Skip to navigation | Skip to content  UK population sees biggest
increase in half a century  July 1st 2011  The UK population
increased more last year than at any time in almost half a
century, according to figures from the Office for National
Statistics. By mid-2010 the estimated resident population was
62,262,000, an increase of 470,000 (0.8%) on the previous year.
The growth rate is the highest since 1962, during the "baby
boom" years. 'Natural change' — the difference between the
numbers of births and deaths — accounted for 52% of the
population growth. The number of births in the UK is now at its
highest since 1991, with 797,000 during the year to mid-2010.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says two factors are
significant — rising fertility among UK-born women and more
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