Population of the UK 2022, by age

In 2022, there were estimated to be 944,491 people who were aged 34 in the United Kingdom, the most of any age in this year. The two dominant age groups during this year were 30-34, and 55 to 59, at 4.67 million and 4.64 million people respectively. There is also a spike of 713,349 people who were aged 75 which is due to the high number of births that followed in the aftermath of the Second World War. 

 Over one million born in 1964

In post-war Britain, there have only been two years when the number of live births was over one million, in 1947 and in 1964. The number of births recorded in the years between these two years was consistently high as well, with 1955 having the fewest births in this period at 789,000. This meant that until relatively recently, Baby Boomers were the largest generational cohort in the UK. As of 2022, there were approximately 13.76 million Baby Boomers, compared with 14 million in Generation X, 14.48 million Millennials, and 12.9 million members of Gen Z.  The youngest generation in the UK, Generation Alpha numbered approximately 7.5 million in the same year. 

Median age to hit 44.5 years by 2050

The population of the United Kingdom is aging at a substantial rate, with the median age of the population expected to reach 44.5 years by 2050. By comparison, in 1950 the average age in the United Kingdom stood at 34.9 years. This phenomenon is not unique to the United Kingdom, with median age of people worldwide increasing from 23.6 years in 1950 to a forecasted 41.9 years by 2100. As of 2022, the region with the oldest median age in the UK was South West England, at 43.9 years, compared with 35.9 in London, the region with the youngest median age.