World Bank · Demographics
United Kingdom: Population, total
69.49Mpeople · 2025+6.8% since 2015
Total population. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69,487,000 | |
| 2024 | 69,281,000 | |
| 2023 | 68,526,000 | |
| 2022 | 67,636,000 | |
| 2021 | 66,978,000 | |
| 2020 | 66,740,000 | |
| 2019 | 66,628,000 | |
| 2018 | 66,287,000 | |
| 2017 | 65,964,000 | |
| 2016 | 65,606,000 | |
| 2015 | 65,087,000 | |
| 2014 | 64,619,000 | |
| 2013 | 64,138,000 | |
| 2012 | 63,711,000 | |
| 2011 | 63,258,810 | |
| 2010 | 62,766,365 | |
| 2009 | 62,276,270 | |
| 2008 | 61,806,995 | |
| 2007 | 61,322,463 | |
| 2006 | 60,846,820 | |
| 2005 | 60,401,206 | |
| 2004 | 59,987,905 | |
| 2003 | 59,647,577 | |
| 2002 | 59,370,479 | |
| 2001 | 59,119,673 | |
| 2000 | 58,892,514 | |
| 1999 | 58,682,466 | |
| 1998 | 58,487,141 | |
| 1997 | 58,316,954 | |
| 1996 | 58,166,950 | |
| 1995 | 58,019,030 | |
| 1994 | 57,865,745 | |
| 1993 | 57,718,614 | |
| 1992 | 57,580,402 | |
| 1991 | 57,424,897 | |
| 1990 | 57,247,586 | |
| 1989 | 57,076,711 | |
| 1988 | 56,928,327 | |
| 1987 | 56,802,050 | |
| 1986 | 56,681,396 | |
| 1985 | 56,550,268 | |
| 1984 | 56,422,072 | |
| 1983 | 56,332,848 | |
| 1982 | 56,313,641 | |
| 1981 | 56,333,829 | |
| 1980 | 56,314,216 | |
| 1979 | 56,246,951 | |
| 1978 | 56,196,504 | |
| 1977 | 56,193,492 | |
| 1976 | 56,211,968 | |
| 1975 | 56,225,800 | |
| 1974 | 56,229,974 | |
| 1973 | 56,194,527 | |
| 1972 | 56,086,065 | |
| 1971 | 55,896,223 | |
| 1970 | 55,663,250 | |
| 1969 | 55,441,750 | |
| 1968 | 55,211,700 | |
| 1967 | 54,943,600 | |
| 1966 | 54,648,500 | |
| 1965 | 54,348,050 | |
| 1964 | 54,000,000 | |
| 1963 | 53,650,000 | |
| 1962 | 53,250,000 | |
| 1961 | 52,800,000 | |
| 1960 | 52,400,000 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). Population, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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