Mid-year population estimates, Office for National Statistics
Contact email
stats.popcensus@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Designation
National Statistics
Lowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authorities
Geographical coverage
United Kingdom
Languages covered
English only
General description
This dataset provides population estimates for the local authorities in Wales, the English regions and the UK countries for the period from 1991 onwards by gender and single year of age, together with some aggregated age groups.
This material is Crown Copyright and may be re-used (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence.
Data are produced and reported annually and relate to the 30 June of each year from 1991 onwards.
Users, uses and context
The data presented here are used by central government departments and local authorities for a range of purposes including planning and monitoring of services and as denominators for the calculation of various rates and indicators.
Rounding applied
Data are provided on an unrounded basis although the Office for National Statistics advises that any results presented from these data are rounded to the nearest 100 where practical.
Revisions information
The data presented here reflect changes made to population estimates from 2001 to 2010 in re-basing the data to be consistent with the results of the 2011 Census (see weblinks).
This data set was revised on the 3rd of May 2016 to correct an error of the age distribution in the council areas of Scotland.