REAL WDI EVIDENCE · VERIFIED VINTAGE COMPARISON
United Kingdom's published 2023 population estimate increased between two 2025 WDI releases.
A reproducible comparison of official archived World Development Indicators releases.
28 Jan 2025
68,350,000
people
2 Jul 2025
68,492,000
people
Revision
+0.2078%
+142,000 people
What changed?
The value published for United Kingdom's 2023 population changed by +142,000 people (+0.2078%) between the two archived releases. This is a revision of a published estimate, not population growth between January and July 2025.
Provenance
Indicator: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) · Archived series name verified in both releases: Population, total · Archived country identity verified in both releases: United Kingdom (GBR) · Unit: people · Reference year: 2023 · Finding type: UPWARD_REVISION · Methodology gate: wdi-population-estimates-2024-note-v1. Regional aggregates are excluded. Source license: CC BY 4.0. Archive fingerprints: Jan 7ff8c66e5a07… · Jul b33fef211eee…; exact hashes, archived country/series names and archive members are included in JSON/CSV.