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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

Population

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010M20M30M40M50M60M70M80M150016001700180019002000United KingdomUnited Kingdom, 1500: 3.03 millionUnited Kingdom, 1600: 4.74 millionUnited Kingdom
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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203171.1Forecast
203070.8Forecast
202970.5Forecast
202870.1Forecast
202769.8Forecast
202669.4Forecast
202569.0
202468.8
202368.3
202267.8
202167.0
202067.1
201966.8
201866.4
201766.0
201665.6

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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