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Population and migration methodology

Methodology and background information, including population estimates and population projections.

- Population estimates
How ONS estimates the population. Documentation on projects, reviews and revisions. Includes release timetable and archive.

- Population projections
Information will be posted here shortly covering: What is a population projection, how does it differ from an estimate, and links to documentation and data.

- UK Population Committee (UK PC)
The UK PC agrees on a UK-wide work programme on population statistics and demographic analysis.

- National Statistics Centre for Demography Advisory Board (NSCD AB)
The NSCD AB reviews and provides advice on the UK-wide work programme on population statistics and demographic analysis.

- Longitudinal Study
The ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) is a complete set of individual-level Census records, linked between successive Censuses, together with data for various events, relating to a sample of the population of England and Wales.

- Methodology to estimate Total International Migration since 1991

- Future plans for population statistics

- Interim revised migration estimates - explanatory notes

- Population Statistics: A Revisions Policy

- National Statistics Centre for Demography (NSCD) Work Programme for 2007-08

- National Statistics Centre for Demography (NSCD) Work Programme for 2008/09

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