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Population

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated May 2008:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking what projections have been made of population density for (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in 2056 and beyond. (205787)""Projected population densities can be calculated for any year from the published projected total population for that year and the area of the country. Projected densities for the year 2056, and country areas, are given in the table below.""National population projections are published for up to 75 years ahead and are available from the National Statistics website at:""http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=8519""However, long-term projections should be treated with great caution. Population projections become increasingly uncertain the further they are carried forward, and particularly so for smaller geographic areas."

Projected population density of UK and constituent countries in 2056
	Projected population (million)	Area (sq km)	Density (persons/sq km)
United Kingdom	79	242,495	324
England	68	130,279	521
Wales	3	20,733	165
Scotland	5	77,907	67
Northern Ireland	2	13,576	53
Source: 2006-based national projections, ONS.

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Written question

Reference

476 c50-1W; 205787

Session

2007-08

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