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Population growth in United Kingdom
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
29 of 42 · Countries
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
0.30%
−0.80 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
29 of 42
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−0.42 pp
vs World
−0.61 pp
World: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · United Kingdom · World
−0.42 pp since 2015
-1%
0%
1%
2%
3%
1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
United Kingdom
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Compared with Population growth · percent
United Kingdom
0.30%
World
0.91%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance United Kingdom · 1961 – 2025
Latest value
0.30% · 2025
First value
0.76% · 1961
Highest
1.31% · 2023
Lowest
-0.04% · 1982
Data points
65
By year
All years · 1961 – 2025
| Year | United Kingdom | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.30% | −0.80 pp | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 1.10% | −0.21 pp | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 1.31% | +0.33 pp | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 0.98% | +0.62 pp | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 0.36% | +0.19 pp | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 0.17% | −0.35 pp | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 0.51% | +0.02 pp | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 0.49% | −0.06 pp | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 0.54% | −0.25 pp | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 0.79% | +0.07 pp | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 0.72% | −0.03 pp | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 0.75% | +0.08 pp | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 0.67% | −0.04 pp | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 0.71% | −0.07 pp | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 0.78% | −0.00 pp | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 0.78% | +0.03 pp | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 0.76% | −0.03 pp | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 0.79% | +0.01 pp | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 0.78% | +0.04 pp | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 0.74% | +0.05 pp | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 0.69% | +0.12 pp | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 0.57% | +0.10 pp | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 0.47% | +0.04 pp | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 0.42% | +0.04 pp | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 0.38% | +0.03 pp | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 0.36% | +0.02 pp | 1.36% |
| 1999 | 0.33% | +0.04 pp | 1.40% |
| 1998 | 0.29% | +0.03 pp | 1.44% |
| 1997 | 0.26% | +0.00 pp | 1.46% |
| 1996 | 0.25% | −0.01 pp | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 0.26% | +0.01 pp | 1.50% |
| 1994 | 0.25% | +0.01 pp | 1.54% |
| 1993 | 0.24% | −0.03 pp | 1.59% |
| 1992 | 0.27% | −0.04 pp | 1.63% |
| 1991 | 0.31% | +0.01 pp | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 0.30% | +0.04 pp | 1.74% |
| 1989 | 0.26% | +0.04 pp | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 0.22% | +0.01 pp | 1.78% |
| 1987 | 0.21% | −0.02 pp | 1.79% |
| 1986 | 0.23% | +0.00 pp | 1.78% |
| 1985 | 0.23% | +0.07 pp | 1.76% |
| 1984 | 0.16% | +0.12 pp | 1.76% |
| 1983 | 0.03% | +0.07 pp | 1.80% |
| 1982 | -0.04% | −0.07 pp | 1.81% |
| 1981 | 0.03% | −0.08 pp | 1.77% |
| 1980 | 0.12% | +0.03 pp | 1.76% |
| 1979 | 0.09% | +0.08 pp | 1.77% |
| 1978 | 0.01% | +0.04 pp | 1.75% |
| 1977 | -0.03% | −0.01 pp | 1.75% |
| 1976 | -0.02% | −0.02 pp | 1.80% |
| 1975 | -0.01% | −0.07 pp | 1.86% |
| 1974 | 0.06% | −0.13 pp | 1.93% |
| 1973 | 0.19% | −0.15 pp | 1.98% |
| 1972 | 0.34% | −0.08 pp | 2.00% |
| 1971 | 0.42% | +0.02 pp | 2.10% |
| 1970 | 0.40% | −0.02 pp | 2.08% |
| 1969 | 0.42% | −0.07 pp | 2.08% |
| 1968 | 0.49% | −0.05 pp | 2.05% |
| 1967 | 0.54% | −0.01 pp | 2.04% |
| 1966 | 0.55% | −0.09 pp | 2.09% |
| 1965 | 0.64% | −0.01 pp | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 0.65% | −0.10 pp | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 0.75% | −0.10 pp | 2.12% |
| 1962 | 0.85% | +0.09 pp | 1.77% |
| 1961 | 0.76% | 1.36% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3.75% | |
| 2 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.54% | |
| 3 | Yemen | 3.00% | |
| 4 | Gabon | 2.86% | |
| 5 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.42% | |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 2.35% | |
| 7 | Algeria | 2.06% | |
| 8 | Liberia | 2.04% | |
| 9 | Egypt | 2.03% | |
| 10 | Honduras | 1.88% | |
| 11 | Ecuador | 1.46% | |
| 12 | Türkiye | 1.35% | |
| 13 | Philippines | 1.34% | |
| 14 | Chile | 1.21% | |
| 15 | India | 1.19% | |
| 16 | Canada | 1.13% | |
| 17 | Indonesia | 1.07% | |
| 18 | Colombia | 0.99% | |
| 19 | Mexico | 0.97% | |
| 20 | Argentina | 0.97% | |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 0.89% | |
| 22 | Norway | 0.88% | |
| 23 | Germany | 0.81% | |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 0.79% | |
| 25 | United States | 0.79% | |
| 26 | Brazil | 0.76% | |
| 27 | Hong Kong SAR China | 0.62% | |
| 28 | China | 0.57% | |
| 29 | Netherlands | 0.53% | |
| 30 | South Korea | 0.40% | |
| 31 | Finland | 0.29% | |
| 32 | France | 0.26% | |
| 33 | Russia | 0.26% | |
| 34 | Czechia | 0.19% | |
| 35 | Spain | 0.08% | |
| 36 | Poland | -0.04% | |
| 37 | Italy | -0.19% | |
| 38 | Greece | -0.42% | |
| 39 | Romania | -0.57% | |
| 40 | Lithuania | -1.17% | |
| 41 | Bulgaria | -1.30% | |
| 42 | Lebanon | -2.34% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016
What it means
How fast the population changes from one year to the next.
How it is calculated
Change in the number of residents over the year, as a percentage of the population at the start.
People
United Kingdom in numbers
Population
69M
2024
Population density
285
2024
Median age
39.8
2023
Children under 15
17.0%
2024
Residents 65 and over
18.8%
2022
Life expectancy
81.4
2024
Births per woman
1.55
2024
Birth rate
9.9
2024
Infant mortality
4.1
2024
Net migration
6.5
2023
Born abroad
17.1%
2024
Urban population
83.3%
2025