Number of judges rose 0.200% to 5,500 persons in the United Kingdom in 2016, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of judges in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 5,896 persons in 2013 and an all time low of 5,489 persons in 2015.
United Kingdom has been ranked 3rd within the group of 24 countries we follow in terms of number of judges, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Judges | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,348 | 2,357 | 2,370 | 2,389 | 2,461 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,460 | 2,442 | 2,452 | 2,425 | 2,486 | ... | |
| Canada | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,932 | 5,863 | 5,858 | 5,807 | 5,669 | ... | ||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,411 | ... | 20,382 | ... | 20,301 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Iceland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.0 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 146 | 139 | 144 | 148 | 161 | ... | ||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,226 | 8,695 | 11,260 | 11,257 | 11,144 | ... | ||||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Netherlands | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,502 | 2,448 | 2,403 | 2,378 | 2,359 | ||||||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,927 | 9,922 | 9,938 | 9,926 | 9,967 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,689 | 4,890 | 5,036 | 5,219 | 5,352 | ... | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,635 | 5,570 | 5,896 | 5,640 |
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