U.K. Population (LIVE)

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United Kingdom Population (1950 - 2024)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

Population of the United Kingdom (2024 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	U.K. Global Rank
2024	69,138,192	0.66 %	455,230	417,114	40.0	1.55	286	84.4 %	58,353,588	0.85 %	8,161,972,572	21
2023	68,682,962	0.74 %	503,647	445,523	39.8	1.56	284	84.3 %	57,900,076	0.85 %	8,091,734,930	21
2022	68,179,315	0.75 %	510,523	487,029	39.5	1.56	282	84.2 %	57,438,662	0.85 %	8,021,407,192	21
2020	67,351,861	0.36 %	240,903	144,221	39.2	1.57	278	83.9 %	56,495,180	0.85 %	7,887,001,292	21
2015	65,382,110	0.74 %	475,125	347,839	38.8	1.80	270	82.6 %	54,035,311	0.88 %	7,470,491,872	21
2010	63,006,483	0.78 %	482,075	274,811	38.2	1.92	260	81.7 %	51,469,697	0.90 %	7,021,732,148	22
2005	60,596,108	0.52 %	307,754	308,279	37.5	1.76	250	79.5 %	48,178,255	0.92 %	6,586,970,132	21
2000	59,057,338	0.31 %	180,541	153,917	36.6	1.64	244	78.5 %	46,365,434	0.96 %	6,171,702,993	21
1995	58,154,635	0.27 %	157,355	61,385	35.6	1.71	240	78.1 %	45,427,516	1.01 %	5,758,878,982	20
1990	57,367,862	0.27 %	152,290	57,132	34.9	1.83	237	77.9 %	44,683,287	1.08 %	5,327,803,110	17
1985	56,606,414	0.11 %	64,862	83,164	34.3	1.79	234	78.2 %	44,263,815	1.16 %	4,868,943,465	15
1980	56,282,103	0.02 %	12,392	-25,187	33.3	1.89	233	78.5 %	44,157,482	1.27 %	4,447,606,236	14
1975	56,220,143	0.20 %	111,268	-40,241	32.9	1.81	232	77.7 %	43,667,185	1.38 %	4,070,735,277	13
1970	55,663,801	0.48 %	260,956	-15,254	33.2	2.42	230	77.1 %	42,903,762	1.51 %	3,694,683,794	12
1965	54,359,020	0.68 %	364,094	-24,955	34.1	2.87	225	77.7 %	42,259,485	1.63 %	3,334,533,703	9
1960	52,538,548	0.53 %	272,360	19,953	34.5	2.70	217	78.3 %	41,130,617	1.74 %	3,015,470,894	9
1955	51,176,747	0.42 %	211,146	9,403	34.1	2.28	212	78.6 %	40,241,373	1.87 %	2,740,213,792	9

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

United Kingdom Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	U.K. Global Rank
2025	69,551,332	0.64 %	439,894	389,911	40.1	1.54	287	84.5 %	58,798,650	0.84 %	8,231,613,070	22
2030	71,286,992	0.49 %	347,132	330,856	40.7	1.53	295	85.4 %	60,898,532	0.83 %	8,569,124,911	21
2035	72,656,815	0.38 %	273,965	280,500	41.5	1.53	300	86.5 %	62,822,134	0.82 %	8,885,210,181	21
2040	73,774,626	0.31 %	223,562	236,786	42.1	1.53	305	87.6 %	64,639,304	0.80 %	9,177,190,203	23
2045	74,753,658	0.26 %	195,806	214,341	42.5	1.54	309	88.8 %	66,381,393	0.79 %	9,439,639,668	25
2050	75,504,681	0.20 %	150,205		42.9	1.55	312	90.1 %	68,007,652	0.78 %	9,664,378,587	26

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

United Kingdom Demographics

Life Expectancy

81.45 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
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Infant Mortality

3.6

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5

4.2

(per 1,000 live births)
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Main Cities by Population in the U.K.

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	London	8,961,989
2	Birmingham	1,144,919
3	Liverpool	864,122
4	Glasgow	626,410
5	Sheffield	556,500
6	Leeds	516,298
7	Edinburgh	506,520
8	Bristol	465,866
9	Cardiff	447,287
10	Manchester	395,515
11	Leicester	368,600
12	Bradford	366,187
13	Belfast	345,418
14	Coventry	345,324
15	Brent	329,100
16	Birkenhead	325,264
17	Nottingham	323,632
18	Islington	319,143
19	Reading	318,014
20	Kingston upon Hull	314,018
21	Preston	313,332
22	Newport	306,844
23	Swansea	300,352
24	Newcastle upon Tyne	300,125
25	Southend-on-Sea	295,310
26	Brighton	277,103
27	Derby	270,468
28	Southampton	269,781
29	Wolverhampton	263,700
30	Plymouth	260,203
31	Stoke-on-Trent	258,366
32	Milton Keynes	256,385
33	City of Westminster	247,614
34	Northampton	245,899
35	Oldham	237,110
36	Bexley	228,000
37	Luton	225,262
38	Archway	215,667
39	Portsmouth	208,100
40	Swindon	201,669
41	Dudley	199,059
42	Aberdeen	198,590
43	Sutton	187,600
44	St Helens	183,200
45	Crawley	180,508
46	Ipswich	178,835
47	Wigan	175,405
48	Croydon	173,314
49	Warrington	172,330
50	Walsall	172,141
51	Mansfield	171,958
52	Sunderland	170,134
53	Ilford	168,168
54	Slough	164,793
55	Bournemouth	163,600
56	Peterborough	163,379
57	Oxford	162,100
58	Enfield Town	156,858
59	York	156,135
60	Telford	155,570
61	Poole	150,092
62	Burnley	149,422
63	Harrow	149,246
64	Huddersfield	149,017
65	Dundee	148,210
66	Blackburn	146,521
67	Cambridge	145,674
68	Blackpool	145,007
69	Basildon	144,859
70	Norwich	143,135

Notes

The United Kingdom Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of the United Kingdom delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of the United Kingdom (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by the U.K. in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.