LONDON (AFP) - The population has grown to over 61 million fuelled by the biggest baby boom in three decades, despite a slump in immigrant numbers due to the global recession, data showed Thursday.ADVERTISEMENT
The vast wave of immigrants from eastern Europe who have poured into Britain in recent years are now returning home, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
But the fertility rate has surged, with over 750,000 babies born last year -- many of them to recent immigrants -- producing the biggest year-on-year increase in population since the 1960s.
For the first time in nearly 10 years birth and death rates overtook immigration as the main driver of population growth. Half the increase in births was due to births to women who were born outside Britain.
trust me, I know that - it is all over on the news. I see preggers all around here
Кстати, это не про по русских - это про поляков, латышей, эстонцев, румын, венгров и т.д. Тех, кому двери открылись после присоединения к Евросоюзу.
Half the increase in births was due to births to women who were born outside Britain
Tут немеряно и прочих - испанцы, итальянцы, южноафриканцы, австралийцы, ямайцы. Но с учётом, что у британцев рождаются кучи мальчиков, а девочек нехватка, то неудивительно, что они заводят себе подружек и жён из числа иностранок.
А нам уже обещают 20% нехватку мест в школах из-за этого бэби бума.
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Record baby boom swells population
The vast wave of immigrants from eastern Europe who have poured into Britain in recent years are now returning home, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
But the fertility rate has surged, with over 750,000 babies born last year -- many of them to recent immigrants -- producing the biggest year-on-year increase in population since the 1960s.
For the first time in nearly 10 years birth and death rates overtook immigration as the main driver of population growth. Half the increase in births was due to births to women who were born outside Britain.
Re: Record baby boom swells population
Кстати, это не про по русских - это про поляков, латышей, эстонцев, румын, венгров и т.д. Тех, кому двери открылись после присоединения к Евросоюзу.
Half the increase in births was due to births to women who were born outside Britain
Tут немеряно и прочих - испанцы, итальянцы, южноафриканцы, австралийцы, ямайцы. Но с учётом, что у британцев рождаются кучи мальчиков, а девочек нехватка, то неудивительно, что они заводят себе подружек и жён из числа иностранок.
А нам уже обещают 20% нехватку мест в школах из-за этого бэби бума.
Re: Record baby boom swells population