Population of young children in the UK 1971-2023

Published by D. Clark, Oct 25, 2024

As of 2023, the estimated population of young children aged between 0 and 4 years old in the United Kingdom was just over 3.57 million. This was the fewest number of young children in the UK since 2006, when there were approximately 3.5 million young children in the UK.

Population of young children (aged 0-4) in the United Kingdom from 1971 to 2023

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Release date

October 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1971 to 2023

Age group

0-4 years

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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