Population estimates
Annual population estimates for the UK and its constituent countries, the regions and counties of England, and local authorities and their equivalents. Estimates for lower and middle layer Super Output Areas, Westminster parliamentary constituencies, electoral wards and National Parks in England and Wales and clinical commissioning groups in England.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%60/100
Last verification succeeded but is older than the staleness threshold.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%31/100
4 of 13 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%100/100
Normalised to ogl-uk-3.0 — open, redistributable.
- Agent readinessweight 15%15/100
7 distribution(s) declared
Data access
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Verification Status
Dataset
License
- ✓ Redistributable
- ✓ Attribution required
- Category: national
Distributions (7)
ONS - Population Mid-Year Estimates datasets
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimatesMoD - Defence Personnel Commissioning statistics
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-personnel-nhs-commissioning-quarterly-statistics-indexMoD - Defence personnel statistics
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-indexONS - 2021 Census Population characteristics data
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/aboutcensus/censusproducts