"Figure 1: In 2020, the number of deaths in England and Wales increased by 14.5% compared with 2019","" "Deaths registered in England and Wales, 1990 to 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. Updates to the coding framework used to code cause of death took place in 2011 and 2014. More information on these updates is available in the [Measuring the data](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregistrationsummarytables/2020#measuring-the-data) section." "Unit","Number of deaths" "","" "Year","Males","Females" "1990","277336","287510" "1991","277582","292462" "1992","271732","286581" "1993","279302","299210" "1994","266829","284951" "1995","272709","293193" "1996","269825","293182" "1997","266164","291888" "1998","264202","289233" "1999","263166","290366" "2000","256698","281179" "2001","253608","278890" "2002","254390","280966" "2003","254433","284718" "2004","245208","269042" "2005","243870","269123" "2006","240888","261711" "2007","240787","263265" "2008","243014","266076" "2009","238062","253286" "2010","237916","255326" "2011","234660","249707" "2012","240238","259093" "2013","245585","261205" "2014","245142","256282" "2015","257207","272448" "2016","257811","267237" "2017","262678","270575" "2018","267960","273629" "2019","265300","265541" "2020","308069","299853"