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Most of the problems confronting the world come down to population growth. But where women are given the choice, they limit the number of children they have.
Citizen data that is reliable for use at a national, regional or sub-regional scale does not automatically offer accurate portrayals of specific local and community conditions.
Instead of framing discussions about the UK population in terms of a white majority and “non-white” minorities, complexity should be the focus. Britain is increasingly diverse and less segregated.
As the deadline looms, it’s important to understand how best to fill out the survey – and why.
Because of the pandemic, we know less about the shape and size of our society than we have for decades.
The UK is facing a population crisis with birth rates at an all-time low.
There were an extra 623,000 deaths in the UK in the year to mid-2018 – an increase of 3%.
Whatever happens with Brexit, the UK population is projected to increase in size, become more ethnically diverse and shift to a structure which is older.
Understanding population density takes more than just arithmetic – that’s where mapping can help reveal which countries and cities are really getting cramped.
Life expectancy has been steadily improving in the UK for 110 years. Until now.
Some scenarios put the UK population at just under 80m by 2039. Here are the facts.
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor of Quantitative Social Geography, University of Bristol
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Professor in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Population Geography, University of Leeds
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Emeritus Professor, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Geospatial Analysis, UCL
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Professor of Human Geography, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Leeds
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Research Academic, Queensland Centre for Population Research, The University of Queensland
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Nottingham Trent University
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Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton
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Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW
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Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology