Demographics of United Kingdom

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of United Kingdom is projected at 69.55 million, compared to 69.14 million in 2024. It is the third-most populous country in Europe, and the 22nd most populous country in the world. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.57 percent, the 135th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 34.26 million males and 35.29 million females in United Kingdom. The percentage of the male population is 49.25%, compared to 50.75% of the female population. United Kingdom has 1.04 million more females than males, the 15th highest in the world. The sex ratio in United Kingdom in 2025 will be 97.061 males per 100 females. United Kingdom is in the 87th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

58.35 million people are living in urban areas, which is 85 % of United Kingdom population. United Kingdom is ranked 55th in terms of urbanization.

United Kingdom population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	24,099,876	26,021,141	50,121,017	0.76	92.617
1955	24,630,371	26,546,376	51,176,747	0.41	92.782
1960	25,379,668	27,158,880	52,538,548	0.63	93.449
1965	26,378,631	27,980,389	54,359,020	0.62	94.275
1970	27,026,057	28,637,744	55,663,801	0.40	94.372
1975	27,357,972	28,862,170	56,220,143	-0.02	94.788
1980	27,391,943	28,890,161	56,282,103	0.11	94.814
1985	27,576,015	29,030,400	56,606,414	0.28	94.990
1990	27,664,153	29,703,709	57,367,862	0.36	93.134
1995	28,123,607	30,031,028	58,154,635	0.24	93.648
2000	28,628,840	30,428,498	59,057,338	0.38	94.086
2005	29,481,318	31,114,790	60,596,108	0.74	94.750
2010	30,780,549	32,225,934	63,006,483	0.82	95.515
2015	32,064,103	33,318,007	65,382,110	0.80	96.237
2020	33,128,760	34,223,101	67,351,861	0.21	96.802
2021	33,298,161	34,370,631	67,668,792	0.73	96.880
2022	33,558,255	34,621,061	68,179,315	0.77	96.930
2023	33,812,594	34,870,368	68,682,962	0.70	96.967
2024	34,044,490	35,093,701	69,138,192	0.62	97.010
2025	34,256,981	35,294,351	69,551,332	0.57	97.061

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	68.631	33.889	2.224
1955	70.134	34.066	2.279
1960	71.025	34.505	2.704
1965	71.516	34.084	2.867
1970	71.882	33.218	2.421
1975	72.650	32.901	1.807
1980	73.591	33.336	1.888
1985	74.536	34.300	1.788
1990	75.738	34.949	1.829
1995	76.614	35.600	1.709
2000	77.849	36.626	1.641
2005	79.106	37.512	1.761
2010	80.391	38.191	1.918
2015	80.919	38.784	1.801
2020	80.385	39.220	1.571
2021	80.708	39.316	1.583
2022	81.074	39.504	1.560
2023	81.302	39.782	1.560
2024	81.448	39.972	1.551
2025	81.600	40.076	1.539

Total
Crude

United Kingdom death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	589,015	817,314	11.752	16.307
1955	593,831	793,412	11.604	15.503
1960	601,038	910,595	11.440	17.332
1965	628,532	988,612	11.563	18.187
1970	658,140	896,322	11.823	16.102
1975	665,069	696,561	11.830	12.390
1980	663,701	749,962	11.792	13.325
1985	672,405	747,104	11.879	13.198
1990	648,416	797,555	11.303	13.902
1995	652,927	733,841	11.227	12.619
2000	616,828	684,572	10.445	11.592
2005	590,620	729,201	9.747	12.034
2010	567,680	812,048	9.010	12.888
2015	605,880	779,219	9.267	11.918
2020	691,537	687,269	10.268	10.204
2021	662,086	693,027	9.784	10.241
2022	648,522	688,630	9.512	10.100
2023	653,747	688,388	9.518	10.023
2024	670,730	683,910	9.701	9.892
2025	673,998	680,076	9.691	9.778

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of United Kingdom

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	39,977,030	10,638,984	78.981
1955	40,241,373	10,882,334	78.714
1960	41,130,617	11,302,540	78.444
1965	42,259,485	12,043,622	77.821
1970	42,903,762	12,731,173	77.117
1975	43,667,185	12,544,762	77.683
1980	44,157,482	12,107,993	78.481
1985	44,263,815	12,202,316	78.390
1990	44,683,287	12,500,044	78.140
1995	45,427,516	12,550,805	78.353
2000	46,365,434	12,585,414	78.651
2005	48,178,255	12,108,499	79.915
2010	51,469,697	11,837,146	81.302
2015	54,035,311	11,361,769	82.626
2020	56,495,180	10,839,028	83.903
2021	56,970,141	10,729,342	84.152
2022	57,438,662	10,618,119	84.398
2023	57,900,076	10,505,374	84.642
2024	58,353,588	10,391,109	84.884

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

United Kingdom population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,811,875	1,720,534	3,532,409	5.08	105.309
05-09	2,036,289	1,932,898	3,969,186	5.71	105.349
10-14	2,202,126	2,095,504	4,297,631	6.18	105.088
15-19	2,159,674	2,056,552	4,216,226	6.06	105.014
20-24	2,073,147	1,969,051	4,042,198	5.81	105.287
25-29	2,279,448	2,154,472	4,433,920	6.38	105.801
30-34	2,391,926	2,315,615	4,707,541	6.77	103.295
35-39	2,273,711	2,299,657	4,573,368	6.58	98.872
40-44	2,266,912	2,319,971	4,586,882	6.59	97.713
45-49	2,085,539	2,119,922	4,205,461	6.05	98.378
50-54	2,202,954	2,266,005	4,468,958	6.43	97.218
55-59	2,192,921	2,380,323	4,573,243	6.58	92.127
60-64	2,030,708	2,210,115	4,240,824	6.10	91.882
65-69	1,782,822	1,947,917	3,730,740	5.36	91.525
70-74	1,506,973	1,714,756	3,221,729	4.63	87.883
75-79	1,402,266	1,590,488	2,992,755	4.30	88.166
80-84	837,999	1,079,916	1,917,915	2.76	77.599
85-89	488,829	682,654	1,171,482	1.68	71.607
90-94	186,976	325,700	512,677	0.74	57.407
95-99	40,071	97,710	137,780	0.20	41.010
100+	3,816	14,593	18,409	0.03	26.150
Total	34,256,982	35,294,353	69,551,334		97.061