UK deaths for the last 20 years

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2 July 2021

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I would like total deaths in the UK by year for the last 20 years.

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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 can provide headline figures for UK deaths in our Vital statistics in the UK: births, deaths and marriages . Data is available for the UK from 1887 to 2019.

Annual data: Deaths (numbers)
Year	Number of deaths
	United Kingdom	England and Wales	England 6	Wales 6	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
2014	570,341	501,424	468,875	31,439	54,239	14,678
2013	576,458	506,790	473,552	32,138	54,700	14,968
2012	569,024	499,331	466,779	31,502	54,937	14,756
2011	552,232	484,367	452,862	30,426	53,661	14,204
2010	561,666	493,242	461,017	31,197	53,967	14,457
2009	559,617	491,348	459,241	31,006	53,856	14,413
2008	579,697	509,090	475,763	32,066	55,700	14,907
2007	574,687	504,052	470,721	32,148	55,986	14,649
2006	572,224	502,599	470,326	31,083	55,093	14,532
2005	582,964	512,993	479,678	32,162	55,747	14,224
2004	584,791	514,250	480,717	32,317	56,187	14,354
2003	612,085	539,151	504,127	33,810	58,472	14,462
2002	608,045	535,356	500,792	33,314	58,103	14,586
2001	604,393	532,498	497,878	33,249	57,382	14,513
2000	610,579	537,877	503,026	33,501	57,799	14,903