United Kingdom (2025)
69,487,000
persons
+0.3% YoY
YoY Change
+0.3%
Trend
up
Series length
66
years of data

Data

United Kingdom Total Population (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year persons YoY Change
2025 69,487,000 +0.3%
2024 69,281,000 +1.1%
2023 68,526,000 +1.3%
2022 67,636,000 +1.0%
2021 66,978,000 +0.4%
2020 66,740,000 +0.2%
2019 66,628,000 +0.5%
2018 66,287,000 +0.5%
2017 65,964,000 +0.5%
2016 65,606,000 +0.8%
2015 65,087,000 +0.7%
2014 64,619,000 +0.7%
2013 64,138,000 +0.7%
2012 63,711,000 +0.7%
2011 63,258,810 +0.8%
2010 62,766,365 +0.8%
2009 62,276,270 +0.8%
2008 61,806,995 +0.8%
2007 61,322,463 +0.8%
2006 60,846,820 +0.7%

About this Dataset

United Kingdom recorded 69,487,000 persons in 2025. The latest change was +0.3%. Across 1960–2025 the series ranges from 52,400,000 persons in 1960 to 69,487,000 persons in 2025.

This page tracks total population in United Kingdom.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks total population in United Kingdom. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1960–2025 (66 observations).

The series is at its highest recorded level, 69,487,000 persons in 2025, up from a low of 52,400,000 persons in 1960. The latest change was +0.3%.