Population growth in the UK 1970-2020
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.)