2023 UK Status
Sovereign
1 King. King Charles III
1 Consort
Source: Google 2023
Royal Family
Approx. 17 people.
Source: Metro.co.uk 2023
Royal Household
1,200 people.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
Archbishop of Canterbury
1
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
Lord High Steward.
1. Currently Vacant.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
The Lord Chancellor.
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
The Archbishop of York.
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
Prime Minister.
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
Lord President of the Privy Council
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
The Speaker of the House of Commons
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
The Lord Speaker of the House of Lords (since July 2006)
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (since October 2009)
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (since November 2007)
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
The Lord Privy Seal.
1.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
Peers of the Realm in the House of Lords.
781 Sitting Members. 88,071 head of UK population per Lord.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
Primates (Bishop), archbishops, bishops, Scottish Lord High Commissioners and Moderators
42 Bishops
2 Archbishops.
850 Scottish Lord High Commissioners.
15 Scottish Lord High Moderators.
Baronets, Knights and holders of state honors.
426 Barons. Some in the House of Lords.
Source: Debretts
1,235 baronetcies.
Source: Baronetage.org
2,600 per year Knights and holders of state honors awarded.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
UK Civil Service
484,880 in the Home Civil Service in 2021. 0.7% of the UK population. 1 per 142 head of population.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
HM Treasury
1169 full time employees.
Source: HM Treasury. 2023
UK Parliament
The UK House of Commons has 650 members. 105,820 people represented per MP.
Source: Wikipedia. 2023
UK Land Area
241,930 km2 93,410 sq mi
Source: World meters 2023
England Land Area
130,279 km2
Source: Wikipedia
Scotland Land Area
77,910 km2
Source: Wikipedia
Wales Land Area
20,779 km2
Source: Wikipedia
N. Ireland Land Area
14,130 km2
Source: Wikipedia
UK Population
68,783,530
Source: UN data 10/01/2023
Source: World meters
England Population
56,490,048
Source: ONS 2021 Census
Scotland Population
5,479,900
Source: www.nrsscotland.gov.uk
Wales Population
3,107,494
Source: ONS 2021 Census
N. Ireland Population
1,903,100
Source: ONS 2021 Census
UK Population Density
281 per km2. 727 per sq. mi (2020 - 2023)
Source: World meters 2023
UK Urban Population
83.2% of the population. 56,495,180 people (2020 data)
Source: World meters 2023
UK Median Age.
40.5 years.
Source: World meters 2023
UK Life Expectancy
81.77 years life expectancy at birth of both sexes.
Source: World meters 2023
Infant Mortality
3.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.
4.3 deaths under age of 5 per 1,000 births.
Source: World meters 2023
Main Cities by Population
London 7,556,900 people.
Source: World meters 2023
UK Population in 2050
76,081,981.
Source: World meters 2023
UK Population Density in 2050
306 per km2
Source: World meters 2023
UK Urban Population in 2050
91.8% of the population. 68,007,652 people.
Source: World meters 2023
UK Median Age in 2050
44.5 years.
Source: World meters 2023
UK Households
28,100,000 households
Source: ONS 2023
UK Families
19,300,000 families in the UK. 28% of the population.
12,700,000 families that include a couple in a legally registered partnership. 18% of the population.
3,600,000 cohabiting couple families. 5% of the Population.
3,600,000 people aged 20 to 34 years were living at home with their parents. 5% of the population.
3,000,000 lone parent families. 4% of the Population.
Source: ONS 2021
UK Parliament
The UK House of Commons has 650 members.
Source: Wikipedia.
Average 105,820 constituents per MP.
The UK House of Lords has 784 sitting members.
Source: Wikipedia.
Average 87,734 constituents per MHL.
The UK House of Lords has 92 hereditary peers.
Source: Google.
UK Public Sector
5,870,000 employed in the Public Sector.
Source: ONS
Average 12 members of population to one Public Sector Worker.
3,670,000 employed in Central Government.
Source: ONS
Average 19 members of population to one Central Government Worker.
2,000,000 employed in Local Government.
Source: ONS
Average 34 members of the population to one Local Government Worker.
Civil Service
522,000 employed in the Civil Service.
Source: ONS
Average 132 members of the population to one Civil Servant.
UK National Health Service
219 NHS Trusts in the UK.
10 Ambulance Trusts in the UK.
1,257 Hospitals in the UK.
1,200,000 full time staff in the NHS. 2% of the population. 57 staff per head of population. 105,855 vacancies in the NHS.
704,520 registered nurses in the UK. 1% of the population.
11% male. 89% female.
321,624 registered nurses work in the NHS. 0.5% of the population. 46% of the total number of registered nurses.
7.7 nurses per 1000 population.
Sources: NMC. Digital NHS
1,000,000 people would attend a GP appointment per day.
250,000 people would attend an outpatient appointment per day.
30,000 people would call 999 per day.
45,000 people would attend a major A&E Department per day.
750 patients would go into critical care per day.
Source: Sanctuary Personnel
The NHS Budget for England was £180,200,000,000 in 2022 / 2023
Source: The Kings Fund
The NHS Budget for Scotland was £19,200,000 in 2022 / 2023
Source: www.hfma.org.uk
The NHS Budget for Wales was £9,400,000,000 in 2022 / 2023
Source: www.audit.wales
The NHS Budget for N. Ireland was unknown due to the executive not sitting. Of the NHS Budget in 2020 / 2021
Source: UK Gov Stats.
10.2% of UK GDP is spent on health.
Source: ONS.
46.6% of the NS Budget is spent on the workforce.
£56.1 billion annual wage bill for the NHS in 2019 / 2020
Source: UK Gov 2021 2022 Kings Fund
The cost of going to A&E is £77 to £359
Source: UK Gov 2021 2022
The cost of an ambulance trip to A&E is £292
Source: UK Gov 2019 2020
The cost of an ambulance trip not to A&E is £206
Source: UK Gov 2019 2020
The cost of a GP appointment is £39.23
Source: Pssru.ac.uk 2020
UK Police Force.
164,017 Police Officers. 0.2% of the UK population. 1 per 419 head of UK population. 1 per 1.5km2 of UK land area.
Excluding Police Community Support Officers and Special Constables.
Source: UK Gov Police Service Strength 2022
England and Wales
225,229 Total Personnel. For a total population of 59,597,542. 1 per 265 head of England and Wales population.
43 Police Forces.
140,228 Police Officers.
46,959 female officers.
11,000 Minority Ethnic Groups
85,000 Support Staff.
76,250 Civilian Support Staff.
62% Police Officers. 34% Support Staff. 45% PCSOs
150 to 280+ per 100,000 population.
Average 235 per 100,000 population in England and Wales.
Source: UK Gov Police Service Strength 2022
Scotland
16,610 Police Officers.
32% Female Officers.
Northern Ireland
6,813 FTE Police Officers.
31.4% Female Officers.
British Transport Police
2,960 Police Officers.
1,365 Support Staff.
231 PCSOs
247 Special Constables.
Central Service Secondments
266 Police Officers.
Population with a Served Criminal Record
11,000,000 people. 16% of the total UK population.
Source: unlock.org.uk and UK Gov 2023
Population with an Unspent. Current. Criminal Record.
735,000 people. 1% of the total UK population.
So, 0.2% of the UK population as Police Officers are dealing with 1% of the UK population through criminal records.
Source: unlock.org.uk and UK Gov 2023
UK Fire Service
31,064 firefighters. 0.04% of the UK population. 1 per 2,214 head of UK population. Source: UK Gov 2022
UK Armed Forces
158,000 Fully trained personnel. 1 per 435 head of UK population.
56% Army 22% Royal Navy / Royal Marines 22% Royal Air Force
16,680 Female 11.3%.
9.6% Ethnic Minority.
22,000 to 32,500 Reserves.
96% of total personnel are stationed in the UK.
5,890 are stationed overseas.
UK Security Services
MI5 5,259 people.
MI6 3,644 people.
Source: Wikipedia.2023
Schools
32,163 schools.
563,831 teachers in 2021 / 2022
10,600,000 pupils in 2021 / 2022
20 to 30 pupils per class in 2022
Source: UK Gov.
Source: think student.co.uk
Businesses.
5,508,935 as of 2022.
Source: UK Gov.
Employed
32,780,000 as of 2022
Source: House of Commons Library.2023
Unemployed.
1,240,000 as of 2022.
Source: House of Commons Library.2023
UK GDP
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is often revised before being considered a reliable indicator. Source: Wikipedia. 2023
$3.19 trillion (nominal; 2022) £2.58 trillion British Pounds. £37,508 per person as of 2023. Source: Wikipedia. 2023
Wages in the UK.
£640 per week in April 2022. £33,280 per year.
Source: ONS 2023
So compared to GDP The population can earn, produce, use wealth value of £37,508 but only have access to £33,280 over a year. This equates to £640 per week. This equates to £91 per day.
Debt in the UK.
Debt is the total amount owed by the Government which has accumulated over the years. Debt is therefore a much larger sum of money.
At the end of 2021/22 public sector net debt was £2,373 billion (i.e., £2.4 trillion), or 97% of GDP. This is equivalent to around £35,000 (£34,499) per person in the UK.
So compared to GDP
Source: House of Commons Library. 2023
This is equivalent to £84,448 per household.
So compared to GDP The population can earn, produce, use wealth value of £37,508 but has debt of £35,000 over a year. This reduces its spare money access to £2,508 per person per year in 2023. Since GDP is measured each day of the whole year over a day this allows a spare money access of £7 per person per day in 2023.
Household and Personal Spending.
In the financial year ending (FYE) 2020, the period immediately prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, average weekly household spending in the UK was £587.90, down slightly (not significantly) from FYE 2019 (£603.10 adjusted for inflation), despite average income increasing modestly during the same period.
Source: ONS 2023
This equates to £31,361 per household spending per year. From £33,280 over a year. This equates to £603.10 per household spending per week. From £640 per week wages This equates to £86 per day. From £91 per day wages.
This leaves £5 per day spare money flow per household.
Average Household Expenditures 2.4 People W M Yr %
Transport £99 £428 £5,134 15%
Housing (e.g., rent, mortgage interest payments, repairs, etc.) £78 £338 £4,056 12%
Rent/mortgage & repairs (average overall) £78 £338 £4,056 12%
Owned outright (repairs and maintenance) £9 £39 £470 1%
Social rented £106 £461 £5,527 16%
Private rented £206 £895 £10,735 31%
Own with a mortgage (including repairs) £217 £942 £11,300 32%
Food and non-alcoholic drinks £73 £318 £3,818 11%
Restaurants and hotels £61 £262 £3,148 9%
Recreation and culture (e.g., pets, gym fees, TV, etc.) £52 £227 £2,722 8%
Household (e.g., furniture, linens, appliances, etc.) £42 £183 £2,201 6%
Utilities (water, gas, electric) £48 £208 £2,493 7%
Package holidays £32 £137 £1,646 5%
Clothing and footwear £25 £109 £1,308 4%
Council Tax £29 £126 £1,512 4%
Communications and TV/video services £28 £122 £1,460 4%
Insurance £22 £95 £1,136 3%
Personal (e.g., toiletries, jewellery, sunglasses, etc.) £20 £85 £1,023 3%
Vices (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, etc.) £14 £62 £742 2%
Money transfers and credit (e.g., cash gifts) £13 £56 £676 2%
Holiday spending £12 £52 £629 2%
Miscellaneous £5 £23 £270 1%
Health £9 £38 £456 1%
Education £5 £21 £256 1%
Licences, fines and transfers (e.g., stamp duty, road tax) £4 £16 £198 1%
Total Spending £671 £2,907 £34,886 100%
Source: Nimblefins and ONS 2023
Spending per person £40 per day. £280 per week. £1,211 per month. £14,536 per year.
Approx. Average Monthly Budget Household Type Average Household for 2.4 People
Social Renters £3,030 Private Renters £3,464 Mortgage £3,637 Outright Homeowners £2,695
Average £2,907
Source: Nimblefins and ONS 2023
Spending per person on average £40 per day. £280 per week. £1,211 per month. £14,536 per year.
Breakdown of UK Housing Costs per household W M Yr
Rent for Households Renting from Housing Association/Local Authority £106.30 £461 £5,527
Rent for Households Renting Privately £206.44 £895 £10,735
Mortgage Payments for Households with a Mortgage £208.27 £902 £10,830
Utilities (water, gas & electric) £47.94 £208 £2,493
Communications and TV/video services £28.08 £122 £1,460
(internet, landline, TV subscriptions, etc.)
Household Goods & Services £42.33 £183 £2,201
Council Tax £29.08 £126 £1,512
Maintenance & Repairs (excl. capital improvements) £9 £39 £470
Home Insurance £5.72 £25 £298
Total Housing Costs per Social Renting Household £268.49 £1,163 £13,962
Total Housing Costs per Privately Renting Household £368.64 £1,597 £19,169
Total Housing Costs per Household with Mortgage £370.46 £1,605 £19,264
Total Housing Costs per Household Owning Outright £162.19 £703 £8,434
Source: Nimblefins and ONS 2023
Breakdown of Home Services & Utilities W M Yr
Costs per household for 2.4 people Communications and TV/video £26.10 £113 £1,357
Electric & Gas £24.50 £106 £1,274
Water £10.40 £45 £541
Average Costs £61.00 £264 £3,172
Source: Nimblefins and ONS 2023
Spending per person on average £3.50 per day. £25 per week. £110 per month. £1,322 per year.
Cars in the UK
32,889,462 in 2021.
Source: www.nimblefins.co.uk. D.O.T
1.24 Cars per Household in 2020.
Source: www.nimblefins.co.uk. D.O.T
19,085,249 petrol cars.
12,146,485 diesel cars.
932,335 hybrid electric cars.
311,657 hybrid plug-in electric cars.
379,221 battery electric cars.
24,222 gas power cars.
9,784 extended range cars.
Source: www.nimblefins.co.uk. D.O.T
Petrol Stations
8,378 Petrol stations in the UK in 2022.
Source: Statista.com
Electric Charging Stations
10,898 electric charging points in the UK in 2022.
Source: zap – map.com
Railways
15,811 km of rail in 2017.
5,374 km electrified in 2017. 34% of the total railway lines.
42% according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2019.
Source: www.railway-technology.com
38% according to the D.O.T in 2020.
Source: D.O.T
2,576 stations in 2017.
1,738,000 passengers in 2019. 675 passengers per station.
Source: Wikipedia.
UK Energy Consumption
42.8% Gas
32.1% Oil
11.2% Primary Electricity mainly nuclear.
10.5% Bioenergy and Waste.
3.4% Coal
Source: DBEIS 2022
78% of UK Energy Consumption and so Production comes from Fossil fuel Sources.
Proportion of UK Energy from Low Carbon Sources.
Bioenergy 7.5%
Nuclear 5.8%
Wind 3.3%
Transport Fuels 0.9%
Heat Pumps 0.7%
Solar 0.6%
Hydro 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Source: DBEIS 2022
UK Electricity Consumption
334.2 TWh in 2021
Source: UK Gov.
UK Electricity Supplied
333.2 TWh in 2021
Source: UK Gov.
UK Electricity Imports
24.6 TWh in 2021. 7% of ttl UK Electricity Consumption.
Source: UK Gov.
UK Energy Use per Household
According to Ofgem, the average British household has 2.4 people living in it and uses. 8 kWh of Electricity per day.
33 kWh of Gas per day.
242 kWh of Electricity per month.
1,000 kWh of Gas per month.
2,700 kWh of Electricity per year.
11,500 kWh of Gas per year.
Source: Ofgem British Gas
UK Energy Use Bills per Household
Medium 3 B House / 2- 3 people. Pay on receipt customers
Electric 2,700 kWh / year.
Gas 11,500 kWh / year
Electricity. £996 per year. £83 per month. £2.87 per day. For 8kWh / day. £0.35 per kWh. Gas. £962 per year. £80 per month. £2.66 per day. For 33kWh /day. £0.08 per kWh. Source: British Gas