"Figure 1: The UK's population has grown year-on-year since 1982","" "UK population estimates and projections, mid-1951 to mid-2041","" "","" "Notes","1. Related bulletins: [Mid-year population estimates](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualmidyearpopulationestimates/mid2019estimates); [2018-based population projections](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/bulletins/nationalpopulationprojections/2018based)  2. Numbers from mid-year population estimates are rounded to the nearest thousand." "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","66796800","" "2020","","67195769" "2021","","67530759" "2022","","67844183" "2023","","68138263" "2024","","68413827" "2025","","68671302" "2026","","68921237" "2027","","69163320" "2028","","69397439" "2029","","69624055" "2030","","69843742" "2031","","70057115" "2032","","70264986" "2033","","70468281" "2034","","70667684" "2035","","70864051" "2036","","71058596" "2037","","71252552" "2038","","71446813" "2039","","71641712" "2040","","71836821" "2041","","72031626"