here they come

[PaulW]

The UK population will rise by nearly 10 million over the next 25 years with the majority of the increase attributable to migration, according to new official projections.
[/size][/color]Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a projected population increase of 9.6 million over the next 25 years from an estimated 63.7 million in mid 2012 to 73.3 million in mid-2037.
[/size][/color]The ONS said 60% of this increase - or 5.8 million - was due to migration, either directly through new arrivals into the country or indirectly through the impact on the birth rate.
[/size][/color]The projected 9.6 million rise in the population would mean an increase bigger than the current 8.3 million population of London, the ONS confirmed.
[/size][/color]The figures also project an increasingly ageing population with the average age increasing from 39.7 years old in 2012 to 42.8 by mid-2037. The number of people aged 80 or older is projected to more than double over the same period to 6.2 million.
[/size][/color]The average completed family size is projected to be 1.89 children by 2037, the ONS said.
[/size][/color]The projections forecast an average UK annual population growth of 0.6% until 2037.
[/size][/color]The ONS said a breakdown of the projected 9.6 million increase over this 25-year period was made up of 5.4 million more births than deaths (57% of the rise) and 4.2 million in net migration into the country (43%).
[/size][/color]But it said 5.8 million of the overall population increase (60%) was attributable either directly or indirectly to migration - including not only new arrivals in the country but the effect on the birth rate.
[/size][/color]The figures show a sharp rise in the projected number of people aged 80 and over by 2037, from around one in 21 of the population to one in 12, the ONS said.
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[/size][/color]if ZOG lets in many more in to the uk we might have to put floats around the beaches to keep the island from sinking !
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