The UK experiences its highest annual population growth since 1962
Professor Jane Falkingham comments on the trends and causes behind the 2010 mid-year high population growth.
The population of the UK was 62.3 million in mid-2010, up 470,000 (0.8 per cent) on the previous year; the highest annual growth rate since mid-1962 reveals the Office for National Statistics.
The Annual Mid-year Population Estimates for 2010, published on the 30th June 2011, show that since 2001 the UK population has increased by an average of 0.6% per year, compared with 0.3% per year between 1991 and 2001.
Natural Change (the difference between births and deaths) accounted for 52 per cent of population growth over the year to mid-2010, the third successive year that it has contributed more than net long-term international migration (the difference between long-term migration into and out of the UK), say the Office for National Statistics.
To listen to Professor Jane Falkingham explanations from Radio interviews, click on the links below:
Radio 5 Live - Interview 30th June 2011
Radio 4 - Interview 2nd July 2011
Commenting on these statistics, Jane also appeared on the Channel 4 News and the BBC News at 10 on 30th June 2011.
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Professor Jane Falkingham
Professor Jane Falkingham is Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences within Social Sciences: Social Statistics & Demography at the University of Southampton. View profileLinks to external websites
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