The UK population grew by 408,000 in 2008 (and they can’t all be PAs) - the biggest increase for almost 50 years, according to the Office for National Statistics. The total number of people passed 61m for the first time, with changes in birth and death rates now a bigger cause of growth than immigration. The UK population grew more in 2008 than at any time since 1962, when it rose by 484,000.Latest ONS figures also show:
• There are now a record 1.3 million people aged over 85, making up 2% of the total
• There were 791,000 babies born in 2008, an increase of 33,000 on 2007
• Half of that increase were to women born overseas, but living in the UK
• The population is now growing by 0.7% a year,
• More than double the rate in the 1990s and three times the level of the 1980s.
• There are now a record 1.3 million people aged over 85, making up 2% of the total
• There were 791,000 babies born in 2008, an increase of 33,000 on 2007
• Half of that increase were to women born overseas, but living in the UK
• The population is now growing by 0.7% a year,
• More than double the rate in the 1990s and three times the level of the 1980s.
Gareth
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