1. The Changing Structure of the UK Population
Andrew Nash, Population Statistics Division
Office for National Statistics
(Note: all data are from ONS unless otherwise indicated)

2. UK population, 1871 to 2015
Note: most of discontinuity in WW1 and WW2 is because of troops posted overseas.
Ireland achieved independence in 1922.

3. UK total fertility rate, 1960 to 2015

4. UK period life expectancy at birth (years), 1960 to 2015

5. UK long-term international migration, 1964 to 2015

6. UK population age structure

7. Ethnic composition of population by age, England and Wales, 2001 Census

8. Ethnic composition of population by age, England and Wales, 2011 Census

9. Long-term immigrants to UK, 2015, by previous country of residence

10. When will the UK population reach 70 million?
2025
2030
2035

11. UK population projection, 2014-based (principal)

12. 2014-based variant national projections

13. UK population pyramid, 2014 v 2039 (principal projection)

14. UK old age dependency ratio (per 1,000 people of working age)

15. UK population projections by ethnic group
Source: Wohland P, Burkitt M, Norman P, Rees P, Boden P and Durham H, ETHPOP Database, ESRC Follow on Fund "Ethnic group population trends". Date of extraction

16. Projected growth, countries of the UK, 2014 to 2024 (principal projection)

17. Projected growth, English regions, 2014 to 2024

18. Projected growth 2014 to 2024: local authority gainers and losers

19. Selected pending population publications
27 Apr 2017: Mid-2016 estimates, Scotland
Jun 2017: Mid-2016 estimates for rest of UK
Oct / Nov 2017: National population projections, 2016-based (UK and countries)
2018: Subnational population projections for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 2016-based
Population estimates are annual; population projections are biennial except in Wales where they are triennial.

20. And finally . . .
ONS population contact: Any questions / comments / suggestions? What would be useful to you?