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National population projections 2006-based
— report giving population projections by age and sex for the United Kingdom, Great Britain and constituent countries | | Author(s) | Helen Bray |
| Corporate Author | Office for National Statistics - ONS |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 84 pp (Series PP2, no 26) |
| Source | Macmillan Distribution (MDL), Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 6XS. http://www.statistics.gov.uk |
| Keywords | Population statistics. |
| Annotation | Current issue in this biennial series. This issue covers the period 2006 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 60.6 million in 2006 to reach 70 million by 2028. Longer term projections suggest the population will continue to rise beyond 2031, although at a lower rate of growth. Some 47% of the projected 10.5 million increase in the population between 2006 and 2031 is directly attributable to the assumed level of net inward migration. 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 39.6 years in 2006 to 42.6 years by 2031. On 31 January 2006, the function of producing national population projections on behalf of the three Registrars General was transferred from the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The 2006-based national population projections are, therefore, the first to be carried out by the ONS in consultation with the General Register Office for Scotland, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, and the Welsh Assembly Government Statistical Directorate. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080919201 B |
| Classmark | S4 |
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