Total population and annual deaths in England and Wales from 1990 to 2020

Dyddiad y datganiad:
2 August 2021

FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2654

You asked

Can you please provide me with the annual records for, England and Wales, total population alongside annual death totals for 2020 and every year dating back to 1990, including how many people died as a percentage of the total population.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

As part of our Vital statistics in the UK: births, deaths and marriages publication, we publish deaths alongside crude death rate and ASMR rate. The latest data available in this publication is 2019.

YearNumber
of Deaths		Crude Death
Rate (deaths
per 1,000
population) 3,4		Age-standardised
mortality rate
(ASMR) 4
​England and WalesEngland and WalesEngland and Wales
2019530,8418.9925
2018541,5899.2965.4
2017533,2539.1965.3
2016525,0489966.9
2015529,6559.2993.2
2014501,4248.7953
2013506,7908.9985.9
2012499,3318.8987.4
2011484,3678.6978.6
2010493,2428.91,017.10
2009491,3488.91,033.80
2008509,0909.31,091.90
2007504,0529.31,091.80
2006502,5999.31,104.30
2005512,9939.61,143.80
2004514,2509.71,163.00
2003539,15110.21,232.10
2002535,35610.21,231.30
2001532,49810.21,236.20
2000537,87710.31,266.40
1999553,53210.71,320.20
1998553,43510.71,327.20
1997558,05210.81,350.80
1996563,007111,372.50
1995565,902111,392.00
1994551,78010.81,374.90
1993578,51211.31,453.40
1992558,313111,415.00
1991570,04411.21,464.30
1990564,84611.21,462.60

Notes

  1. For more information on these death statistics see Information page. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/vitalstatisticspopulationandhealthreferencetables
  2. Death figures are based on deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in a calendar year. For information on the impact of registration delays, see Impact of Registration Delays on Mortality Statistics.
  3. The population estimates used to calculate crude death rates for England, Wales and England and Wales from 1938 to 1980 are rounded to the nearest hundred for each single year of age. Figures based on these rounded population estimates are of a slightly lower level of accuracy than the figures for 1981 onwards.
  4. Rates have been calculated using the latest available mid-year population estimates. Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) are standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population, expressed per 100,000 population; they allow comparisons between populations with different age structures, including between males and females and over time.

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2020 data

As part of our Registered Deaths in England and Wales for 2020, I can provide the following information:

YearNumber
of Deaths		Crude Death
Rate (deaths per
1,000 population) 3,4		Age-standardised
mortality rate
(ASMR) 4
​England and WalesEngland and WalesEngland and Wales
2020607,9221018.01048.3

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Population Statistics

The latest population estimates can be found in the Population estimates for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2020 publication.

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