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Great Britain population

2024 Final

67,353,582people

Great Britain population was 67,353,582 people in 2024, up 1.1% (747,781) from 66,605,801 in 2023.

▲ 1.1% · +747,781 against 2023 (previous period)

  1. ONS estimate
  2. 2024
  3. published 26 September 2025
  4. Table 4
  5. row “Mid-2024”
  6. column “Persons”
  7. cell value 67353582

2024 is the highest figure in the published series: 67,353,582. Rule: highest of the 88 periods published here (1937 to 2024).

1937 to 2024

Great Britain population: 1937 to 2024ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020m40m60m1940195019601970198019902000201020201937: 46,007,600 people · published 26 September 20251938: 46,208,100 people · published 26 September 20251939: 46,252,700 people · published 26 September 20251940: 44,730,200 people · published 26 September 20251941: 43,562,400 people · published 26 September 20251942: 42,994,000 people · published 26 September 20251943: 46,920,600 people · published 26 September 20251944: 47,102,600 people · published 26 September 20251945: 47,309,900 people · published 26 September 20251946: 47,637,800 people · published 26 September 20251947: 48,188,700 people · published 26 September 20251948: 48,671,200 people · published 26 September 20251949: 48,960,000 people · published 26 September 20251950: 49,004,500 people · published 26 September 20251951: 48,913,900 people · published 26 September 20251952: 49,054,200 people · published 26 September 20251953: 49,208,800 people · published 26 September 20251954: 49,377,600 people · published 26 September 20251955: 49,552,300 people · published 26 September 20251956: 49,786,900 people · published 26 September 20251957: 50,031,700 people · published 26 September 20251958: 50,250,200 people · published 26 September 20251959: 50,548,600 people · published 26 September 20251960: 50,952,700 people · published 26 September 20251961: 51,380,036 people · published 26 September 20251962: 51,854,828 people · published 26 September 20251963: 52,178,200 people · published 26 September 20251964: 52,532,800 people · published 26 September 20251965: 52,881,300 people · published 26 September 20251966: 53,167,100 people · published 26 September 20251967: 53,470,200 people · published 26 September 20251968: 53,710,900 people · published 26 September 20251969: 53,946,500 people · published 26 September 20251970: 54,104,800 people · published 26 September 20251971: 54,387,600 people · published 26 September 20251972: 54,557,700 people · published 26 September 20251973: 54,692,900 people · published 26 September 20251974: 54,708,700 people · published 26 September 20251975: 54,702,200 people · published 26 September 20251976: 54,692,600 people · published 26 September 20251977: 54,666,600 people · published 26 September 20251978: 54,654,800 people · published 26 September 20251979: 54,711,800 people · published 26 September 20251980: 54,796,900 people · published 26 September 20251981: 54,814,500 people · published 26 September 20251982: 54,746,166 people · published 26 September 20251983: 54,765,117 people · published 26 September 20251984: 54,852,010 people · published 26 September 20251985: 54,988,603 people · published 26 September 20251986: 55,110,334 people · published 26 September 20251987: 55,222,004 people · published 26 September 20251988: 55,331,008 people · published 26 September 20251989: 55,486,016 people · published 26 September 20251990: 55,641,898 people · published 26 September 20251991: 55,831,363 people · published 26 September 20251992: 55,961,267 people · published 26 September 20251993: 56,078,337 people · published 26 September 20251994: 56,218,438 people · published 26 September 20251995: 56,375,668 people · published 26 September 20251996: 56,502,623 people · published 26 September 20251997: 56,642,988 people · published 26 September 20251998: 56,797,174 people · published 26 September 20251999: 57,005,421 people · published 26 September 20252000: 57,203,121 people · published 26 September 20252001: 57,424,178 people · published 26 September 20252002: 57,668,143 people · published 26 September 20252003: 57,931,738 people · published 26 September 20252004: 58,236,322 people · published 26 September 20252005: 58,685,543 people · published 26 September 20252006: 59,083,854 people · published 26 September 20252007: 59,557,392 people · published 26 September 20252008: 60,044,620 people · published 26 September 20252009: 60,467,153 people · published 26 September 20252010: 60,954,623 people · published 26 September 20252011: 61,470,827 people · published 26 September 20252012: 61,885,940 people · published 26 September 20252013: 62,306,544 people · published 26 September 20252014: 62,775,507 people · published 26 September 20252015: 63,232,015 people · published 26 September 20252016: 63,739,799 people · published 26 September 20252017: 64,089,114 people · published 26 September 20252018: 64,400,468 people · published 26 September 20252019: 64,728,988 people · published 26 September 20252020: 64,839,344 people · published 26 September 20252021: 65,073,424 people · published 26 September 20252022: 65,725,591 people · published 26 September 20252023: 66,605,801 people · published 26 September 20252024: 67,353,582 people · published 26 September 2025
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What this measures

The estimated usually resident population of Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland, not Northern Ireland) at 30 June each year, mid-1937 to mid-2024, from the same ONS historical time-series workbook as the UK figure.

What this doesn’t measure

The United Kingdom: Northern Ireland is excluded. Not citizens abroad or short-term visitors.

Important caveat

Mid-year estimates roll the last census forward with births, deaths and migration, so the years furthest from a census carry the most uncertainty and are revised when the next census arrives. Estimates for mid-2022 and mid-2023 were revised in 2025 for updated migration; figures before 1971 come from historical series with less precise coverage. Unrounded figures are published to allow calculation, not because they are accurate to the last person.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
ONS
Publication
Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Release
Population estimates time series, mid-2024, published 26 September 2025
Source file
ukpopulationestimates18382024.xlsx
File SHA-256
3ce12e7129a86e16f03da47580980653d0deddc0776ee64c99ff66c8371c3ab6
Retrieved
4 September 2026
Sheet
Table 4
Table
Table 4
Row
Mid-2024
Column
Persons
Cell value
67353582
Geography
K03000001
Unit
people
API
/api/metrics/gb_population · /series · /vintages

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Conservative 2019–202464,400,468201866,605,8012023↑ 3.4%
Conservative 2017–201963,739,799201664,400,4682018↑ 1.0%
Conservative 2015–201762,775,507201463,739,7992016↑ 1.5%
Coalition 2010–201560,467,153200962,775,5072014↑ 3.8%
Labour 2005–201058,236,322200460,467,1532009↑ 3.8%
Labour 2001–200557,203,121200058,236,3222004↑ 1.8%
Labour 1997–200156,502,623199657,203,1212000↑ 1.2%
Conservative 1992–199755,831,363199156,502,6231996↑ 1.2%
Conservative 1987–199255,110,334198655,831,3631991↑ 1.3%
Conservative 1983–198754,746,166198255,110,3341986↑ 0.7%
Conservative 1979–198354,654,800197854,746,1661982↑ 0.2%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Population estimates time series, mid-2024 · publication page
Last updated
26 September 2025
Next release expected
Not yet announced (estimated from the usual cadence)