Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 100	Male	Female
0 to 4	146,449	147,113
5 to 9	121,254	122,394
10 to 14	107,231	109,138
15 to 19	99,079	114,615
20 to 24	108,081	133,320
25 to 29	101,886	124,746
30 to 34	93,308	108,183
35 to 39	77,028	87,560
40 to 44	67,463	76,898
45 to 49	51,592	58,834
50 to 54	44,467	53,470
55 to 59	28,639	35,264
60 to 64	25,531	33,512
65 to 69	15,645	20,795
70 to 74	10,715	15,453
75 to 79	5,128	8,346
80 to 84	2,221	4,150
85 to 89	623	1,402
90 to 94	170	383
95 to 99	38	85
100 & up	10	17

Data for 1871	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 100	Male	Female
0 to 4	211,032	211,597
5 to 9	172,967	176,719
10 to 14	153,138	156,520
15 to 19	143,221	163,854
20 to 24	143,822	177,763
25 to 29	135,039	161,845
30 to 34	117,966	137,123
35 to 39	97,834	114,564
40 to 44	89,452	103,104
45 to 49	71,604	82,124
50 to 54	62,951	74,298
55 to 59	42,053	51,317
60 to 64	34,814	46,081
65 to 69	21,471	30,917
70 to 74	14,869	22,941
75 to 79	6,803	11,907
80 to 84	3,008	5,886
85 to 89	894	1,928
90 to 94	173	496
95 to 99	34	105
100 & up	6	20

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 100	Male	Female
0 to 4	248,619	248,425
5 to 9	208,193	211,547
10 to 14	179,483	186,628
15 to 19	171,659	196,969
20 to 24	176,186	209,050
25 to 29	160,710	188,013
30 to 34	136,375	156,167
35 to 39	118,550	132,583
40 to 44	103,867	116,131
45 to 49	79,874	92,315
50 to 54	67,742	80,599
55 to 59	48,079	58,944
60 to 64	42,913	55,985
65 to 69	25,685	36,244
70 to 74	16,454	25,432
75 to 79	8,369	14,314
80 to 84	3,508	6,791
85 to 89	986	2,186
90 to 94	199	554
95 to 99	32	111
100 & up	3	9

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 100	Male	Female
0 to 4	249,309	252,313
5 to 9	225,895	228,265
10 to 14	206,228	210,197
15 to 19	197,424	219,396
20 to 24	194,110	234,344
25 to 29	178,277	210,491
30 to 34	155,412	173,334
35 to 39	132,971	148,029
40 to 44	113,248	125,389
45 to 49	95,534	105,455
50 to 54	77,577	89,970
55 to 59	53,717	65,050
60 to 64	45,059	57,725
65 to 69	30,184	40,841
70 to 74	20,223	31,478
75 to 79	9,957	16,987
80 to 84	4,113	8,115
85 to 89	1,221	2,790
90 to 94	243	697
95 to 99	41	113
100 & up	5	16

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 100	Male	Female
0 to 4	234,563	232,851
5 to 9	215,927	217,715
10 to 14	199,011	202,966
15 to 19	193,256	212,388
20 to 24	191,019	237,825
25 to 29	189,617	231,095
30 to 34	173,990	201,297
35 to 39	157,941	179,259
40 to 44	136,002	153,879
45 to 49	117,045	131,999
50 to 54	96,966	108,896
55 to 59	73,989	85,095
60 to 64	57,665	68,479
65 to 69	42,228	53,890
70 to 74	26,016	38,706
75 to 79	13,226	22,489
80 to 84	5,637	11,000
85 to 89	1,813	4,242
90 to 94	370	1,102
95 to 99	55	156
100 & up	5	15

Date:	Source:
1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the People'
1871	1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Sub-Districts'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 11 , 'Registration Counties and Registration Districts - Persons, Males and Females in each registration county; Males and Females in each registration district at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups, 1911'

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1891	Graham Mooney (Institute of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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