Pakistan vs United Kingdom
Pakistan has 3.7× the population of United Kingdom: 255,219,554 vs 69,487,000, a gap of 185.7 million. Pakistan is growing faster (+1.56% vs +0.30% a year), adding about 3,981,282 people a year against +206,306. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. United Kingdom is the older society: 19.7% aged 65+ against 4.4% in Pakistan, while Pakistan has more children (36.2% under 15 vs 17.0%). People in United Kingdom live 13.6 years longer on average (81.4 vs 67.8). GDP per capita is 36.1× higher in United Kingdom ($57,602 vs $1,596).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Pakistan) and 2025 (United Kingdom); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Pakistan vs United Kingdom — side by side
 Pakistan |  United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 255,219,5542025 | 69,487,0002025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.56%2025 | +0.30%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 27.42024 | 9.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.42024 | 9.72024 |
| Children per woman | 3.552024 | 1.552024 |
| Life expectancy | 67.8 yrs2024 | 81.4 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 36.2%2025 | 17.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.4%2025 | 19.7%2025 |
| Density | 321.1 /km²2023 | 283.2 /km²2023 |
| Area | 796,100 km²2023 | 243,610 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 39.5%2025 | 83.3%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -1,235,3362025 | +389,9112025 |
| GDP per capita | $1,5962025 | $57,6022025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #5 | #22 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 3.11% | 0.85% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Pakistan: 5.6× from 1960 to 2025; United Kingdom: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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