Death statistics in UK from 2015 to 2020

Dyddiad y datganiad:
30 July 2021

​FOI/2021/2647

You asked

Please supply the death statistics in UK from 2015 to 2020.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

However, we do provide headline figures for the UK as part of our Vital Statistics in the UK publication.

2015-2019

Annual data: Deaths (numbers and rates: total)

United Kingdom and constituent countries

United KingdomEngland and WalesEnglandWalesScotlandNorthern Ireland
2019604,707530,841496,37033,18358,10815,758
2018616,014541,589505,85934,40658,50315,922
2017607,172533,253498,88233,24857,88316,036
2016597,206525,048490,79133,06656,72815,430
2015602,782529,655495,30933,19857,57915,438

Download this table

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2020 data

Using the Deaths Registered in England and Wales publication, there have been 607,922 deaths registered in 2020. 569,700 in England and 37,399 in Wales.

Year-end figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found below.

Scotland - https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/annual-deaths-excess-deaths-1855-2020.xlsx

Northern Ireland - https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/monthly-deaths

For further information please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.

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