Population in Mexico compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mexico and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	United Kingdom	Mexico	United Kingdom
1960	36,724,615	52,400,000	-	-
1961	37,890,118	52,800,000	3.17%	0.76%
1962	39,129,200	53,250,000	3.27%	0.85%
1963	40,424,065	53,650,000	3.31%	0.75%
1964	41,772,049	54,000,000	3.33%	0.65%
1965	43,174,477	54,348,050	3.36%	0.64%
1966	44,629,106	54,648,500	3.37%	0.55%
1967	46,129,608	54,943,600	3.36%	0.54%
1968	47,668,303	55,211,700	3.34%	0.49%
1969	49,233,194	55,441,750	3.28%	0.42%
1970	50,814,953	55,663,250	3.21%	0.4%
1971	52,412,558	55,896,223	3.14%	0.42%
1972	54,030,168	56,086,065	3.09%	0.34%
1973	55,667,284	56,194,527	3.03%	0.19%
1974	57,320,149	56,229,974	2.97%	0.06%
1975	58,982,400	56,225,800	2.9%	-0.007%
1976	60,645,512	56,211,968	2.82%	-0.02%
1977	62,308,493	56,193,492	2.74%	-0.03%
1978	63,979,046	56,196,504	2.68%	0.005%
1979	65,648,865	56,246,951	2.61%	0.09%
1980	67,300,334	56,314,216	2.52%	0.12%
1981	68,892,108	56,333,829	2.37%	0.03%
1982	70,433,260	56,313,641	2.24%	-0.04%
1983	71,971,240	56,332,848	2.18%	0.03%
1984	73,506,846	56,422,072	2.13%	0.16%
1985	75,043,414	56,550,268	2.09%	0.23%
1986	76,585,637	56,681,396	2.06%	0.23%
1987	78,136,651	56,802,050	2.03%	0.21%
1988	79,695,531	56,928,327	2%	0.22%
1989	81,247,182	57,076,711	1.95%	0.26%
1990	82,820,170	57,247,586	1.94%	0.3%
1991	84,430,572	57,424,897	1.94%	0.31%
1992	86,044,809	57,580,402	1.91%	0.27%
1993	87,653,807	57,718,614	1.87%	0.24%
1994	89,259,205	57,865,745	1.83%	0.25%
1995	90,862,455	58,019,030	1.8%	0.26%
1996	92,452,702	58,166,950	1.75%	0.25%
1997	94,021,207	58,316,954	1.7%	0.26%
1998	95,575,245	58,487,141	1.65%	0.29%
1999	97,115,707	58,682,466	1.61%	0.33%
2000	98,625,552	58,892,514	1.55%	0.36%
2001	100,099,099	59,119,673	1.49%	0.39%
2002	101,548,624	59,370,479	1.45%	0.42%
2003	102,978,515	59,647,577	1.41%	0.47%
2004	104,394,131	59,987,905	1.37%	0.57%
2005	105,811,504	60,401,206	1.36%	0.69%
2006	107,253,666	60,846,820	1.36%	0.74%
2007	108,774,360	61,322,463	1.42%	0.78%
2008	110,374,288	61,806,995	1.47%	0.79%
2009	111,999,721	62,276,270	1.47%	0.76%
2010	113,623,895	62,766,365	1.45%	0.79%
2011	115,243,504	63,258,810	1.43%	0.78%
2012	116,818,208	63,711,000	1.37%	0.71%
2013	118,343,573	64,139,000	1.31%	0.67%
2014	119,784,261	64,620,000	1.22%	0.75%
2015	121,072,306	65,088,000	1.08%	0.72%
2016	122,251,351	65,607,000	0.97%	0.8%
2017	123,400,057	65,966,000	0.94%	0.55%
2018	124,573,711	66,289,000	0.95%	0.49%
2019	125,762,982	66,631,000	0.95%	0.52%
2020	126,799,054	66,744,000	0.82%	0.17%
2021	127,648,148	66,984,000	0.67%	0.36%
2022	128,613,117	67,604,000	0.76%	0.93%
2023	129,739,759	68,492,000	0.88%	1.31%
2024	130,861,007	69,226,000	0.86%	1.07%
2025	131,946,905	69,639,673	0.83%	0.6%
2026	132,997,664	70,020,350	0.8%	0.55%
2027	134,017,711	70,382,853	0.77%	0.52%
2028	135,008,697	70,732,699	0.74%	0.5%
2029	135,970,893	71,061,482	0.71%	0.46%
2030	136,904,747	71,377,535	0.69%	0.44%
2031	137,811,068	71,678,351	0.66%	0.42%
2032	138,690,189	71,959,934	0.64%	0.39%
2033	139,542,087	72,234,509	0.61%	0.38%
2034	140,362,026	72,497,650	0.59%	0.36%
2035	141,150,818	72,749,096	0.56%	0.35%
2036	141,909,168	72,990,847	0.54%	0.33%
2037	142,637,546	73,218,850	0.51%	0.31%
2038	143,336,222	73,441,349	0.49%	0.3%
2039	143,998,296	73,658,392	0.46%	0.3%
2040	144,624,328	73,868,334	0.43%	0.29%
2041	145,217,780	74,074,316	0.41%	0.28%
2042	145,777,459	74,275,779	0.39%	0.27%
2043	146,300,011	74,475,035	0.36%	0.27%
2044	146,787,722	74,667,284	0.33%	0.26%
2045	147,240,096	74,848,605	0.31%	0.24%
2046	147,654,160	75,020,949	0.28%	0.23%
2047	148,030,153	75,184,478	0.25%	0.22%
2048	148,372,233	75,337,543	0.23%	0.2%
2049	148,677,894	75,476,141	0.21%	0.18%
2050	148,946,272	75,600,588	0.18%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.