United Kingdom's population rose from 58.2M in 1996 to 69.5M in 2025.
United Kingdom · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
United Kingdom's population growth rose from 0.3 % in 1996 to 0.3 % in 2025.
United Kingdom's population density rose from 239.2 in 1994 to 283.2 in 2023.
United Kingdom's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.6 % in 1996 to 50.7 % in 2025.
United Kingdom's urbanisation rose from 78.9 % in 1996 to 83.3 % in 2025.
United Kingdom's urban population rose from 45.9M in 1996 to 57.9M in 2025.
United Kingdom's rural population fell from 12.3M in 1996 to 11.6M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.6 %142nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.3 %159th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.9 %46th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −6.5 %52nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs47th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts155th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.0 pts130th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts39th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts88th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts38th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −6.5 %4th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.5 pts51st of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +14.9 %16th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs42nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs45th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs40th of 217