"Figure 3: UK population estimates and projections, 1960 to 2030","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Population estimates data are used for 1996 to 2016, while 2014-based population projections are used for 2026 and 2036." "Unit","Population" "","" "","Estimates","Projections" "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","59113016","" "2002","59365677","" "2003","59636662","" "2004","59950364","" "2005","60413276","" "2006","60827067","" "2007","61319075","" "2008","61823772","" "2009","62260486","" "2010","62759456","" "2011","63285145","" "2012","63705030","" "2013","64105654","" "2014","64596752","" "2015","65110034","" "2016","65648054","" "2017","","66029928" "2018","","66486826" "2019","","66927765" "2020","","67359640" "2021","","67781497" "2022","","68202846" "2023","","68621890" "2024","","69036245" "2025","","69444050" "2026","","69843515" "2027","","70234132" "2028","","70616052" "2029","","70988943" "2030","","71352687" "2031","","71707418" "2032","","72053345" "2033","","72390961" "2034","","72720866" "2035","","73043870" "2036","","73360907" "2037","","73672863" "2038","","73980492" "2039","","74284443" "2040","","74585314"