Deaths: United Kingdom

## What this measures

The number of deaths in United Kingdom each calendar year, estimated by the UN World Population Prospects 2024.

## Why it matters

Deaths track ageing, health systems and shocks such as pandemics, famines and wars. When deaths overtake births, a population shrinks unless migration fills the gap.

## How to read it

Each point is a calendar year, dated December 31. Ageing populations see deaths rise even as health improves, because there are more older people.

## What it does not say

It is a count, not a rate, so it grows with population. Years without good registration data are modelled. These are estimates through 2023.

## Source

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. https://population.un.org/wpp/ Licence: © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Palanor's copy is unchanged except where this section says otherwise. The UN revises the whole series every two years; the next revision replaces these figures back to 1950.