Population of United Kingdom

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Aug 2024

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The current population of United Kingdom is 69,251,677 as of October 05, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of United Kingdom is projected at 69,138,192, or 69.14 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in United Kingdom is projected at 68,682,962, or 68.68 million people, for the year 2023.

United Kingdom is the third-most populous country in Europe and is in the 21st position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

United Kingdom population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	49,931,042	50,121,017	379,950	0.758	2.01
1951	50,310,992	50,346,815	71,647	0.142	1.98
1952	50,382,639	50,496,234	227,191	0.450	1.95
1953	50,609,830	50,727,037	234,413	0.462	1.93
1954	50,844,243	50,958,249	228,013	0.447	1.90
1955	51,072,256	51,176,747	208,983	0.408	1.87
1956	51,281,239	51,400,459	238,441	0.464	1.84
1957	51,519,680	51,655,912	272,463	0.527	1.81
1958	51,792,143	51,935,644	287,002	0.553	1.78
1959	52,079,145	52,226,471	294,652	0.564	1.76
1960	52,373,797	52,538,548	329,503	0.627	1.74
1961	52,703,300	52,884,948	363,297	0.687	1.73
1962	53,066,597	53,272,830	412,467	0.774	1.71
1963	53,479,064	53,652,936	347,744	0.648	1.68
1964	53,826,808	54,009,135	364,653	0.675	1.65
1965	54,191,461	54,359,020	335,119	0.616	1.63
1966	54,526,580	54,676,344	299,528	0.548	1.61
1967	54,826,108	54,973,661	295,106	0.537	1.58
1968	55,121,214	55,240,645	238,863	0.432	1.56
1969	55,360,077	55,456,207	192,259	0.347	1.53
1970	55,552,336	55,663,801	222,930	0.400	1.51
1971	55,775,266	55,890,372	230,212	0.412	1.48
1972	56,005,478	56,079,239	147,522	0.263	1.46
1973	56,153,000	56,188,791	71,583	0.127	1.43
1974	56,224,583	56,224,550	-67	0.000	1.41
1975	56,224,516	56,220,143	-8,747	-0.016	1.38
1976	56,215,769	56,201,138	-29,262	-0.052	1.36
1977	56,186,507	56,175,829	-21,355	-0.038	1.33
1978	56,165,152	56,175,556	20,809	0.037	1.31
1979	56,185,961	56,218,763	65,604	0.117	1.29
1980	56,251,565	56,282,103	61,076	0.109	1.27
1981	56,312,641	56,304,592	-16,099	-0.029	1.24
1982	56,296,542	56,292,755	-7,575	-0.013	1.22
1983	56,288,967	56,332,058	86,181	0.153	1.20
1984	56,375,148	56,451,313	152,331	0.270	1.18
1985	56,527,479	56,606,414	157,871	0.279	1.16
1986	56,685,350	56,751,923	133,145	0.235	1.14
1987	56,818,495	56,886,024	135,057	0.237	1.13
1988	56,953,552	57,026,546	145,989	0.256	1.11
1989	57,099,541	57,182,136	165,190	0.289	1.09
1990	57,264,731	57,367,862	206,262	0.360	1.08
1991	57,470,993	57,555,192	168,398	0.293	1.06
1992	57,639,391	57,719,272	159,761	0.277	1.05
1993	57,799,152	57,861,037	123,770	0.214	1.03
1994	57,922,922	58,003,203	160,562	0.277	1.02
1995	58,083,484	58,154,635	142,301	0.245	1.01
1996	58,225,785	58,298,565	145,560	0.250	1.00
1997	58,371,345	58,447,089	151,488	0.259	0.99
1998	58,522,833	58,626,819	207,973	0.355	0.98
1999	58,730,806	58,838,657	215,702	0.367	0.97
2000	58,946,508	59,057,338	221,660	0.375	0.96
2001	59,168,168	59,288,090	239,844	0.405	0.95
2002	59,408,012	59,540,763	265,502	0.446	0.94
2003	59,673,514	59,820,385	293,742	0.491	0.93
2004	59,967,256	60,169,967	405,422	0.674	0.93
2005	60,372,678	60,596,108	446,860	0.737	0.92
2006	60,819,538	61,051,094	463,113	0.759	0.92
2007	61,282,651	61,535,855	506,407	0.823	0.91
2008	61,789,058	62,027,306	476,497	0.768	0.91
2009	62,265,555	62,506,226	481,341	0.770	0.90
2010	62,746,896	63,006,483	519,174	0.824	0.90
2011	63,266,070	63,509,285	486,431	0.766	0.89
2012	63,752,501	63,960,484	415,966	0.650	0.89
2013	64,168,467	64,389,388	441,842	0.686	0.88
2014	64,610,309	64,865,916	511,215	0.788	0.88
2015	65,121,524	65,382,110	521,172	0.797	0.88
2016	65,642,696	65,893,358	501,324	0.761	0.87
2017	66,144,020	66,354,471	420,902	0.634	0.87
2018	66,564,922	66,752,475	375,106	0.562	0.86
2019	66,940,028	67,110,958	341,860	0.509	0.86
2020	67,281,888	67,351,861	139,947	0.208	0.85
2021	67,421,835	67,668,792	493,914	0.730	0.85
2022	67,915,749	68,179,315	527,133	0.773	0.85
2023	68,442,882	68,682,962	480,161	0.699	0.85

United Kingdom population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	68,923,043	69,138,192	430,297	0.622	0.85
2025	69,353,340	69,551,332	395,983	0.569	0.84
2026	69,749,323	69,931,528	364,410	0.521	0.84
2027	70,113,733	70,293,580	359,695	0.512	0.84
2028	70,473,428	70,642,974	339,092	0.480	0.84
2029	70,812,520	70,971,337	317,633	0.448	0.83
2030	71,130,153	71,286,992	313,678	0.440	0.83
2031	71,443,831	71,587,424	287,186	0.401	0.83
2032	71,731,017	71,868,655	275,276	0.383	0.83
2033	72,006,293	72,142,880	273,174	0.379	0.82
2034	72,279,467	72,405,685	252,435	0.349	0.82
2035	72,531,902	72,656,815	249,826	0.344	0.82
2036	72,781,728	72,898,254	233,053	0.320	0.81
2037	73,014,781	73,125,973	222,384	0.304	0.81
2038	73,237,165	73,348,190	222,051	0.303	0.81
2039	73,459,216	73,564,958	211,484	0.287	0.81
2040	73,670,700	73,774,626	207,853	0.282	0.80
2041	73,878,553	73,980,351	203,596	0.275	0.80
2042	74,082,149	74,181,563	198,828	0.268	0.80
2043	74,280,977	74,380,562	199,170	0.268	0.80
2044	74,480,147	74,572,568	184,843	0.248	0.79
2045	74,664,990	74,753,658	177,335	0.237	0.79
2046	74,842,325	74,925,784	166,917	0.223	0.79
2047	75,009,242	75,089,106	159,727	0.213	0.79
2048	75,168,969	75,241,980	146,022	0.194	0.79
2049	75,314,991	75,380,404	130,826	0.174	0.78
2050	75,445,817	75,504,681	117,728	0.156	0.78
2051	75,563,545	75,616,457	105,823	0.140	0.78
2052	75,669,368	75,715,203	91,670	0.121	0.78
2053	75,761,038	75,797,706	73,336	0.097	0.78
2054	75,834,374	75,868,023	67,298	0.089	0.77
2055	75,901,672	75,921,058	38,773	0.051	0.77
2056	75,940,445	75,956,753	32,616	0.043	0.77
2057	75,973,061	75,982,995	19,867	0.026	0.77
2058	75,992,928	76,002,015	18,174	0.024	0.76
2059	76,011,102	76,010,858	-488	-0.001	0.76
2060	76,010,614	76,010,356	-516	-0.001	0.76
2061	76,010,098	76,011,258	2,319	0.003	0.76
2062	76,012,417	76,015,723	6,611	0.009	0.76
2063	76,019,028	76,018,826	-404	-0.001	0.76
2064	76,018,624	76,020,153	3,058	0.004	0.75
2065	76,021,682	76,022,079	793	0.001	0.75
2066	76,022,475	76,025,915	6,880	0.009	0.75
2067	76,029,355	76,033,052	7,393	0.010	0.75
2068	76,036,748	76,037,173	850	0.001	0.75
2069	76,037,598	76,040,923	6,649	0.009	0.75
2070	76,044,247	76,049,084	9,675	0.013	0.75
2071	76,053,922	76,059,258	10,671	0.014	0.75
2072	76,064,593	76,068,383	7,580	0.010	0.74
2073	76,072,173	76,067,629	-9,088	-0.012	0.74
2074	76,063,085	76,057,432	-11,305	-0.015	0.74
2075	76,051,780	76,045,531	-12,497	-0.016	0.74
2076	76,039,283	76,038,090	-2,386	-0.003	0.74
2077	76,036,897	76,028,116	-17,562	-0.023	0.74
2078	76,019,335	76,010,108	-18,454	-0.024	0.74
2079	76,000,881	75,986,572	-28,618	-0.038	0.74
2080	75,972,263	75,956,251	-32,024	-0.042	0.74
2081	75,940,239	75,926,701	-27,077	-0.036	0.74
2082	75,913,162	75,892,777	-40,771	-0.054	0.74
2083	75,872,391	75,847,664	-49,454	-0.065	0.74
2084	75,822,937	75,797,777	-50,321	-0.066	0.74
2085	75,772,616	75,743,276	-58,680	-0.077	0.74
2086	75,713,936	75,680,069	-67,733	-0.089	0.74
2087	75,646,203	75,610,810	-70,787	-0.094	0.74
2088	75,575,416	75,539,628	-71,576	-0.095	0.73
2089	75,503,840	75,462,724	-82,232	-0.109	0.73
2090	75,421,608	75,378,279	-86,658	-0.115	0.73
2091	75,334,950	75,289,987	-89,926	-0.119	0.73
2092	75,245,024	75,198,447	-93,155	-0.124	0.73
2093	75,151,869	75,102,910	-97,918	-0.130	0.73
2094	75,053,951	75,005,766	-96,370	-0.128	0.73
2095	74,957,581	74,902,636	-109,889	-0.147	0.73
2096	74,847,692	74,791,791	-111,802	-0.149	0.73
2097	74,735,890	74,679,075	-113,631	-0.152	0.73
2098	74,622,259	74,562,973	-118,571	-0.159	0.73
2099	74,503,688	74,438,679	-130,018	-0.175	0.73
2100	74,373,670	74,305,411	-136,518	-0.184	0.73