Area type
Country
Population Density
434
Population growth
0.5%
Gender ratio
0.96 male to female
english main language
91%
birth rate
10.7
death rate
10.0
Major religion
46% Christian
Urbanisation
83%
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The population of England is 56,536,419 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. England's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.5% per year. England covers an area of 130,310 square kilometres (50,313 square miles) and has a population density of 434 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in England is predominantly white (81%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 19% of the population.
The median average age in England in 2021 was 40.5, with over 18s representing 82.6% of the population. The sex ratio was 95.9 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, the urban population of England was approximately 42,562,070 or 83%, while the rural population was around 8,906,131 or 17%.
The largest religious group in England is Christians who account for 46% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 90.8% of people in England, and spoken either well or very well by 7% of the population. 1.6% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.3% spoke no English at all.
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The population of England is 56,536,419 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in England grew by an estimated -13,719 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
England's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.5%, which is 0.2% lower than the average population growth rate in England for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.6%).
England covers an area of 130,310 square kilometres (50,313 square miles) and has a population density of 434 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 49.0% of England's 56,536,419 population, while females made up 51.0% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 95.939 males to every 100 females in 2021.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of England, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 46,717,970.
England's age structure shows the working-age population to be 36,249,817 which is 64.1% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 17.4% of the population, and over 65s represent 18.5% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .
England's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in England was 40.5 years in 2019.
Of the England population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.1 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in England is 81 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in England has a life expectancy of 83 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 79 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
The life expectancy for someone born in England has risen by 3 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 79 years to a life expectancy of 81 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 79.4 | 83.1 | 81.3 |
| 01-04 | 78.7 | 82.4 | 80.6 |
| 05-09 | 74.8 | 78.5 | 76.7 |
| 10-14 | 69.8 | 73.5 | 71.7 |
| 15-19 | 64.8 | 68.5 | 66.7 |
| 20-24 | 59.9 | 63.6 | 61.8 |
| 25-29 | 55.1 | 58.6 | 56.9 |
| 30-34 | 50.2 | 53.7 | 52.0 |
| 35-39 | 45.4 | 48.8 | 47.1 |
| 40-44 | 40.7 | 44.0 | 42.4 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in England is predominantly white (81.0%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 19.0% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in England accounting for 9.6% of the population.
2,381,724 or 4% of the England population are black according to the latest 2021 census.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
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According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within England is Christians, accounting for 46.3% of the population.
England has a Muslim population of 3,801,186 which is 6.7% of the population.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics