FOI Ref: ​FOI/2021/2880

You asked

Please supply ​the number of deaths in the UK for each year since 2000 to 2020.

We said

​Thank you for your enquiry regarding total deaths registered in the UK from 2000 to 2020.

We published headline mortality figures for the UK as part of our Vital Statistics in the UK publication, in collaboration with National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The latest data available in this publication is 2019. This publication is scheduled to be updated in January 2022.

2020 data

We are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Therefore, we do not hold the requested data for 2020 for the whole of the UK. Should you wish to obtain this data from NRS and NISRA, they can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk  respectively.

Our Deaths Registered in England and Wales publication states that there were 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 in the following links below:

Scotland - Vital Events Reference Tables 2020.

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

For further information on your request, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.