How many people live in the UK? The latest ONS mid-year estimates suggest the UK population has reached 67 million for the first time. But the year to June 2020 saw considerably slower growth than recent decades as the effects of the pandemic took hold. Increased deaths and restrictions on international travel clearly affected the national population level, while the first lockdown limited internal migration within the UK. Here Rich Pereira explains how best to interpret the new data and how the ONS has been addressing the data collection issues the pandemic imposed. |
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