Natural population change in United Kingdom
Births minus deaths in United Kingdom came to 0.0 per 1,000 people in 2025.
United Kingdom, 2025
0.0
Change from 2024
−0.2per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
-3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
-2.0 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
15th of 43
Natural population change in United Kingdom over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.0 per 1,000 people | -3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 0.2 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | -0.1 per 1,000 people | -2.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 0.2 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 0.4 per 1,000 people | -2.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | -0.1 per 1,000 people | -2.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 1.6 per 1,000 people | -1.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 1.7 per 1,000 people | -1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.2 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | -0.4 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 3.2 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 3.2 per 1,000 people | -0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | -0.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 3.2 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 0.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 2.3 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 2.2 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 1.4 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 1.1 per 1,000 people | 0.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 1.1 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 from 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.7 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.7.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 15th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was -3.0 per 1,000 people.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
2.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.68 births per woman
2018 · Eurostat