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Great Britain population: record highs and lows

The extremes of great britain population as published by ONS, across the 88 periods held here (1937 to 2024). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 67,353,582 in 2024, is the highest in the whole published series of 88 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

67,353,5822024

Lowest published

42,994,0001942

The full series

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 a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.