Male population — all countries

Male population — United Kingdom

Male population in the United Kingdom in 2025 — 34,225,295 people. Ranked 22 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 35.2%.

2025 34.23M people +0.32% vs 2024
World rank 22of 217
Period maximum 34.23M people2025
Period minimum 25.31M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — United Kingdom, 1960–202525M27.5M30M32.5M35M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 25,312,740 people1962: 25,789,866 people1964: 26,197,333 people1966: 26,523,183 people1968: 26,797,084 people1970: 27,025,789 people1972: 27,263,049 people1974: 27,352,152 people1976: 27,358,678 people1978: 27,345,633 people1980: 27,407,572 people1982: 27,395,187 people1984: 27,498,996 people1986: 27,597,465 people1988: 27,599,370 people1990: 27,606,153 people1992: 27,796,319 people1994: 27,973,294 people1996: 28,143,586 people1998: 28,320,210 people2000: 28,548,939 people2002: 28,826,723 people2004: 29,166,834 people2006: 29,624,501 people2008: 30,143,152 people2010: 30,663,244 people2012: 31,173,051 people2014: 31,660,496 people2016: 32,204,678 people2018: 32,571,552 people2020: 32,827,800 people2022: 33,290,832 people2024: 34,114,811 people2025: 34,225,295 people
Change over the period: +8.91M (+35.21%) Average annual rate: 0.47 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom

United Kingdom 34.23M people
World 4.13B people
Europe & Central Asia 453M people
Northern Europe computed 54.14M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 34.23M +110,484 +0.32%
2024 34.11M +379,489 +1.12%
2023 33.74M +444,490 +1.34%
2022 33.29M +332,593 +1.01%
2021 32.96M +130,439 +0.4%
2020 32.83M +72,250 +0.22%
2019 32.76M +183,998 +0.56%
2018 32.57M +171,865 +0.53%
2017 32.4M +195,009 +0.61%
2016 32.2M +285,300 +0.89%
2015 31.92M +258,882 +0.82%
2014 31.66M +258,529 +0.82%
2013 31.4M +228,916 +0.73%
2012 31.17M +241,295 +0.78%
2011 30.93M +268,512 +0.88%
2010 30.66M +267,486 +0.88%
2009 30.4M +252,606 +0.84%
2008 30.14M +261,908 +0.88%
2007 29.88M +256,743 +0.87%
2006 29.62M +238,007 +0.81%
2005 29.39M +219,660 +0.75%
2004 29.17M +184,889 +0.64%
2003 28.98M +155,222 +0.54%
2002 28.83M +144,161 +0.5%
2001 28.68M +133,623 +0.47%
2000 28.55M +120,745 +0.42%
1999 28.43M +107,984 +0.38%
1998 28.32M +92,957 +0.33%
1997 28.23M +83,667 +0.3%
1996 28.14M +85,558 +0.3%
1995 28.06M +84,734 +0.3%
1994 27.97M +73,544 +0.26%
1993 27.9M +103,431 +0.37%
1992 27.8M +109,800 +0.4%
1991 27.69M +80,366 +0.29%
1990 27.61M +81,026 +0.29%
1989 27.53M −74,243 −0.27%
1988 27.6M −68,113 −0.25%
1987 27.67M +70,018 +0.25%
1986 27.6M +48,802 +0.18%
1985 27.55M +49,667 +0.18%
1984 27.5M +67,566 +0.25%
1983 27.43M +36,243 +0.13%
1982 27.4M −16,224 −0.06%
1981 27.41M +3,839 +0.01%
1980 27.41M +34,186 +0.12%
1979 27.37M +27,753 +0.1%
1978 27.35M −1,214 −0%
1977 27.35M −11,831 −0.04%
1976 27.36M −2,047 −0.01%
1975 27.36M +8,573 +0.03%
1974 27.35M +28,182 +0.1%
1973 27.32M +60,921 +0.22%
1972 27.26M +105,645 +0.39%
1971 27.16M +131,615 +0.49%
1970 27.03M +117,038 +0.43%
1969 26.91M +111,667 +0.42%
1968 26.8M +128,643 +0.48%
1967 26.67M +145,258 +0.55%
1966 26.52M +149,875 +0.57%
1965 26.37M +175,975 +0.67%
1964 26.2M +185,006 +0.71%
1963 26.01M +222,461 +0.86%
1962 25.79M +254,952 +1%
1961 25.53M +222,174 +0.88%
1960 25.31M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.