You asked
Please could you provide the total deaths (all causes) for the U.K. broken down into Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
How many more deaths have there been in 2020 in the U.K. (and the separate 4 countries) than the previous highest year since 2015 and the five year average from 2015 to 2019.
If final figures are not yet available for 2020 please provide the most recent figures and/or projections for the full year.
We said
Thank you for your request.
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 publish headline figures within our Vital statistics in the UK: births, deaths and marriages. The latest data available is 2019.
| Year | United Kingdom | England and Wales | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 604,707 | 530,841 | 496,370 | 33,183 | 58,108 | 15,758 |
| 2018 | 616,014 | 541,589 | 505,859 | 34,406 | 58,503 | 15,922 |
| 2017 | 607,172 | 533,253 | 498,882 | 33,248 | 57,883 | 16,036 |
| 2016 | 597,206 | 525,048 | 490,791 | 33,066 | 56,728 | 15,430 |
| 2015 | 602,782 | 529,655 | 495,309 | 33,198 | 57,579 | 15,548 |
Download this table Deaths in the UK 2015 to 2019
.xls .csv2020:
According to the following bulletin, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional, using the latest data available for w/e 1January 2021 (week 53) there have been 614,114 deaths registered in England and Wales in 2020.
576,624 deaths were registered in England and 37,790 were registered in Wales.
Whilst the data has not yet been finalised for 2020, all three Statistical authorities have published blogs with year-end figures.
England and Wales - https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/01/12/counting-deaths-involving-coronavirus-a-year-in-review/
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