Population Trends Current & Past

UK population is growing at a rate of 400,000 a year
UK current growth is a reversal of the 1970's and early 1980's due to substantial net emigration and low birth rates
UK population was stable during 1970's 1980's and didn't start to grow again until the mid 1990's
Since mid 1990's the UK's population has steadily increased
A UK mini baby boom is currently being experienced due almost entirely to there being a large, young immigrant population and fertility rates in this group being higher than UK born women.
Fertility rates in the UK have increased substantially since the second world war and continued to do so at a relatively high level until the late 1960's
1. Over a million babies were born in the peak 1964. Creating the 'baby boom' generation, currently aged between 45 - 65.
2. 1965 onwards saw a sharp decline in birth rates, reaching it's low point in 1977 with only 657,000 babies born, it was considerably fewer than the number of deaths.
The downward trend reversed in 1980's when the baby boomers had their children. However fertility rates remained below replacement levels between 1985 - 2004
Birth rates started to increase again after 2004 and now we are among the highest in Europe.
Current low fertility rates among UK born women is debated due to, women having babies later in life an an increase in women not wanting children at all.
1951 there were only 300 centurions, there is now over 6000 in England and Wales alone.
in 1951 there were 200,000 people over the age of 85 (0.4% of total population) and by 2001 it had risen to 1.1 million (1.9% of total population).
UK population is an ageing society and this is normal for all developed countries.
UK population is growing at rapid rate due to birth rates exceeding death rates, on average a difference of 200,000 per year as a result 'natural change'

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