Net migration pushes UK population to over 65 million as London grows by 135,000 people

Jun 24, 2016 by Jill

by Martin Bentham, London Evening Standard:

The UK population rose by more than half a million people last year as net migration had its largest impact so far on the numbers living in this country, official figures revealed today.

The Office for National Statistics said that an extra 513,000 residents were added to the population in the 12 months to the middle of 2015 — taking the national total to a record 65,110,000.

Net migration accounted for 335,600 of the extra inhabitants, equivalent to two-thirds of the overall population increase, with the statisticians saying that the migrant “inflow” is at its highest since 2007. By contrast, the numbers departing are their lowest since records began in 2002.

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