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Young People

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) male and (b) female 18-year- olds there were in each year since 2005; and how many of each there are expected to be in each year to 2015. (247129)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated January 2009:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question regarding how many (a) male and (b) female 18-year-olds there were in each year since 2005 and what the Office for National Statistics projects the number of 18-year-olds to be in each year to 2015. (247129)

The table below shows the United Kingdom population of males and females aged 18 for each year from 2005 to 2015. The figures up to and including 2007 are population estimates. The most recent national population projections, based on the population at the middle of 2006, have been used to provide the estimated population aged 18 from 2008 to 2015.

Population aged 18, United Kingdom, 2005 to 2015

Thousand

Population aged 18

Males

Females

Population estimates

2005

405

385

2006

417

392

2007

412

388

Population projections1

2008

417

392

2009

423

396

2010

415

391

2011

403

377

2012

398

372

2013

389

364

2014

386

362

2015

389

365

1 2006-based national population projections, ONS