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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Population estimates by local authority and year
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[Collapse]K02000001[Expand]United Kingdom57,438,65859,113,01663,285,14563,705,03064,105,65464,596,75265,110,034
[Collapse]K03000001[Collapse]United Kingdom[Expand]Great Britain55,831,36357,424,17861,470,82761,881,39662,275,92962,756,25463,258,413
[Collapse]E92000001[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Expand]England47,875,03549,449,74653,107,16953,493,72953,865,81754,316,61854,786,327
[Collapse]E12000001[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandNorth East2,586,9862,540,0902,596,4412,602,3102,610,4812,618,7102,624,621
[Collapse]E12000002[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandNorth West6,843,0396,772,9857,055,9617,084,3377,103,2617,132,9917,173,835
[Collapse]E12000003[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandYorkshire and the Humber4,936,1004,976,6435,288,2125,316,6915,337,7115,360,0275,390,576
[Collapse]E12000004[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandEast Midlands4,011,4114,189,6224,537,4484,567,7314,598,4314,637,4134,677,038
[Collapse]E12000005[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandWest Midlands5,229,6995,280,7275,608,6675,642,5695,674,7125,713,2845,751,000
[Collapse]E12000006[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandEast5,121,0525,400,4635,862,4185,907,3485,954,3166,018,3836,076,451
[Collapse]E12000007[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandLondon6,829,3147,322,4038,204,4078,308,3698,416,5438,538,6898,673,713
[Collapse]E12000008[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandSouth East7,629,1868,023,4498,652,7848,724,7378,792,7668,873,8188,947,913
[Collapse]E12000009[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]EnglandSouth West4,688,2484,943,3645,300,8315,339,6375,377,5965,423,3035,471,180
[Collapse]W92000004[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Expand]Wales2,872,9982,910,2323,063,7583,074,0673,082,4123,092,0363,099,086
[Collapse]W06000001[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesIsle of Anglesey69,12367,80669,91370,04970,09170,16969,979
[Collapse]W06000002[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesGwynedd115,007116,844121,523122,142121,911122,273122,864
[Collapse]W06000003[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesConwy107,951109,674115,326115,515115,835116,287116,218
[Collapse]W06000004[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesDenbighshire89,39593,07093,91994,06694,51094,79194,691
[Collapse]W06000005[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesFlintshire142,036148,629152,666152,743153,240153,804154,074
[Collapse]W06000006[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesWrexham124,180128,540135,070135,919136,399136,714136,647
[Collapse]W06000023[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesPowys119,703126,398133,071132,952132,705132,675132,642
[Collapse]W06000008[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesCeredigion65,93375,41775,29376,04675,96475,42574,642
[Collapse]W06000009[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesPembrokeshire112,446113,058122,613123,035123,261123,666123,464
[Collapse]W06000010[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesCarmarthenshire169,725173,652183,961184,317184,681184,898185,123
[Collapse]W06000011[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesSwansea229,743223,463238,691239,633240,332241,297242,382
[Collapse]W06000012[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesNeath Port Talbot138,844134,380139,880140,108139,898140,490140,992
[Collapse]W06000013[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesBridgend129,477128,735139,410139,740140,480141,214142,092
[Collapse]W06000014[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesVale of Glamorgan118,053119,277126,679126,831127,159127,685127,592
[Collapse]W06000015[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesCardiff296,941310,088345,442348,493351,710354,294357,160
[Collapse]W06000016[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesRhondda Cynon Taf234,917231,910234,373235,599236,114236,888237,411
[Collapse]W06000024[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesMerthyr Tydfil59,59456,20758,85158,89859,02159,06559,324
[Collapse]W06000018[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesCaerphilly170,615169,546178,782179,022179,247179,941180,164
[Collapse]W06000019[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesBlaenau Gwent72,66670,00069,81269,82269,78969,67469,544
[Collapse]W06000020[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesTorfaen90,96190,91291,19091,37291,40791,60991,836
[Collapse]W06000021[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesMonmouthshire80,20984,98491,50891,65992,10092,33692,476
[Collapse]W06000022[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]WalesNewport135,479137,642145,785146,106146,558146,841147,769
[Collapse]S92000003[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain[Collapse]ScotlandScotland5,083,3305,064,2005,299,9005,313,6005,327,7005,347,6005,373,000
[Collapse]N92000002[Collapse]United Kingdom[Collapse]Northern Ireland[Collapse]Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland1,607,2951,688,8381,814,3181,823,6341,829,7251,840,4981,851,621

Metadata

Title

Mid-year population estimates (1991 onwards), by Welsh local authorities, English regions and UK countries, for single year of age and gender

Last update

23 June 2016 23 June 2016

Next update

June 2017

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

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 collection and calculation

See weblinks

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

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.

Statistical quality

See weblinks.

Keywords

Population; UK Population; Welsh Population; Mid-year population estimates;

Name

POPU0003