Population in United Kingdom
The population of United Kingdom was 69,487,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
United Kingdom, 2025
69,487,000
Change from 2024
+0.3%
World, 2025
8,215,424,893 people
Position in 2025
22nd of 217
Population in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69,487,000 people | 8,215,424,893 people |
| 2024 | 69,281,000 people | 8,140,897,523 people |
| 2023 | 68,526,000 people | 8,062,923,417 people |
| 2022 | 67,636,000 people | 7,988,550,201 people |
| 2021 | 66,978,000 people | 7,919,567,995 people |
| 2020 | 66,740,000 people | 7,853,863,139 people |
| 2019 | 66,628,000 people | 7,777,162,476 people |
| 2018 | 66,287,000 people | 7,696,159,728 people |
| 2017 | 65,964,000 people | 7,613,788,655 people |
| 2016 | 65,606,000 people | 7,528,221,579 people |
| 2015 | 65,087,000 people | 7,441,084,771 people |
| 2014 | 64,619,000 people | 7,353,532,223 people |
| 2013 | 64,138,000 people | 7,265,404,737 people |
| 2012 | 63,711,000 people | 7,176,482,165 people |
| 2011 | 63,258,810 people | 7,086,704,141 people |
| 2010 | 62,766,365 people | 7,000,860,073 people |
| 2009 | 62,276,270 people | 6,916,168,196 people |
| 2008 | 61,806,995 people | 6,830,080,867 people |
| 2007 | 61,322,463 people | 6,744,049,498 people |
| 2006 | 60,846,820 people | 6,659,536,021 people |
| 2005 | 60,401,206 people | 6,575,410,029 people |
| 2004 | 59,987,905 people | 6,492,354,627 people |
| 2003 | 59,647,577 people | 6,409,352,386 people |
| 2002 | 59,370,479 people | 6,327,171,255 people |
| 2001 | 59,119,673 people | 6,244,739,668 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3% from 69,281,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 65,087,000 people, the figure has changed by +6.8%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 22nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Population on 1 January
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Population growth
0.30%
2025 · World Bank
Population by age and sex
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.68 births per woman
2018 · Eurostat