World Development Indicators

Population, total: United Kingdom

Most recent: 69,487,000 (2025)
Earliest: 52,400,000 (1960)
Highest: 69,487,000 (2025)
Years reported: 66
Member state: United Kingdom at the United Nations

Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

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

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