You asked
Could you please provide me with yearly death totals for the last 5 years up-to and including today's date (21/12) for the whole of the UK if possible. This is the total number of deaths regardless of cause of death please.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.
However, we do publish headline figures within our Vital statistics in the UK: births, deaths and marriages. The latest data available is 2019.
| Year | United Kingdom | England and Wales | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 604,707 | 530,841 | 496,370 | 33,183 | 58,108 | 15,758 |
| 2018 | 616,014 | 541,589 | 505,859 | 34,406 | 58,503 | 15,922 |
| 2017 | 607,172 | 533,253 | 498,882 | 33,248 | 57,883 | 16,036 |
| 2016 | 597,206 | 525,048 | 490,791 | 33,066 | 56,728 | 15,430 |
| 2015 | 602,782 | 529,655 | 495,309 | 33,198 | 57,579 | 15,548 |
| 2014 | 570,341 | 501,424 | 468,875 | 31,439 | 54,239 | 14,678 |
Download this table Annual deaths in the United Kingdom
.xls .csvData for 2019 is available for England and Wales as part of our Deaths Registered series
In 2019, there were 530,841 deaths registered in England and Wales, 496,370 total deaths in England and 33,183 total deaths in Wales.
2020:
According to the following publication, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional, using the latest data available for w/e 1 January 2021 (week 53) there have been 614,114 deaths registered in England and Wales in 2020.
Please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk if you require any further information.