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Joint Statement delivered by Zambia on behalf of 81 Member States including the United Kingdom at the UN General Assembly.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
This article tells the story of how the UK's population has changed since the start of the 20th century. It looks at patterns and drivers of births, deaths and migration over time, relating these to a standard model of demographic...
To provide a summary of the UK population, highlighting the changes and the factors which contribute to this.
An exploration of the different ways to define a population and how different types of migration would feed into these alternative population bases. The article is part of the evidence being published to support the public consultation on the National...
This release summarises ONS planned work on rebasing and reconciliation of mid-year population estimates in line with Census 2021 results, including an overview of timings and how to comment on our plans.
Population screening programmes: Population screening: data and intelligence
An analysis of the impact to coronavirus reporting as a result of using updated population estimates from 2019 to 2020.
This guide sets out what population screening is, how it works, and its limitations.
Quality and methodology information for mid-year population estimates in the UK, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.
National population estimates broken down into small geographical areas (Super Output Areas, health geographies, electoral wards).
Explains the structure of the ageing population and provides evidence on what an ageing population means for the economy, services and society. We intend to follow this report with a ‘Living Longer’ series of articles that will take a deeper...
A working paper that explores different methodological options for Small Area Population Estimates in the transformed population estimation system.
NISRA produces estimates of the NI population and areas within Northern Ireland on an annual basis. These population estimates provide the population for mid-2015 and outline the population change over the period mid-2014 to mid-2015. This release contains population estimates...
Population and migration statistics for rural and urban areas.
The potential future population size of the UK and its constituent countries. These statistics are widely used in planning, for example, fiscal projections, health, education and pensions.
Annual details of the residents of the UK by region and local and unitary authorities.
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