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Births, Deaths & Life Expectancy

Understand recent birth and death totals and compare how long people in the UK can expect to live.

England and Wales | 2024

Births and deaths

Deaths are counted by registration year. Births are live births registered for 2024.

Annual dataset
Live births
594,677
Deaths registered
568,613
Published by Office for National Statistics.View official source →

United Kingdom | 2022 to 2024

Life expectancy at birth

Three-year period life expectancy is less volatile than a single-year estimate.

Annual dataset
Female
83.0 years
Male
79.1 years
Published by Office for National Statistics.View official source →

Scotland Official Data

Scottish Regional Profile

Compare regional indicators queried from the Scottish Government linked database for Annual Births & Deaths.

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Sourced from statistics.gov.scot database.Explore Scotland Data →