The population of the United Kingdom grew by 0.43 percent in 2020, the slowest annual growth rate since 2002, when the UK population also grew by 0.43 percent. Between 1970 and 2020, the UK population grew at its fastest rate in 2011 (0.84 percent) and shrank the most in 1982 (-0.12 percent.)
Annual population growth of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 2020
Characteristic
Annual population growth
2020
0.43%
2019
0.54%
2018
0.6%
2017
0.6%
2016
0.83%
2015
0.79%
2014
0.77%
2013
0.63%
2012
0.66%
2011
0.84%
2010
0.8%
2009
0.71%
2008
0.82%
2007
0.81%
2006
0.68%
2005
0.77%
2004
0.53%
2003
0.46%
2002
0.43%
2001
0.39%
2000
0.34%
1999
0.36%
1998
0.28%
1997
0.26%
1996
0.24%
1995
0.28%
1994
0.26%
1993
0.22%
1992
0.25%
1991
0.35%
1990
0.28%
1989
0.28%
1988
0.2%
1987
0.21%
1986
0.23%
1985
0.26%
1984
0.17%
1983
0.04%
1982
-0.12%
1981
0.05%
1980
0.16%
1979
0.11%
1978
-0.02%
1977
-0.05%
1976
-0.02%
1975
-0.02%
1974
0.02%
1973
0.22%
1972
0.3%
1971
0.53%
1970
0.31%
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 21, 2022). Annual population growth of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/281956/uk-population-growth/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Annual population growth of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 2020." Chart. December 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281956/uk-population-growth/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Annual population growth of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281956/uk-population-growth/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Annual Population Growth of The United Kingdom from 1970 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281956/uk-population-growth/
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Annual population growth of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 2020 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), December 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/281956/uk-population-growth/