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Great Britain population

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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Source: ONS, Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series, Population estimates time series, mid-2024 (published 26 September 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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