"Figure 1: The UK's population has grown year-on-year since 1982","" "UK population estimates and projections, 1951 to 2041","" "","" "Notes","1. Related bulletins: [Mid-year population estimates](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualmidyearpopulationestimates/mid2018); [2016-based population projections](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/bulletins/nationalpopulationprojections/2016basedstatisticalbulletin) (2018-based population projections will be published in October). " "Unit","Number of people" "","" "Year","Estimates","Projections" "1951","50286900","" "1952","50429200","" "1953","50592900","" "1954","50764900","" "1955","50946100","" "1956","51183500","" "1957","51430200","" "1958","51652500","" "1959","51956300","" "1960","52372500","" "1961","52807400","" "1962","53291800","" "1963","53624900","" "1964","53990800","" "1965","54349500","" "1966","54642700","" "1967","54959000","" "1968","55213500","" "1969","55460600","" "1970","55632200","" "1971","55928000","" "1972","56096700","" "1973","56222900","" "1974","56235600","" "1975","56225700","" "1976","56216100","" "1977","56189900","" "1978","56178000","" "1979","56240100","" "1980","56329700","" "1981","56357500","" "1982","56290700","" "1983","56315700","" "1984","56409300","" "1985","56554000","" "1986","56683800","" "1987","56804000","" "1988","56916400","" "1989","57076500","" "1990","57237500","" "1991","57438700","" "1992","57584500","" "1993","57713900","" "1994","57862100","" "1995","58024800","" "1996","58164400","" "1997","58314200","" "1998","58474900","" "1999","58684400","" "2000","58886100","" "2001","59113000","" "2002","59365700","" "2003","59636700","" "2004","59950400","" "2005","60413300","" "2006","60827000","" "2007","61319100","" "2008","61823800","" "2009","62260500","" "2010","62759500","" "2011","63285100","" "2012","63705000","" "2013","64105700","" "2014","64596800","" "2015","65110000","" "2016","65648100","" "2017","66040200","" "2018","66435600","" "2019","","66867400" "2020","","67254500" "2021","","67616300" "2022","","67961400" "2023","","68289600" "2024","","68612000" "2025","","68927500" "2026","","69235000" "2027","","69533400" "2028","","69822100" "2029","","70100900" "2030","","70370000" "2031","","70629700" "2032","","70880500" "2033","","71123300" "2034","","71359000" "2035","","71588700" "2036","","71813700" "2037","","72034900" "2038","","72253800" "2039","","72471200" "2040","","72688300" "2041","","72904500"