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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 Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the most recent estimate is of the population of (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2050 and (iv) the most distant date for which an estimate has been made. (15719)""The most recent population projections of the UK and its constituent countries are based on the mid-year population estimates; for 2008. Population projections for the years 2020, 2030, 2050 and 2108 are given in the table below."

Projected population of UK and constituent countries for selected years, 2020 to 2108
Million
	2020	2030	2050	2108
United Kingdom	66.5	70.6	76.8	92.5
England	56.0	59.7	65.7	81.1
Wales	3.2	3.3	3.5	3.9
Scotland	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.5
Northern Ireland	1.9	2.0	2.1	2:0
Source:
Office for National Statistics.

"National population projections are available from the Office for National Statistics website at:""http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=8519""Population projections become increasingly uncertain the further they are carried forward, particularly for smaller geographic areas, and therefore long-term projections should be treated with great caution."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

15719; 516 c254-5W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Population

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk