Society & PopulationUK edition
How fast the UK population has grown each year, 2018 to 2025
The UK population grew by 0.3% in 2025, against 1.1% in 2024 and 1.31% in 2023, the highest annual rate between 2018 and 2025.
Society & Population
Society & PopulationUK edition
The share of UK residents aged 65 and over, 2018 to 2025
People aged 65 and over made up 19.7% of the UK population in 2025, up from 18.26% in 2018, and the share was higher in every year in between.