Indicator	Value
Total population	69,100,000–69,200,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 69,140,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 69,230,000 people
Median age	40 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	81.3–81.4 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 81.39 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 81.3 years
Ethnic groups	White 87.2%, Black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	English; note: the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 speakers in Scotland), Welsh (about 20% of the population of Wales), Irish (about 10% of the population of Northern Ireland), Cornish (some 2,000 to 3,000 people in Cornwall) (2012 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7% (2011 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	84.6% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	1.07 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	9.89 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	9.7 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	83.2 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Antigua and Barbuda Creole English Archaic Angloromani Balkan Romani British Sign Language Central Romani Cornish Dutton World Speedwords English Interglossa Irish Judeo-Iraqi Arabic Manx Middle English Old English (ca. 450-1100) Old Kentish Sign Language Old South-West British Old-Middle Welsh Parsi Pictish Polari Quenya Scots Scottish Gaelic Shelta Sindarin Sinte-Manus Romani Traveller Scottish Welsh Welsh Romani Glottolog [2026]