United Kingdom Demographics

Population of the United Kingdom (2024)

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U.K. Population
69,138,192
Yearly Change
+ 0.66%
Global Share
0.85%
Global Rank

Median Age

The median age in the United Kingdom is 40.0 years (2024).

Fertility in the U.K.

A Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1 represents the Replacement-Level Fertility: the average number of children per woman needed for each generation to exactly replace itself without needing international immigration. A value below 2.1 will cause the native population to decline

pregnant_woman Total Fertiliy Rate (TFR)
1.6
(Live Births per Woman, 2024)

Life Expectancy in the U.K.

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Both Sexes
81.4 years
(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)
Females
83.3 years
(life expectancy at birth, females)
Males
79.5 years
(life expectancy at birth, males)

Infant Mortality Rate and Deaths of Children under 5 Years Old in the U.K.

Infant Mortality
3.6
(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
Deaths under age 5
4.2
(per 1,000 live births)

United Kingdom Urban Population

Currently, 84.4 % of the population of the U.K. is urban (58,353,588 people in 2024)

Population Density

The 2024 population density in the United Kingdom is 286 people per Km2 (740 people per mi2), calculated on a total land area of 241,930 Km2 (93,410 sq. miles).

Largest Cities in the U.K.

# CITY NAME POPULATION
1 London 8,961,989
2 Birmingham 1,144,919
3 Liverpool 864,122
4 Glasgow 626,410
5 Sheffield 556,500
6 Leeds 516,298
7 Edinburgh 506,520
8 Bristol 465,866
9 Cardiff 447,287
10 Manchester 395,515
11 Leicester 368,600
12 Bradford 366,187
13 Belfast 345,418
14 Coventry 345,324
15 Brent 329,100
16 Birkenhead 325,264
17 Nottingham 323,632
18 Islington 319,143
19 Reading 318,014
20 Kingston upon Hull 314,018
21 Preston 313,332
22 Newport 306,844
23 Swansea 300,352
24 Newcastle upon Tyne 300,125
25 Southend-on-Sea 295,310
26 Brighton 277,103
27 Derby 270,468
28 Southampton 269,781
29 Wolverhampton 263,700
30 Plymouth 260,203

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Definitions

Population Pyramid

A Population pyramid (also called "Age-Sex Pyramid") is a graphical representation of the age and sex of a population.

Types:

  • Expansive - pyramid with a wide base (larger percentage of people in younger age groups, indicating high birth rates and high fertility rates) and narrow top (high death rate and lower life expectancies). It suggests a growing population. Example: Nigera Population Pyramid
  • Constrictive - pyramid with a narrow base (lower percentage of younger people, indicating declining birth rates with each succeeding age group getting smaller than the previous one). Example: United States
  • Stationary - with a somewhat equal proportion of the population in each age group. The population is stable, neither increasing nor decreasing.

Stages:

 

Dependency Ratio

There are three types of age dependency ratio: Youth, Elderly, and Total. All three ratios are commonly multiplied by 100.

Youth Dependency Ratio
Definition: population ages 0-15 divided by the population ages 16-64.
Formula: ([Population ages 0-15] ÷ [Population ages 16-64]) × 100

Elderly dependency ratio
Definition: population ages 65-plus divided by the population ages 16-64.
Formula: ([Population ages 65-plus] ÷ [Population ages 16-64]) × 100

Total dependency ratio
Definition: sum of the youth and old-age ratios.
Formula: (([Population ages 0-15] + [Population ages 65-plus]) ÷ [Population ages 16-64]) × 100

NOTE: Dependency Ratio does not take into account labor force participation rates by age group. Some portion of the population counted as "working age" may actually be unemployed or not in the labor force whereas some portion of the "dependent" population may be employed and not necessarily economically dependent.