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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	United Kingdom	Spain	United Kingdom
1960	30,455,000	52,400,000	-	-
1961	30,739,250	52,800,000	0.93%	0.76%
1962	31,023,366	53,250,000	0.92%	0.85%
1963	31,296,651	53,650,000	0.88%	0.75%
1964	31,609,195	54,000,000	1%	0.65%
1965	31,954,292	54,348,050	1.09%	0.64%
1966	32,283,194	54,648,500	1.03%	0.55%
1967	32,682,947	54,943,600	1.24%	0.54%
1968	33,113,134	55,211,700	1.32%	0.49%
1969	33,441,054	55,441,750	0.99%	0.42%
1970	33,814,531	55,663,250	1.12%	0.4%
1971	34,224,490	55,896,223	1.21%	0.42%
1972	34,604,469	56,086,065	1.11%	0.34%
1973	34,988,947	56,194,527	1.11%	0.19%
1974	35,373,335	56,229,974	1.1%	0.06%
1975	35,757,900	56,225,800	1.09%	-0.007%
1976	36,137,812	56,211,968	1.06%	-0.02%
1977	36,511,638	56,193,492	1.03%	-0.03%
1978	36,864,898	56,196,504	0.97%	0.005%
1979	37,191,330	56,246,951	0.89%	0.09%
1980	37,491,165	56,314,216	0.81%	0.12%
1981	37,758,631	56,333,829	0.71%	0.03%
1982	37,986,012	56,313,641	0.6%	-0.04%
1983	38,171,525	56,332,848	0.49%	0.03%
1984	38,330,364	56,422,072	0.42%	0.16%
1985	38,469,512	56,550,268	0.36%	0.23%
1986	38,584,624	56,681,396	0.3%	0.23%
1987	38,684,815	56,802,050	0.26%	0.21%
1988	38,766,939	56,928,327	0.21%	0.22%
1989	38,827,764	57,076,711	0.16%	0.26%
1990	38,867,322	57,247,586	0.1%	0.3%
1991	38,966,376	57,424,897	0.25%	0.31%
1992	39,157,685	57,580,402	0.49%	0.27%
1993	39,361,262	57,718,614	0.52%	0.24%
1994	39,549,108	57,865,745	0.48%	0.25%
1995	39,724,050	58,019,030	0.44%	0.26%
1996	39,889,852	58,166,950	0.42%	0.25%
1997	40,057,389	58,316,954	0.42%	0.26%
1998	40,223,509	58,487,141	0.41%	0.29%
1999	40,386,875	58,682,466	0.41%	0.33%
2000	40,567,864	58,892,514	0.45%	0.36%
2001	40,850,412	59,119,673	0.7%	0.39%
2002	41,431,558	59,370,479	1.42%	0.42%
2003	42,187,645	59,647,577	1.82%	0.47%
2004	42,921,895	59,987,905	1.74%	0.57%
2005	43,653,155	60,401,206	1.7%	0.69%
2006	44,397,319	60,846,820	1.7%	0.74%
2007	45,226,803	61,322,463	1.87%	0.78%
2008	45,954,106	61,806,995	1.61%	0.79%
2009	46,362,946	62,276,270	0.89%	0.76%
2010	46,576,897	62,766,365	0.46%	0.79%
2011	46,742,697	63,258,810	0.36%	0.78%
2012	46,773,055	63,711,000	0.06%	0.71%
2013	46,604,197	64,139,000	-0.36%	0.67%
2014	46,460,733	64,620,000	-0.31%	0.75%
2015	46,422,303	65,088,000	-0.08%	0.72%
2016	46,458,139	65,607,000	0.08%	0.8%
2017	46,571,232	65,966,000	0.24%	0.55%
2018	46,782,011	66,289,000	0.45%	0.49%
2019	47,118,501	66,631,000	0.72%	0.52%
2020	47,359,424	66,744,000	0.51%	0.17%
2021	47,443,821	66,984,000	0.18%	0.36%
2022	47,786,102	67,604,000	0.72%	0.93%
2023	48,347,910	68,492,000	1.18%	1.31%
2024	48,807,137	69,226,000	0.95%	1.07%
2025	48,786,181	69,639,673	-0.04%	0.6%
2026	48,746,279	70,020,350	-0.08%	0.55%
2027	48,696,847	70,382,853	-0.1%	0.52%
2028	48,642,132	70,732,699	-0.11%	0.5%
2029	48,578,166	71,061,482	-0.13%	0.46%
2030	48,501,513	71,377,535	-0.16%	0.44%
2031	48,412,854	71,678,351	-0.18%	0.42%
2032	48,321,195	71,959,934	-0.19%	0.39%
2033	48,230,054	72,234,509	-0.19%	0.38%
2034	48,136,421	72,497,650	-0.19%	0.36%
2035	48,036,650	72,749,096	-0.21%	0.35%
2036	47,929,957	72,990,847	-0.22%	0.33%
2037	47,819,257	73,218,850	-0.23%	0.31%
2038	47,706,580	73,441,349	-0.24%	0.3%
2039	47,588,878	73,658,392	-0.25%	0.3%
2040	47,463,597	73,868,334	-0.26%	0.29%
2041	47,332,618	74,074,316	-0.28%	0.28%
2042	47,194,588	74,275,779	-0.29%	0.27%
2043	47,052,293	74,475,035	-0.3%	0.27%
2044	46,902,636	74,667,284	-0.32%	0.26%
2045	46,738,565	74,848,605	-0.35%	0.24%
2046	46,564,383	75,020,949	-0.37%	0.23%
2047	46,381,681	75,184,478	-0.39%	0.22%
2048	46,190,642	75,337,543	-0.41%	0.2%
2049	45,985,428	75,476,141	-0.44%	0.18%
2050	45,769,362	75,600,588	-0.47%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Spain increased by 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Spain gained 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2005 and is 32nd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Spain's population will shrink by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.