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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the United Kingdom was 69,226,000 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current United Kingdom's population is 69,945,462 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 205.1 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • The United Kingdom is ranked the 22nd most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.85% for the United Kingdom vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, the United Kingdom has had an average growth rate of +0.7% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of the United Kingdom has increased from 60.4M people to 69.9M (15.8% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • The United Kingdom is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 76.2M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

United Kingdom vs Vanuatu: live population counter

United Kingdom Vanuatu
Current population
69945462
341110
Population rank 22/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.85% 0.004%
One net population change
43 seconds
1.19 hours
One birth every
45.9 seconds
58.5 minutes
One death every
48.4 seconds
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
1.26 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +417,114 -43
Daily growth/decline +2,011 +20
Annual growth/decline +734,000 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +1.07% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 99/197 40/197

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

United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
United Kingdom Vanuatu United Kingdom Vanuatu
1960 52,400,000 64,431 - -
1961 52,800,000 66,264 0.76% 2.84%
1962 53,250,000 68,174 0.85% 2.88%
1963 53,650,000 70,159 0.75% 2.91%
1964 54,000,000 72,219 0.65% 2.94%
1965 54,348,050 74,358 0.64% 2.96%
1966 54,648,500 76,590 0.55% 3%
1967 54,943,600 78,921 0.54% 3.04%
1968 55,211,700 81,314 0.49% 3.03%
1969 55,441,750 83,755 0.42% 3%
1970 55,663,250 86,266 0.4% 3%
1971 55,896,223 88,862 0.42% 3.01%
1972 56,086,065 91,562 0.34% 3.04%
1973 56,194,527 94,362 0.19% 3.06%
1974 56,229,974 97,260 0.06% 3.07%
1975 56,225,800 100,269 -0.007% 3.09%
1976 56,211,968 103,388 -0.02% 3.11%
1977 56,193,492 106,618 -0.03% 3.12%
1978 56,196,504 109,963 0.005% 3.14%
1979 56,246,951 113,040 0.09% 2.8%
1980 56,314,216 115,660 0.12% 2.32%
1981 56,333,829 118,249 0.03% 2.24%
1982 56,313,641 121,035 -0.04% 2.36%
1983 56,332,848 123,998 0.03% 2.45%
1984 56,422,072 127,109 0.16% 2.51%
1985 56,550,268 130,356 0.23% 2.55%
1986 56,681,396 133,720 0.23% 2.58%
1987 56,802,050 137,187 0.21% 2.59%
1988 56,928,327 140,756 0.22% 2.6%
1989 57,076,711 144,393 0.26% 2.58%
1990 57,247,586 148,063 0.3% 2.54%
1991 57,424,897 151,793 0.31% 2.52%
1992 57,580,402 155,608 0.27% 2.51%
1993 57,718,614 159,463 0.24% 2.48%
1994 57,865,745 163,314 0.25% 2.41%
1995 58,019,030 167,137 0.26% 2.34%
1996 58,166,950 170,911 0.25% 2.26%
1997 58,316,954 174,626 0.26% 2.17%
1998 58,487,141 178,313 0.29% 2.11%
1999 58,682,466 182,048 0.33% 2.09%
2000 58,892,514 186,281 0.36% 2.33%
2001 59,119,673 191,031 0.39% 2.55%
2002 59,370,479 195,863 0.42% 2.53%
2003 59,647,577 200,746 0.47% 2.49%
2004 59,987,905 205,711 0.57% 2.47%
2005 60,401,206 210,760 0.69% 2.45%
2006 60,846,820 215,923 0.74% 2.45%
2007 61,322,463 221,276 0.78% 2.48%
2008 61,806,995 226,896 0.79% 2.54%
2009 62,276,270 232,731 0.76% 2.57%
2010 62,766,365 238,248 0.79% 2.37%
2011 63,258,810 243,474 0.78% 2.19%
2012 63,711,000 248,883 0.71% 2.22%
2013 64,139,000 254,482 0.67% 2.25%
2014 64,620,000 260,240 0.75% 2.26%
2015 65,088,000 266,101 0.72% 2.25%
2016 65,607,000 272,087 0.8% 2.25%
2017 65,966,000 278,507 0.55% 2.36%
2018 66,289,000 285,259 0.49% 2.42%
2019 66,631,000 291,985 0.52% 2.36%
2020 66,744,000 298,858 0.17% 2.35%
2021 66,984,000 305,868 0.36% 2.35%
2022 67,604,000 313,046 0.93% 2.35%
2023 68,492,000 320,409 1.31% 2.35%
2024 69,226,000 327,777 1.07% 2.3%
2025 69,639,673 335,169 0.6% 2.26%
2026 70,020,350 342,565 0.55% 2.21%
2027 70,382,853 349,970 0.52% 2.16%
2028 70,732,699 357,397 0.5% 2.12%
2029 71,061,482 364,883 0.46% 2.09%
2030 71,377,535 372,429 0.44% 2.07%
2031 71,678,351 380,015 0.42% 2.04%
2032 71,959,934 387,657 0.39% 2.01%
2033 72,234,509 395,366 0.38% 1.99%
2034 72,497,650 403,188 0.36% 1.98%
2035 72,749,096 411,061 0.35% 1.95%
2036 72,990,847 419,006 0.33% 1.93%
2037 73,218,850 427,031 0.31% 1.92%
2038 73,441,349 435,150 0.3% 1.9%
2039 73,658,392 443,311 0.3% 1.88%
2040 73,868,334 451,509 0.29% 1.85%
2041 74,074,316 459,733 0.28% 1.82%
2042 74,275,779 468,003 0.27% 1.8%
2043 74,475,035 476,308 0.27% 1.77%
2044 74,667,284 484,636 0.26% 1.75%
2045 74,848,605 492,989 0.24% 1.72%
2046 75,020,949 501,316 0.23% 1.69%
2047 75,184,478 509,621 0.22% 1.66%
2048 75,337,543 517,889 0.2% 1.62%
2049 75,476,141 526,138 0.18% 1.59%
2050 75,600,588 534,374 0.16% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the United Kingdom increased by 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the United Kingdom gained 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

The United Kingdom was ranked 21st most populous country in 2005 and is 22nd in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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