• In 2004 there were 11.6 million people aged under 16 in the United Kingdom, a decline of 2.6 million since 1971, and 9.6 million people aged over 65, an increase of 2.2 million. (Table 1.2) Latest information on ageing
• The population of the United Kingdom has grown steadily between 1971 and 2001 to reach 59.8 million people in 2004, an increase of 3.9 million. (Table 1.1) Latest information on population estimates
• In 2001, 38 million people (nearly seven in ten) in Great Britain described their ethnicity as White British and their religion as Christian. Other large faith groups were Pakistani Muslims (686,000), Indian Hindus (471,000), Black Caribbean Christians (417,000), Black African Christians (334,000) and Indian Sikhs (307,000). (Page 13)
• There were 716,000 live births in the United Kingdom in 2004 – an increase of 20,500 compared with 2003. (Figure 1.9) Latest information on fertility
• In 2004 nearly 222,600 more people migrated to the United Kingdom than left it. This was 71,600 greater than in 2003 and the highest net inflow since the present method of estimation began in 1991. (Page 17) Latest information on international migration
• The United Kingdom had a rate of 0.7 asylum seekers per 1,000 population in 2004, higher than the EU-25 average of 0.6 per 1,000 population. (Table 1.14)
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