HC Deb 23 July 1996 vol 282 cc246-9W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the(a) male, (b) female and (c) total population was under the age of 25 years, broken down by age group and in total, for each of the last 20 years for which figures are available; and what was the percentage change in each year. [38683]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The information is contained in the following table:

Estimated resident population at mid-year 1974–1994: selected age-groups expressed as a percentage of the total
England and Wales
Percentage of males aged
Year 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 Total 0–24 25+
1976 6.9 8.3 8.7 7.8 7.2 100 38.8 61.2
1977 6.5 8.1 8.7 8.0 7.3 100 38.6 61.4
1978 6.3 7.9 8.7 8.2 7.4 100 38.4 61.6
1979 6.2 7.5 8.6 8.5 7.5 100 38.3 61.7
1980 6.3 7.2 8.4 8.7 7.6 100 38.2 61.8
1981 6.4 6.8 8.3 8.8 7.8 100 38.0 62.0
1982 6.5 6.5 8.1 8.8 8.0 100 37.9 62.1
1983 6.6 6.2 7.8 8.8 8.2 100 37.7 62.3
1984 6.6 6.2 7.5 8.6 8.5 100 37.4 62.6
1985 6.6 6.2 7.2 8.4 8.7 100 37.1 62.9
1986 6.7 6.4 6.8 8.2 8.8 100 36.8 63.2
1987 6.7 6.5 6.4 8.0 8.8 100 36.4 63.6
1988 6.8 6.6 6.2 7.8 8.7 100 36.0 64.0
1989 6.9 6.6 6.2 7.4 8.5 100 35.6 64.4
1990 7.0 6.6 6.2 7.1 8.3 100 35.2 64.8
1991 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.7 8.1 100 34.8 65.2
1992 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.4 7.9 100 34.4 65.6
1993 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.1 7.7 100 34.0 66.0
1994 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.1 7.3 100 33.7 66.3

The question also asked for percentage changes each year. It is not entirely clear what was meant by this, but year to year differences in the percentages can be seen in the tables.

Estimated resident population at mid-year 1974–1994: selected age-groups expressed as a percentage of the total
England and Wales
Percentage of females aged
Year 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 Total 0–24 25+
1974 6.8 7.7 7.6 6.7 6.7 100 35.5 64.5
1975 6.6 7.6 7.7 6.9 6.6 100 35.3 64.7
1976 6.2 7.5 7.8 7.1 6.6 100 35.1 64.9
1977 5.8 7.3 7.8 7.3 6.6 100 34.9 65.1
1978 5.6 7.1 7.8 7.5 6.7 100 34.7 65.3
1979 5.6 6.8 7.7 7.7 6.8 100 34.6 65.4
1980 5.7 6.5 7.5 7.8 7.0 100 34.5 65.5
1981 5.7 6.1 7.4 7.9 7.3 100 34.4 65.6
1982 5.9 5.8 7.2 7.9 7.4 100 34.3 65.7
1983 6.0 5.6 7.0 7.9 7.6 100 34.1 65.9
1984 6.0 5.6 6.7 7.7 7.8 100 33.8 66.2
1985 6.0 5.6 6.4 7.6 8.0 100 33.6 66.4
1986 6.0 5.7 6.1 7.4 8.1 100 33.3 66.7
1987 6.1 5.8 5.8 7.2 8.0 100 33.0 67.0
1988 6.2 6.0 5.6 7.0 7.9 100 32.6 67.4
1989 6.3 6.0 5.5 6.7 7.8 100 32.3 67.7
1990 6.3 6.0 5.6 6.4 7.6 100 31.9 68.1
1991 6.4 6.0 5.7 6.1 7.4 100 31.6 68.4
1992 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.8 7.2 100 31.3 68.7
1993 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.5 7.0 100 31.0 69.0
1994 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.5 6.7 100 30.7 69.3

Estimated resident population at mid-year 1974–1994: selected age-groups expressed as a percentage of the total
England and Wales
Percentage of persons aged
Year 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 Total 0–24 25+
1974 7.2 8.1 8.0 7.0 6.9 100 37.3 62.7
1975 6.9 8.0 8.2 7.2 6.8 100 37.1 62.9
1976 6.5 7.9 8.2 7.4 6.9 100 36.9 63.1
1977 5.2 7.7 8.3 7.7 6.9 100 36.7 63.3
1978 5.9 7.5 8.2 7.9 7.0 100 36.5 63.5
1979 5.9 7.1 8.1 8.1 7.1 100 36.4 63.6
1980 6.0 6.8 7.9 8.2 7.3 100 36.3 63.7
1981 6.1 6.4 7.8 8.3 7.5 100 36.2 63.8
1982 6.2 6.1 7.6 8.4 7.7 100 36.0 64.0
1983 6.3 5.9 7.4 8.3 7.9 100 35.8 64.2
1984 6.3 5.9 7.1 8.2 8.2 100 35.5 64.5
1985 6.3 5.9 6.8 8.0 8.3 100 35.3 64.7
1986 6.4 6.0 6.4 7.8 8.4 100 34.0 65.0
1987 6.4 6.2 6.1 7.6 8.4 100 34.7 65.3
Estimated resident population at mid-year 1974–1994: selected age-groups expressed as a percentage of the total
England and Wales
Percentage of persons aged
Year 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 Total 0–24 25+
1988 6.5 6.3 5.9 7.4 8.3 100 33.3 66.7
1989 6.6 6.3 5.8 7.0 8.1 100 33.9 66.1
1990 6.6 6.3 5.9 6.8 7.9 100 33.5 66.5
1991 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.4 7.8 100 33.2 66.8
1992 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.1 7.6 100 32.8 67.2
1993 6.7 6.4 6.2 5.8 7.3 100 32.5 67.5
1994 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.8 7.0 100 32.2 67.8

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