About this dataset
National and subnational mid-year population estimates for the UK and its constituent countries by administrative area, age and sex (including components of population change, median age and population density).
Dataset:Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Corrections and notices
Corrections
28 September 2018
Small errors occurred in the detailed time series Tables MYEB1, MYEB3 and UK population estimates 1838 to 2017, affecting Scotland's council area estimates from Mid-2002 to Mid-2010. This was due to an issue with the method of rebasing the population estimates using the 2011 Census results. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
25 September 2018
Small errors occurred in the detailed time series Tables MYEB1 and MYEB3 affecting Scotland's council area estimates from Mid-2002 to Mid-2010. This was due to an issue with the method of rebasing the population estimates using the 2011 Census results. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page. We apologise for any inconvenience.
14 August 2018
Small errors occurred in mid-2012 and mid-2013 Tables MYE3 due to a processing issue affecting Northern Ireland local authority estimates. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page. We apologise for any inconvenience.
23 March 2017
A small error occurred in Mid-2015 Table MYEB3_summary_components_of_change_series_UK_(0215) due to a processing error in the Northern Ireland subnational internal migration data for mid-2002 to mid-2012. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page. We apologise for any inconvenience.
25 January 2017
A small error occurred in Mid-2001 to Mid-2010 Table MYE6PE3_mid-2001-mid-2012-unformatted-syoa-data-file due to a processing error which resulted in Buckinghamshire being omitted from the dataset. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
16 June 2016
A small error occurred in Mid-2014 Table MYEB1_detailed_population_estimates_series_UK_(0114) due to a processing error for Scotland LA Dumfries and Galloway mid-2013 population estimates. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Notices
22 March 2018
Population estimates for areas within England and Wales for mid-2012 to mid-2016, released prior to 22nd March 2018, have been superseded. The revisions incorporate improved methods for international emigration at the local authority, previously unavailable data for international immigration at the local authority level and improvements to our accounting of the dependents of foreign armed forces personnel. Provided by administrative area, single year of age and sex.
26 September 2016
Mid-2015 population estimates for areas within Northern Ireland will be published Thursday 6 October at 09.30
28 April 2016
We published corrected UK population estimates for the years 2012 to 2014 incorporating corrected estimates for Scotland on 28 April 2016.
They address the previously announced error of the age distribution in the council areas of Scotland presented in the last release published 25 June 2015. These errors only affect areas within Scotland; population estimates for England, Wales and Northern Ireland are unaffected. Whilst the estimated age distribution of the UK population is affected for the period, the total estimates of the UK population remain valid. Further information on the causes of the errors, their impact and how decisions were reached on the approach taken is available in the Quality Management Information document available on the ONS website.