FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4259
You asked
Please state how many women there are over 55 in the UK?
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.
From our most up to date (mid-2020) Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we estimate that there were an estimated 11,047,981 women aged 55 or over last birthday in the UK as at mid-2020.
You can find a downloadable file under 'Mid-2020 edition of this dataset'. When you have downloaded it, click on and open the xls file, then click on the tab 'MYE2 - Females'. The data for the UK can be found on row 9.
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Should you require anything further, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at pop.info@ons.gov.uk.