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United Kingdom — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for United Kingdom, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.30%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -61.0% since 1961
Population growth for United Kingdom was 0.30% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.31% in 2023. The lowest was -0.04% in 1982 (about -8.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.46% per year.
United Kingdom ranks 154 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so United Kingdom sits level with it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 59%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.30%
First (1961)
0.76%
Change
-61.0%
Highest
1.31%
in 2023
Lowest
-0.04%
in 1982
Average
0.43%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.46%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.31% |
| 2022 | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 0.17% |
| 2019 | 0.51% |
| 2018 | 0.49% |
| 2017 | 0.54% |
| 2016 | 0.79% |
| 2015 | 0.72% |
| 2014 | 0.75% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.