United Kingdom: Population
Millions of people · 1500–2025 · 328 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop
- 2025
- 69 millionpeople
- Change on 2024
- +0.3%year on year
- Average growth, 2015–2025
- +0.6%a year
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Millions of people
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 71.1 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 70.8 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 70.5 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 70.1 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 69.8 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 69.4 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 69.0 | |
| 2024 | 68.8 | |
| 2023 | 68.3 | |
| 2022 | 67.8 | |
| 2021 | 67.0 | |
| 2020 | 67.1 | |
| 2019 | 66.8 | |
| 2018 | 66.4 | |
| 2017 | 66.0 | |
| 2016 | 65.6 |
Sources
- Maddison Project Database1500–2022
- Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1700–2016
- MeasuringWorth1700–2023
- Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
- Gapminder1800–2023
- Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
- Feinstein1855–1964
- Piketty & Zucman1869–2010
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
- Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
- Bordo1880–1997
- Penn World Table1950–2019
- WDI (archive)1960–1997
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- World Development Indicators1960–2025
- United Nations1970–2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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