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This article tells the story of how the UK's population has changed since the start of the 20th century. It looks at patterns and drivers of births, deaths and migration over time, relating these to a standard model of demographic...
The potential future population size of the UK and its constituent countries. These statistics are widely used in planning, including fiscal projections, health, education and pensions.
This collection brings together all documents relating to business population estimates.
A description of ONS research into improving standard population statistics outputs, including recent progress and plans for future research.
An overview of the UK population looking at the size and characteristics of the population; how the UK population has changed; how the UK population is projected to change; and how it compares to other European countries.
Population Statistics for Rural England - January 2026
National population projections provide an indication of the future size and age structure of the UK and its constituent countries based on a set of assumptions of future fertility, mortality and migration, including a number of variant projections based on...
Provisional mid-year estimate of the total population of the UK.
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