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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	United Kingdom	Pakistan	United Kingdom
1960	45,709,310	52,400,000	-	-
1961	46,921,277	52,800,000	2.65%	0.76%
1962	48,156,128	53,250,000	2.63%	0.85%
1963	49,447,776	53,650,000	2.68%	0.75%
1964	50,799,999	54,000,000	2.73%	0.65%
1965	52,209,010	54,348,050	2.77%	0.64%
1966	53,678,667	54,648,500	2.81%	0.55%
1967	55,214,768	54,943,600	2.86%	0.54%
1968	56,810,507	55,211,700	2.89%	0.49%
1969	58,460,939	55,441,750	2.91%	0.42%
1970	60,166,719	55,663,250	2.92%	0.4%
1971	61,847,899	55,896,223	2.79%	0.42%
1972	63,583,194	56,086,065	2.81%	0.34%
1973	65,461,912	56,194,527	2.95%	0.19%
1974	67,415,487	56,229,974	2.98%	0.06%
1975	69,461,175	56,225,800	3.03%	-0.007%
1976	71,620,254	56,211,968	3.11%	-0.02%
1977	73,901,827	56,193,492	3.19%	-0.03%
1978	76,307,379	56,196,504	3.26%	0.005%
1979	78,997,039	56,246,951	3.52%	0.09%
1980	82,291,010	56,314,216	4.17%	0.12%
1981	85,802,049	56,333,829	4.27%	0.03%
1982	89,089,246	56,313,641	3.83%	-0.04%
1983	92,227,711	56,332,848	3.52%	0.03%
1984	95,164,936	56,422,072	3.18%	0.16%
1985	98,229,285	56,550,268	3.22%	0.23%
1986	101,606,764	56,681,396	3.44%	0.23%
1987	105,130,717	56,802,050	3.47%	0.21%
1988	108,724,739	56,928,327	3.42%	0.22%
1989	112,336,629	57,076,711	3.32%	0.26%
1990	116,155,576	57,247,586	3.4%	0.3%
1991	120,060,406	57,424,897	3.36%	0.31%
1992	123,546,848	57,580,402	2.9%	0.27%
1993	127,020,117	57,718,614	2.81%	0.24%
1994	130,748,083	57,865,745	2.93%	0.25%
1995	134,582,253	58,019,030	2.93%	0.26%
1996	138,557,092	58,166,950	2.95%	0.25%
1997	142,531,804	58,316,954	2.87%	0.26%
1998	146,522,356	58,487,141	2.8%	0.29%
1999	150,565,377	58,682,466	2.76%	0.33%
2000	154,879,127	58,892,514	2.87%	0.36%
2001	159,270,907	59,119,673	2.84%	0.39%
2002	163,222,549	59,370,479	2.48%	0.42%
2003	167,110,248	59,647,577	2.38%	0.47%
2004	171,286,000	59,987,905	2.5%	0.57%
2005	175,453,212	60,401,206	2.43%	0.69%
2006	179,682,690	60,846,820	2.41%	0.74%
2007	184,493,231	61,322,463	2.68%	0.78%
2008	189,499,113	61,806,995	2.71%	0.79%
2009	194,376,534	62,276,270	2.57%	0.76%
2010	199,239,047	62,766,365	2.5%	0.79%
2011	203,746,065	63,258,810	2.26%	0.78%
2012	207,667,125	63,711,000	1.92%	0.71%
2013	211,073,978	64,139,000	1.64%	0.67%
2014	214,264,647	64,620,000	1.51%	0.75%
2015	217,290,883	65,088,000	1.41%	0.72%
2016	220,138,869	65,607,000	1.31%	0.8%
2017	223,273,967	65,966,000	1.42%	0.55%
2018	226,928,892	66,289,000	1.64%	0.49%
2019	230,800,899	66,631,000	1.71%	0.52%
2020	235,001,746	66,744,000	1.82%	0.17%
2021	239,477,801	66,984,000	1.9%	0.36%
2022	243,700,667	67,604,000	1.76%	0.93%
2023	247,504,495	68,492,000	1.56%	1.31%
2024	251,269,164	69,226,000	1.52%	1.07%
2025	255,219,564	69,639,673	1.57%	0.6%
2026	259,299,796	70,020,350	1.6%	0.55%
2027	263,515,827	70,382,853	1.63%	0.52%
2028	267,881,923	70,732,699	1.66%	0.5%
2029	272,337,520	71,061,482	1.66%	0.46%
2030	276,883,261	71,377,535	1.67%	0.44%
2031	281,528,070	71,678,351	1.68%	0.42%
2032	286,241,141	71,959,934	1.67%	0.39%
2033	291,012,268	72,234,509	1.67%	0.38%
2034	295,820,153	72,497,650	1.65%	0.36%
2035	300,643,518	72,749,096	1.63%	0.35%
2036	305,491,504	72,990,847	1.61%	0.33%
2037	310,353,293	73,218,850	1.59%	0.31%
2038	315,227,709	73,441,349	1.57%	0.3%
2039	320,105,882	73,658,392	1.55%	0.3%
2040	324,937,703	73,868,334	1.51%	0.29%
2041	329,746,478	74,074,316	1.48%	0.28%
2042	334,551,874	74,275,779	1.46%	0.27%
2043	339,334,851	74,475,035	1.43%	0.27%
2044	344,095,467	74,667,284	1.4%	0.26%
2045	348,837,732	74,848,605	1.38%	0.24%
2046	353,552,859	75,020,949	1.35%	0.23%
2047	358,207,159	75,184,478	1.32%	0.22%
2048	362,796,532	75,337,543	1.28%	0.2%
2049	367,344,429	75,476,141	1.25%	0.18%
2050	371,863,804	75,600,588	1.23%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.