{"metric":"natural_change_local","title":"Births minus deaths by local authority","topic":"population","unit":"people","measure_type":"estimate","geography":"K04000001","comparison_method":"previous_period","latest":{"period_start":"2024-07-01","period_end":"2025-06-30","period_label":"Year to mid-2025","value":19624,"status":"estimated","vintage":"2026-07-29"},"source":{"publisher":"ONS","publication":"Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)","landing_url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/estimatesofthepopulationforenglandandwales","sheet":"MYE3","table":"MYE3: Components of population change for local authorities","row":"ENGLAND AND WALES","column":"Births minus Deaths","raw_value":"19624","file_url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/estimatesofthepopulationforenglandandwales","file_sha256":"85b4e105e9618043884e5ac41d46e6eae8a46bb01b31790f1c76110cbe92d0d8","release_date":"2026-07-29","release_label":"Population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025"},"definition":"Births minus deaths among residents of each local authority over the year from one mid-year to the next — the ONS's own \"Births minus Deaths\" column in the Components of population change sheet, read as published rather than recalculated.","does_not_measure":"Migration of any kind: an area can grow with negative natural change if more people move in than out, and shrink with positive natural change if more move out.","links":{"page":"/population/natural-change-local","series":"/api/metrics/natural_change_local/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/natural_change_local/vintages"}}