# United Kingdom LFS: Population: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands ()

United Kingdom LFS: Population: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands () was up 1.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 57,610 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3% (Q2 2020) to 1.5% (Q3 2023), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMPLOY.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5LV.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-population-people-aged-15-and-over-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 57,610 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 57,446 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 57,330 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 57,163 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 57,005 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 56,865 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 56,714 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 56,578 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 56,403 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 56,247 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 56,098 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 56,015 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 55,833 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 55,580 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 55,388 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 55,203 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 55,084 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 54,961 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 54,838 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 54,698 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 54,645 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 54,546 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 54,483 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 54,405 thousands | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMPLOY.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5LV.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMPLOY.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5LV.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```