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National population projections 2004-based — report giving population projections by age and sex for the United Kingdom, Great Britain and constituent countries
Author(s)	Helen Bray
Corporate Author	Government Actuary's Department; Registrars General; Office for National Statistics - ONS
Publisher	The Stationery Office (HMSO), London, 2006
Pages	84 pp (Series PP2, no 25)
Source	TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Keywords	Population statistics.
Annotation	This issue covers the period 2004 to 2031 and supersedes previous results. The key result is that the population of the United Kingdom is projected to increase gradually from an estimated 59.8 million in 2004 to reach 67 million by 2031. Longer term projections suggest the population will peak around 2050 at almost 66 million and then gradually start to fall. The number of older people will significantly increase relative to the number of younger people, with the mean age of the population expected to rise from 39.5 years in 2004 to 43.3 years by 2031. The number of people over the state pension age is projected to increase by 9.3 per cent from 11.1 million in 2004 to 12.2 million in 2010. The population aged 80 and over is expected to grow from 2.6 million in 2004 to reach 5.0 million by 2031. (KJ).
Accession Number	CPA-060825212 B
Classmark	S4
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