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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	United Kingdom	United States	United Kingdom	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	52,400,000	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	52,800,000	183,691,481	0.76%	1.67%
1962	53,250,000	186,537,737	0.85%	1.55%
1963	53,650,000	189,241,798	0.75%	1.45%
1964	54,000,000	191,888,791	0.65%	1.4%
1965	54,348,050	194,302,963	0.64%	1.26%
1966	54,648,500	196,560,338	0.55%	1.16%
1967	54,943,600	198,712,056	0.54%	1.09%
1968	55,211,700	200,706,052	0.49%	1%
1969	55,441,750	202,676,946	0.42%	0.98%
1970	55,663,250	205,052,174	0.4%	1.17%
1971	55,896,223	207,660,677	0.42%	1.27%
1972	56,086,065	209,896,021	0.34%	1.08%
1973	56,194,527	211,908,788	0.19%	0.96%
1974	56,229,974	213,853,928	0.06%	0.92%
1975	56,225,800	215,973,199	-0.007%	0.99%
1976	56,211,968	218,035,164	-0.02%	0.95%
1977	56,193,492	220,239,425	-0.03%	1.01%
1978	56,196,504	222,584,545	0.005%	1.06%
1979	56,246,951	225,055,487	0.09%	1.11%
1980	56,314,216	226,542,250	0.12%	0.66%
1981	56,333,829	229,465,744	0.03%	1.29%
1982	56,313,641	231,664,432	-0.04%	0.96%
1983	56,332,848	233,792,014	0.03%	0.92%
1984	56,422,072	235,824,908	0.16%	0.87%
1985	56,550,268	237,923,734	0.23%	0.89%
1986	56,681,396	240,132,831	0.23%	0.93%
1987	56,802,050	242,288,936	0.21%	0.9%
1988	56,928,327	244,499,004	0.22%	0.91%
1989	57,076,711	246,819,222	0.26%	0.95%
1990	57,247,586	250,131,894	0.3%	1.34%
1991	57,424,897	253,492,503	0.31%	1.34%
1992	57,580,402	256,894,189	0.27%	1.34%
1993	57,718,614	260,255,352	0.24%	1.31%
1994	57,865,745	263,435,673	0.25%	1.22%
1995	58,019,030	266,557,091	0.26%	1.18%
1996	58,166,950	269,667,391	0.25%	1.17%
1997	58,316,954	272,911,760	0.26%	1.2%
1998	58,487,141	276,115,288	0.29%	1.17%
1999	58,682,466	279,294,713	0.33%	1.15%
2000	58,892,514	282,162,411	0.36%	1.03%
2001	59,119,673	284,968,955	0.39%	0.99%
2002	59,370,479	287,625,193	0.42%	0.93%
2003	59,647,577	290,107,933	0.47%	0.86%
2004	59,987,905	292,805,298	0.57%	0.93%
2005	60,401,206	295,516,599	0.69%	0.93%
2006	60,846,820	298,379,912	0.74%	0.97%
2007	61,322,463	301,231,207	0.78%	0.96%
2008	61,806,995	304,093,966	0.79%	0.95%
2009	62,276,270	306,771,529	0.76%	0.88%
2010	62,766,365	309,327,143	0.79%	0.83%
2011	63,258,810	311,583,481	0.78%	0.73%
2012	63,711,000	313,877,662	0.71%	0.74%
2013	64,139,000	316,059,947	0.67%	0.7%
2014	64,620,000	318,386,329	0.75%	0.74%
2015	65,088,000	320,738,994	0.72%	0.74%
2016	65,607,000	323,071,755	0.8%	0.73%
2017	65,966,000	325,122,128	0.55%	0.63%
2018	66,289,000	326,838,199	0.49%	0.53%
2019	66,631,000	328,329,953	0.52%	0.46%
2020	66,744,000	331,526,933	0.17%	0.97%
2021	66,984,000	331,893,745	0.36%	0.11%
2022	67,604,000	333,271,411	0.93%	0.42%
2023	68,492,000	334,914,895	1.31%	0.49%
2024	69,226,000	340,110,988	1.07%	1.55%
2025	69,639,673	341,931,772	0.6%	0.54%
2026	70,020,350	343,664,369	0.55%	0.51%
2027	70,382,853	345,331,185	0.52%	0.49%
2028	70,732,699	346,981,137	0.5%	0.48%
2029	71,061,482	348,601,982	0.46%	0.47%
2030	71,377,535	350,176,974	0.44%	0.45%
2031	71,678,351	351,725,612	0.42%	0.44%
2032	71,959,934	353,249,060	0.39%	0.43%
2033	72,234,509	354,749,644	0.38%	0.42%
2034	72,497,650	356,234,239	0.36%	0.42%
2035	72,749,096	357,694,316	0.35%	0.41%
2036	72,990,847	359,119,002	0.33%	0.4%
2037	73,218,850	360,517,853	0.31%	0.39%
2038	73,441,349	361,895,407	0.3%	0.38%
2039	73,658,392	363,229,908	0.3%	0.37%
2040	73,868,334	364,512,364	0.29%	0.35%
2041	74,074,316	365,753,139	0.28%	0.34%
2042	74,275,779	366,969,419	0.27%	0.33%
2043	74,475,035	368,146,925	0.27%	0.32%
2044	74,667,284	369,258,123	0.26%	0.3%
2045	74,848,605	370,318,770	0.24%	0.29%
2046	75,020,949	371,328,255	0.23%	0.27%
2047	75,184,478	372,299,116	0.22%	0.26%
2048	75,337,543	373,230,539	0.2%	0.25%
2049	75,476,141	374,119,803	0.18%	0.24%
2050	75,600,588	374,986,259	0.16%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the United Kingdom increased by 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the United Kingdom gained 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

The United Kingdom was ranked 21st most populous country in 2005 and is 22nd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the United Kingdom's population will grow by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people with a rank change from 22nd to 26th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.