There were more deaths in 2020 than in any year since 1900
There were more deaths than births in the UK last year for the first time in 44 years due to Covid-19.
Years in which more die than are born come along very rarely in modern British history, with 2020 becoming just the second year on record to see a negative swing., the ONS has warned the impact of the pandemic on population is far from over.births decreased in 2020 to 683,191The amount of people dying surpassed the amount being born for just the second time in 120 years
That year saw 5,273 fewer births than deaths – but 2020 has set a new record, with a ‘negative natural change’ of 6,483. Of the total deaths in 2020, 90,173 were Covid-related, about two thirds of the 153,000 pandemic deaths recorded both last year and in 2021 so far.The new population estimates include only one part of the pandemic and do not reflect any rise or fall in the number of children conceived during lockdown as they will be included in next year’s figures.