Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2021

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Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2021

21 December 2022

Today we have published our latest official population estimates.

The UK population estimates for mid-2021 provide official estimates of the population at the UK, country, regional and local authority level. They show the population of the UK at mid-year 2021 was estimated to be 67 million, an increase of about 3.7 million (5.9%) since mid-year 2011, 10 years earlier.

The release includes information about the components of population change in the year to mid-2021 – births, deaths and migration, both international and internal.

Read the release

Rich Pereira

Rich Pereira is head of Demography. You can follow Rich on Twitter for the latest in population statistics news: @RichPereira_ONS.

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