27
1972	2.2	2.01
1973	2.04	1.88
1974	1.92	1.84
1975	1.81	1.77
1976	1.74	1.74
1977	1.69	1.79
1978	1.75	1.76
1979	1.86	1.81
1980	1.9	1.84
1981	1.82	1.81
1982	1.78	1.83
1983	1.77	1.8
1984	1.77	1.81
1985	1.79	1.84
1986	1.78	1.84
1987	1.81	1.87
1988	1.82	1.93
1989	1.79	2.01
1990	1.83	2.08
1991	1.82	2.06
1992	1.79	2.05
1993	1.76	2.02
1994	1.74	2
1995	1.71	1.98
1996	1.73	1.98
1997	1.72	1.97
1998	1.71	2
1999	1.68	2.01
2000	1.64	2.06
2001	1.63	2.03
2002	1.63	2.02
2003	1.7	2.05
2004	1.75	2.05
2005	1.76	2.06
2006	1.82	2.11
2007	1.86	2.12
2008	1.91	2.07
2009	1.89	2
2010	1.92	1.93
2011	1.91	1.89
2012	1.92	1.88
2013	1.83	1.86
2014	1.81	1.86
2015	1.8	1.84
2016	1.79	1.82
2017	1.74	1.77
2018	1.68	1.73
2019	1.63	1.71
2020	1.57	1.64
2021	1.58	1.66
2022	1.56	1.66
2023	1.56	1.62

United Kingdom and United States demographics compared

Median age

United Kingdom

United States

Table

Year	Median age, years
	United Kingdom	United States
1960	35.5	29.2
1961	35.4	29
1962	35.3	28.7
1963	35.3	28.5
1964	35.2	28.2
1965	35.1	28.1
1966	34.9	27.9
1967	34.8	27.9
1968	34.6	27.9
1969	34.4	27.9
1970	34.2	27.8
1971	34.1	27.9
1972	34	28
1973	34	28.3
1974	34	28.5
1975	34	28.7
1976	34	28.9
1977	34.1	29.2
1978	34.2	29.6
1979	34.3	29.9
1980	34.4	30.1
1981	34.5	30.4
1982	34.8	30.7
1983	35	30.9
1984	35.2	31.2
1985	35.3	31.5
1986	35.4	31.8
1987	35.4	32.1
1988	35.7	32.4
1989	35.9	32.7
1990	36	32.9
1991	36.1	33.2
1992	36.2	33.4
1993	36.3	33.6
1994	36.5	33.8
1995	36.6	34.1
1996	36.8	34.4
1997	37	34.6
1998	37.2	34.9
1999	37.4	35.1
2000	37.7	35.3
2001	37.9	35.5
2002	38.1	35.6
2003	38.2	35.8
2004	38.4	36
2005	38.5	36.2
2006	38.6	36.4
2007	38.8	36.5
2008	38.9	36.6
2009	39	36.7
2010	39.2	36.9
2011	39.3	37
2012	39.5	37.1
2013	39.6	37.2
2014	39.7	37.3
2015	39.8	37.5
2016	39.8	37.6
2017	39.9	37.7
2018	40	37.9
2019	40.1	38
2020	40.2	38.2
2021	40.3	38.5
2022	40.5	38.7
2023	40.8	39
2024	41	39.3

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