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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the United Kingdom was 69,226,000 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current United Kingdom's population is 69,945,462 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 20.7 times bigger than Uruguay's.
  • The United Kingdom is ranked the 22nd most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.89% of the world: 0.85% for the United Kingdom vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
  • For the last 10 years, the United Kingdom has had an average growth rate of +0.7% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
  • Since 2005, the population of the United Kingdom has increased from 60.4M people to 69.9M (15.8% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
  • The United Kingdom is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 76.2M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.

United Kingdom vs Uruguay: live population counter

United Kingdom Uruguay
Current population
69945462
3384690
Population rank 22/197 133/197
Percent of world population 0.85% 0.04%
One net population change
43 seconds
5.87 hours
One birth every
45.9 seconds
15.7 minutes
One death every
48.4 seconds
15.9 minutes
One migration net change every
1.26 minutes
6.5 hours
Annual migration change +417,114 -1,348
Daily growth/decline +2,011 -4
Annual growth/decline +734,000 -1,493
Annual growth/decline rate +1.07% -0.04%
Population growth rate rank 99/197 169/197

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

United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Uruguay
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
United Kingdom Uruguay United Kingdom Uruguay
1960 52,400,000 2,529,957 - -
1961 52,800,000 2,562,044 0.76% 1.27%
1962 53,250,000 2,593,298 0.85% 1.22%
1963 53,650,000 2,623,766 0.75% 1.17%
1964 54,000,000 2,653,180 0.65% 1.12%
1965 54,348,050 2,681,169 0.64% 1.05%
1966 54,648,500 2,707,646 0.55% 0.99%
1967 54,943,600 2,732,277 0.54% 0.91%
1968 55,211,700 2,754,606 0.49% 0.82%
1969 55,441,750 2,773,974 0.42% 0.7%
1970 55,663,250 2,790,807 0.4% 0.61%
1971 55,896,223 2,806,462 0.42% 0.56%
1972 56,086,065 2,821,644 0.34% 0.54%
1973 56,194,527 2,837,133 0.19% 0.55%
1974 56,229,974 2,853,944 0.06% 0.59%
1975 56,225,800 2,872,320 -0.007% 0.64%
1976 56,211,968 2,891,392 -0.02% 0.66%
1977 56,193,492 2,909,461 -0.03% 0.62%
1978 56,196,504 2,925,715 0.005% 0.56%
1979 56,246,951 2,939,903 0.09% 0.48%
1980 56,314,216 2,951,953 0.12% 0.41%
1981 56,333,829 2,963,246 0.03% 0.38%
1982 56,313,641 2,975,492 -0.04% 0.41%
1983 56,332,848 2,988,778 0.03% 0.45%
1984 56,422,072 3,002,488 0.16% 0.46%
1985 56,550,268 3,017,037 0.23% 0.48%
1986 56,681,396 3,032,845 0.23% 0.52%
1987 56,802,050 3,049,896 0.21% 0.56%
1988 56,928,327 3,067,961 0.22% 0.59%
1989 57,076,711 3,086,255 0.26% 0.6%
1990 57,247,586 3,104,403 0.3% 0.59%
1991 57,424,897 3,122,354 0.31% 0.58%
1992 57,580,402 3,139,702 0.27% 0.56%
1993 57,718,614 3,156,345 0.24% 0.53%
1994 57,865,745 3,172,834 0.25% 0.52%
1995 58,019,030 3,189,440 0.26% 0.52%
1996 58,166,950 3,206,324 0.25% 0.53%
1997 58,316,954 3,223,345 0.26% 0.53%
1998 58,487,141 3,239,280 0.29% 0.49%
1999 58,682,466 3,254,015 0.33% 0.45%
2000 58,892,514 3,266,206 0.36% 0.37%
2001 59,119,673 3,274,251 0.39% 0.25%
2002 59,370,479 3,278,867 0.42% 0.14%
2003 59,647,577 3,281,186 0.47% 0.07%
2004 59,987,905 3,283,148 0.57% 0.06%
2005 60,401,206 3,285,771 0.69% 0.08%
2006 60,846,820 3,289,506 0.74% 0.11%
2007 61,322,463 3,295,153 0.78% 0.17%
2008 61,806,995 3,302,177 0.79% 0.21%
2009 62,276,270 3,310,091 0.76% 0.24%
2010 62,766,365 3,318,580 0.79% 0.26%
2011 63,258,810 3,326,825 0.78% 0.25%
2012 63,711,000 3,335,401 0.71% 0.26%
2013 64,139,000 3,345,337 0.67% 0.3%
2014 64,620,000 3,356,334 0.75% 0.33%
2015 65,088,000 3,368,017 0.72% 0.35%
2016 65,607,000 3,379,283 0.8% 0.33%
2017 65,966,000 3,388,438 0.55% 0.27%
2018 66,289,000 3,394,534 0.49% 0.18%
2019 66,631,000 3,397,206 0.52% 0.08%
2020 66,744,000 3,398,968 0.17% 0.05%
2021 66,984,000 3,396,695 0.36% -0.07%
2022 67,604,000 3,390,913 0.93% -0.17%
2023 68,492,000 3,388,081 1.31% -0.08%
2024 69,226,000 3,386,588 1.07% -0.04%
2025 69,639,673 3,384,690 0.6% -0.06%
2026 70,020,350 3,382,543 0.55% -0.06%
2027 70,382,853 3,380,245 0.52% -0.07%
2028 70,732,699 3,377,893 0.5% -0.07%
2029 71,061,482 3,375,428 0.46% -0.07%
2030 71,377,535 3,372,892 0.44% -0.08%
2031 71,678,351 3,370,285 0.42% -0.08%
2032 71,959,934 3,367,544 0.39% -0.08%
2033 72,234,509 3,364,654 0.38% -0.09%
2034 72,497,650 3,361,591 0.36% -0.09%
2035 72,749,096 3,358,284 0.35% -0.1%
2036 72,990,847 3,354,682 0.33% -0.11%
2037 73,218,850 3,350,735 0.31% -0.12%
2038 73,441,349 3,346,431 0.3% -0.13%
2039 73,658,392 3,341,676 0.3% -0.14%
2040 73,868,334 3,336,469 0.29% -0.16%
2041 74,074,316 3,330,804 0.28% -0.17%
2042 74,275,779 3,324,643 0.27% -0.18%
2043 74,475,035 3,317,939 0.27% -0.2%
2044 74,667,284 3,310,611 0.26% -0.22%
2045 74,848,605 3,302,680 0.24% -0.24%
2046 75,020,949 3,294,196 0.23% -0.26%
2047 75,184,478 3,285,160 0.22% -0.27%
2048 75,337,543 3,275,507 0.2% -0.29%
2049 75,476,141 3,265,260 0.18% -0.31%
2050 75,600,588 3,254,361 0.16% -0.33%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the United Kingdom increased by 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the United Kingdom gained 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).

The United Kingdom was ranked 21st most populous country in 2005 and is 22nd in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.

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