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United Kingdom — Population

millions · Annual · 1500–2031 · 334 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

The latest population reading for the United Kingdom was 69.66M people in 2025. The previous reading was 69.23M people in 2024; the period change was +0.62%.

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  • Annual data, 1500–2031
  • Quarterly data, 1995–2020
  • All 7 sources, downloadable

Latest observations

2000–2031

PeriodValue
203171.67M people
203071.36M people
202971.06M people
202870.66M people
202770.36M people
15 earlier values
202669.96M people
202569.66M people
202469.23M people
202368.53M people
202267.64M people
202166.98M people
202066.74M people
201966.63M people
201866.29M people
201765.96M people
201665.61M people
201565.09M people
201464.62M people
201364.14M people
201263.71M people

Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.