FOI/2021/2750
You asked
What is the current population of the UK that the ONS believes is the most accurate measure.
What is the current population of the UK that are not UK citizens.
What is the current population of the UK that are EU citizens.
For the UK population, is there a current measure or estimate of citizens by all recognised countries or territories.
For the GDP per capita calculations, what is the figure used as the UK population? Can I have the population figure used for the GDP per capita calculations for 2015 to 2020.
We said
Thank you for your request.
1. Our estimate of the population of the UK as at mid-2020 (the latest available estimate) is 67,081,234. This is taken from our latest Estimates of the population for the UK.
2 and 3. Estimates of the number of UK residents whose country of birth is outside the UK, or within the EU, are available from the Population of the UK by country of birth and nationality dataset. These estimates are produced from the Annual Population Survey (APS), which is a different data source than the estimates of the population dataset above. The estimates are accompanied by confidence intervals, which provide a measure of uncertainty around the figures.
The latest available estimate of the population of the UK which was born outside the UK refers to the period July 2019 to June 2020, with an estimate of 9,152,000 and a confidence interval of plus or minus 156,000.
The latest available estimate of the population of the UK which was born in the EU refers to the period July 2019 to June 2020, with an estimate of 3,450,000 and a confidence interval of plus or minus 96,000.
Note the equivalent estimates for the UK population broken down by nationality can also be obtained from the data in the link above.
4. For an estimate of citizens by all recognised countries or territories, the dataset Population of the UK by country of birth and nationality: individual country data contains the data from July 2019 to June 2020. Where APS interviewers do not make contact with people of a particular nationality, we are unable to produce estimates of the numbers for that country.
5. Table P of the most recent GDP data tables shows GDP per head along with the population estimate used to produce it. An extract from the table is copied below:
| GDP per head ¹ (£) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Prices | Chained volume measures (Reference year 2018) | ||||
| UK resident population mid-year estimates (persons, thousands)² | Gross domestic product at market prices³ | Gross domestic product per head | Gross domestic product at market prices³ | Gross domestic product per head | |
| EBAQ | YBHA | IHXT | ABMI | IHXW | |
| 2009 | 62,261 | 1,548,513 | 24,871 | 1,811,672 | 29,098 |
| 2010 | 62,760 | 1,606,027 | 25,590 | 1,849,247 | 29,465 |
| 2011 | 63,285 | 1,660,141 | 26,233 | 1,872,838 | 29,594 |
| 2012 | 63,705 | 1,711,770 | 26,870 | 1,899,626 | 29,819 |
| 2013 | 64,106 | 1,780,336 | 27,772 | 1,941,155 | 30,280 |
| 2014 | 64,597 | 1,863,008 | 28,840 | 1,996,725 | 30,910 |
| 2015 | 65,110 | 1,919,641 | 29,483 | 2,043,909 | 31,392 |
| 2016 | 65,648 | 1,994,712 | 30,385 | 2,079,113 | 31,671 |
| 2017 | 66,040 | 2,068,757 | 31,326 | 2,115,296 | 32,031 |
| 2018 | 66,436 | 2,141,792 | 32,238 | 2,141,792 | 32,238 |
| 2019 | 66,797 | 2,218,439 | 33,212 | 2,172,511 | 32,524 |
| 2020 | 67,081 | 2,112,039 | 31,485 | 1,958,591 | 29,197 |
Download this table
.xls .csvSource: Table P (‘GDP Per Head’) in ‘Quarter 2 (April to June) 2021, first estimate of GDP – data tables’.
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