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Latest news and updates about our population, migration, census, and evolution towards admin-based statistics |
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Population statistics suite of publications
On 15 July, we will be releasing a suite of publications including the latest official population estimates for mid-2023 for England and Wales. These accredited statistics are the best estimate of the population and will include comparisons with our admin based population estimates (ABPEs), which is a key part of our population statistics transformation.
Updated data tables of UK population estimates 2011-2022 will be published now that National Records Scotland have rebased estimates drawing on Scotland’s Census 2022. It will include data for the UK at local authority level by single year of age and sex.
The evolving methodology for population and migration statistics and the design of the system will be described in both technical and non-technical articles, demonstrating the move towards an admin-based system.
We are aiming for APBEs to become the official mid-year population estimates in 2025, although this will be dependent on meeting the acceptance criteria we will publish later this year and take into account the feedback we receive.
Therefore, following engagement with our users, we are publishing the first QMI article for ABPEs, an update to the ABPE methodology and a non-technical ‘Understanding ABPEs’ article.
To give assurance to our users on the approaches we are taking, we will be updating the quality strategy, as well as a paper to describe the evolution of population and migration statistical design.
We would welcome your feedback on the approach we are setting out – you can contact us by emailing pop.info@ons.gov.uk.
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ONS population statistics system webinar: 17 July 2024 at 10am
Join our webinar to better understand population statistics, hear about the latest UK population estimates to be published on 15 July, and ask questions about the wider population statistics system.
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Recent releases
Birth characteristics
On 17 May, we published Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2022. This article provides data on annual live births in England and Wales by sex, birthweight, gestational age, ethnicity and month, maternities by place of birth and with multiple births, and stillbirths by age of parents and calendar quarter.
Marriages
UK armed forces veterans
Travel and tourism
In May, we released new Travel trends: 2023 data which details annual estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK, and earnings and expenditure associated with these visits.
Migration
Our Long-term international migration, provisional: year ending (YE) December 2023 publication includes official statistics (in development) of UK international migration, YE June 2012 to YE December 2023. Estimates for YE June 2023 and YE December 2023 are provisional and will be updated when more data are available.
We also recently published an update on research work to understand the contribution of international students to net migration figures: Reason for international migration, international students update: May 2024
Our recent International migration research, progress update: May 2024 provides further insight into international migration methods and research.
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Upcoming releases - 15 July |
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Population estimates for England and Wales: mid-2023
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Births and fertility in England and Wales explained
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Population estimates for England and Wales: mid-2023 - QMI
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Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2011 to mid-2022
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Update to methodology guide - mid-year estimates
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Dynamic population model, improvements to data sources and methodology: local authorities in England and Wales, updated to mid-2023
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Admin based population estimates - QMI
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Understanding admin-based population estimates
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Population and migration statistics transformation in England and Wales, a quality strategy
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Population statistics and sources guide - Methodology update
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The future of population and migration: a statistical design
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Rich Pereira
Head of the Demography Division |
Follow Rich on X for the latest in population statistics news @RichPereira_ONS
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Jay Lindop
Head of the Population Analysis, Coordination and Enablement (PACE) Division. |
Follow Jay on X for the latest in migration statistics news @JayLindop_ONS
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Contact
If you have any questions, email us at pop.info@ons.gov.uk or phone us on +44 (0)1329 444661
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