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The changing demographic picture of the UK — national statistician's annual article on the population
Author(s)	Karen Dunnell
Journal title	Population Trends, no 130, Winter 2007
Pages	pp 9-21
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Keywords	Demography.
Annotation	The population of the UK is currently growing at its fastest rate since the 1960s, increasing by 2.5% between mid-2001 and mid-2006. While life expectancy continues to increase, fertility rates have also been increasing in the past five years and currently at their highest level since 1980. In addition, international migration has led to the UK population growing by an average of 500 people per day over the past five years. The population is also becoming increasingly diverse and mobile, and these factors make it increasingly challenging to measure population change accurately. This is the first of a series of annual reports on the population of the UK. This report focuses on fertility and in particular, the impact of migration on fertility, but different topics will be covered in future years. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080121221 A
Classmark	S8
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