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27th September 2004, 12:52
In mid-2003 the UK was home to 59.6 million people. The average age was 38.4 years, an increase on 1971 when it was 34.1 years. In mid-2003 one in five people in the UK were aged under 16 and one in six people were aged 65 or over.
The UK has a growing population. It grew by 232,100 people in the year to mid-2003, and the growth was 0.4 per cent in each of the years since mid-2001. The UK population increased by 6.5 per cent in the last thirty years or so, from 55.9 million in mid-1971. Growth has been faster in more recent years. Between mid-1991 and mid-2003 the population grew by an annual rate of 0.3 per cent.
The mid-2003 population of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom is estimated as follows:
- England 49,855,700 (83.7 per cent of the total UK population)
- Scotland 5,057,400 (8.5 per cent)
- Wales 2,938,000 (4.9 per cent)
- Northern Ireland 1,702,600 (2.9 per cent)
The UK has an ageing population. This is the result of declines both in fertility rates and in the mortality rate. This has led to a declining proportion of the population aged under 16 and an increasing proportion aged 65 and over.
In every year since 1901, with the exception of 1976, there were more births than deaths in the UK and the population has grown due to natural change. Until the mid-1990s, this natural increase was the main driver of population growth. Since the late 1990s, there has still been natural increase but net international migration into the UK from abroad has been an increasingly important factor in population change.
This summary is part of a joint release for Population figures. Please click on the links on the right-hand side for further information on Population Change, Ageing, Fertility and Deaths.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=6
The UK has a growing population. It grew by 232,100 people in the year to mid-2003, and the growth was 0.4 per cent in each of the years since mid-2001. The UK population increased by 6.5 per cent in the last thirty years or so, from 55.9 million in mid-1971. Growth has been faster in more recent years. Between mid-1991 and mid-2003 the population grew by an annual rate of 0.3 per cent.
The mid-2003 population of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom is estimated as follows:
- England 49,855,700 (83.7 per cent of the total UK population)
- Scotland 5,057,400 (8.5 per cent)
- Wales 2,938,000 (4.9 per cent)
- Northern Ireland 1,702,600 (2.9 per cent)
The UK has an ageing population. This is the result of declines both in fertility rates and in the mortality rate. This has led to a declining proportion of the population aged under 16 and an increasing proportion aged 65 and over.
In every year since 1901, with the exception of 1976, there were more births than deaths in the UK and the population has grown due to natural change. Until the mid-1990s, this natural increase was the main driver of population growth. Since the late 1990s, there has still been natural increase but net international migration into the UK from abroad has been an increasingly important factor in population change.
This summary is part of a joint release for Population figures. Please click on the links on the right-hand side for further information on Population Change, Ageing, Fertility and Deaths.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=6