The current population of the United Kingdom is 69,945,462 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 69,226,000 in 2024.
Population facts:
- The United Kingdom is projected to reach 76.2M people in 2072.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 60.4M people to 69.9M (15.8% growth in 20 years).
- The United Kingdom is ranked 22/197 by population and was ranked 21st in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, the United Kingdom has had an average growth rate of 0.79% per year.
- The United Kingdom accounts for 0.85% of the world's population.
The United Kingdom population clock
United Kingdom
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
69945462
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 22/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.85% | N/A |
| One net population change |
43 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
45.9 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
48.4 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +2,011 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +734,000 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.07% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 99/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.26 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +417,114 | N/A |
The United Kingdom population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 52,400,000 | - |
| 1961 | 52,800,000 | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 53,250,000 | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 53,650,000 | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 54,000,000 | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 54,348,050 | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 54,648,500 | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 54,943,600 | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 55,211,700 | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 55,441,750 | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 55,663,250 | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 55,896,223 | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 56,086,065 | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 56,194,527 | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 56,229,974 | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 56,225,800 | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 56,211,968 | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 56,193,492 | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 56,196,504 | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 56,246,951 | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 56,314,216 | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 56,333,829 | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 56,313,641 | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 56,332,848 | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 56,422,072 | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 56,550,268 | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 56,681,396 | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 56,802,050 | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 56,928,327 | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 57,076,711 | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 57,247,586 | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 57,424,897 | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 57,580,402 | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 57,718,614 | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 57,865,745 | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 58,019,030 | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 58,166,950 | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 58,316,954 | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 58,487,141 | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 58,682,466 | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 58,892,514 | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 59,119,673 | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 59,370,479 | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 59,647,577 | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 59,987,905 | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 60,401,206 | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 60,846,820 | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 61,322,463 | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 61,806,995 | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 62,276,270 | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 62,766,365 | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 63,258,810 | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 63,711,000 | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 64,139,000 | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 64,620,000 | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 65,088,000 | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 65,607,000 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 65,966,000 | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 66,289,000 | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 66,631,000 | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 66,744,000 | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 66,984,000 | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 67,604,000 | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 68,492,000 | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 69,226,000 | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 69,639,673 | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 70,020,350 | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 70,382,853 | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 70,732,699 | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 71,061,482 | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 71,377,535 | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 71,678,351 | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 71,959,934 | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 72,234,509 | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 72,497,650 | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 72,749,096 | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 72,990,847 | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 73,218,850 | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 73,441,349 | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 73,658,392 | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 73,868,334 | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 74,074,316 | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 74,275,779 | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 74,475,035 | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 74,667,284 | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 74,848,605 | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 75,020,949 | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 75,184,478 | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 75,337,543 | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 75,476,141 | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 75,600,588 | 0.16% |
The United Kingdom has a population of 69.9M as of 2025, compared to 65.1M in 2015, 60.4M in 2005, and 58M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.75% per year. The United Kingdom is ranked 128th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) the United Kingdom will have 74,848,605 people (7.01% growth) with a rank change from 22nd to 25th.
By the year 2100, the United Kingdom's population is projected to grow by 6.37% to 74.4M people.
Largest cities by population
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| London | 8.8M |
| Birmingham | 1.14M |
| Glasgow | 626K |
| Manchester | 548K |
| Leeds | 536K |
| Sheffield | 518K |
| Liverpool | 513K |
| Edinburgh | 488K |
| Bristol | 472K |
| Leicester | 464K |
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United Kingdom population statistics
|
United Kingdom
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.6 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 41.4 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 41 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.56 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 741 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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