Net migration to push the British population up to 72.5 million, us projects

Net migration could feed an increase in the British population to 72.5 million in 2032, suggesting figures.

The Office for National Statistics (us) has projected a population growth of 7.3% between 2022 and 2032, compared to an increase of 6.1% in the previous 10 years.

The number is almost complete Based on the net migration – the difference between those who enter and leave the country – of an estimated 4.9 million people during the 10 -year period.

Downing Street said it wanted to down the “amazingly high” migration levels, but a “random” cap excluded.

The number of births and deaths is expected to be approximately the same, while it is expected that there will be 1.7 million pensioners by 2032.

Between mid-2022 and mid-2032, the Ons projections suggest:

• 6.79 million people will be born
• 6.81 million people will die
• 9.91 million people will emigrate to the UK in the long term
• 4.98 million people will emigrate from the UK in the long term

Downing Street said that the government will postpone an “extensive plan” to put an end to high migration numbers.

The official spokesperson for the prime minister said that Sir Keir Starmer “does not think that determining any limit, as previous governments have made, is the best way to significantly reduce migration.”

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said that the number that was “shocking and unacceptable” to the VK in the long term was and must be “stopped materializing”.

“Ten million arrivals in 10 years are far too high,” he said, adding: “We need a binding legal limit on Visa that has been spent every year, which is very, very substantially lower than this to down and down under control.

A spokesperson for the home office said that the government will soon “postpone an extensive plan to restore order to our broken immigration system”.

“We will link our immigration, skills and visa systems, so that we can grow our domestic workforce, can end dependence on overseas work and stimulate economic growth.”

The net migration projections of the ONS have increased compared to Last year’s figures.

Statisticians were previously assumed that from 2028, net migration would contribute 315,000 extra people a year to the UK – this has now been revised to 340,000.

The us emphasized that the figures are projections – no predictions or predictions – and warned that real numbers can be higher or lower than proposed.

England is expected to see the largest population increase among British countries, with an expected increase of 7.8% compared to 5.9% for Wales, 4.4% for Scotland and 2.1% for Northern Ireland.

The natural change in population – number of births and deaths – is expected to be “around zero”.

This is because the deaths are expected to rise as a result of a large number of people born in the period after the Second World War that reaches older ages, says De us.

The projections also emphasize an increasingly aging population and suggest that there can be fewer children due to lower fertility figures.

Against the mid -2029, the number of deaths is expected to catch up for births, which means that net migration will be the only source of population growth.

This suggests that if no immigration or a huge increase in babies were born, the population would shrink.

Economic growth would almost inevitably be slow and there would be real questions about who would ensure an increasing number of elderly people.

The statistics are used in planning, including tax projections and on public services such as education, health and pensions.

If included by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the new projections must improve “economic and tax prospects and reduce the loans by around £ 5 billion”, according to the Resolution Foundation.