UK Population Estimates by Age, Sex, and Administrative Area

Office for National Statistics provides annual estimates of the usual resident population for the UK as of 30 June each year. The data is broken down by administrative area, single year of age, and sex. This dataset is designated as National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Modeling population aging trends based on single-year age and sex breakdowns.
• Allocating public resources based on population estimates for specific administrative areas.
• Forecasting demographic shifts for regional planning based on annual time-series data.

Strengths

• Data is designated as National Statistics, indicating a high standard of quality assurance.
• Estimates are provided at a granular level of single year of age and sex.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

Annual estimates as of 30 June.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:26.033638; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland by administrative area.