UK population
Mid-year estimate of the resident population of the United Kingdom.
UK population, mid-year
69,483,900
2025
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:25 UTCSource: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
30 periods, newest first
| Period | UK population, mid-year |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 69,483,900 |
| 2024 | 69,256,300 |
| 2023 | 68,588,000 |
| 2022 | 67,680,000 |
| 2021 | 66,978,000 |
| 2020 | 66,739,900 |
| 2019 | 66,627,500 |
| 2018 | 66,286,700 |
| 2017 | 65,964,300 |
| 2016 | 65,605,800 |
| 2015 | 65,087,000 |
| 2014 | 64,618,700 |
| 2013 | 64,138,200 |
| 2012 | 63,710,500 |
| 2011 | 63,285,100 |
| 2010 | 62,759,500 |
| 2009 | 62,260,500 |
| 2008 | 61,823,800 |
| 2007 | 61,319,100 |
| 2006 | 60,827,000 |
| 2005 | 60,413,300 |
| 2004 | 59,950,400 |
| 2003 | 59,636,700 |
| 2002 | 59,365,700 |
| 2001 | 59,113,000 |
| 2000 | 58,886,100 |
| 1999 | 58,684,400 |
| 1998 | 58,474,900 |
| 1997 | 58,314,200 |
| 1996 | 58,164,400 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/timeseries/ukpop/pop
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC
- Publisher release
- 2026-09-30T23:00:00.000Z; next release To be announced
- Series as published
- United Kingdom population mid-year estimate (UKPOP, dataset pop)
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/timeseries/ukpop/pop/dataSHA-256 567d90d3f14a1c119b5e09388f5a699834c82810eccc0ec5ac3d2dc0bcb99cc8 · 12,451 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:25 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:25 UTC; 30 of 30 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:18:56Z; 1 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 1 of 1 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 30 of 30 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 30 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 30 of 30 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS CSV download agrees | 30 of 30 figures match the CSV at https://www.ons.gov.uk/generator?format=csv&uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/timeseries/ukpop/pop |
| Pass | ONS series is current | last released 2026-09-30, 31 days before retrieval (limit 400); next release To be announced |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/timeseries/ukpop/pop – HTTP 200 |