Population 69,487,000
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history United Kingdom 2025 · 69.49M
0 17.37M 34.74M 52.12M 69.49M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 52,400,000 1961: 52,800,000 1962: 53,250,000 1963: 53,650,000 1964: 54,000,000 1965: 54,348,050 1966: 54,648,500 1967: 54,943,600 1968: 55,211,700 1969: 55,441,750 1970: 55,663,250 1971: 55,896,223 1972: 56,086,065 1973: 56,194,527 1974: 56,229,974 1975: 56,225,800 1976: 56,211,968 1977: 56,193,492 1978: 56,196,504 1979: 56,246,951 1980: 56,314,216 1981: 56,333,829 1982: 56,313,641 1983: 56,332,848 1984: 56,422,072 1985: 56,550,268 1986: 56,681,396 1987: 56,802,050 1988: 56,928,327 1989: 57,076,711 1990: 57,247,586 1991: 57,424,897 1992: 57,580,402 1993: 57,718,614 1994: 57,865,745 1995: 58,019,030 1996: 58,166,950 1997: 58,316,954 1998: 58,487,141 1999: 58,682,466 2000: 58,892,514 2001: 59,119,673 2002: 59,370,479 2003: 59,647,577 2004: 59,987,905 2005: 60,401,206 2006: 60,846,820 2007: 61,322,463 2008: 61,806,995 2009: 62,276,270 2010: 62,766,365 2011: 63,258,810 2012: 63,711,000 2013: 64,138,000 2014: 64,619,000 2015: 65,087,000 2016: 65,606,000 2017: 65,964,000 2018: 66,287,000 2019: 66,628,000 2020: 66,740,000 2021: 66,978,000 2022: 67,636,000 2023: 68,526,000 2024: 69,281,000 2025: 69,487,000 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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