POPULATION in the UK

Plan
• Population profile
• Households and families
• Migration
• National and ethnic groups
• Religion
• England
• Scotland
• Wales
• Northern Ireland
 The Census
• Every ten years since
1801
• The next census will
be in 2021
• In 2020, the
population of the
United Kingdom -
67 million people
The UK is one of the most urbanized
of the world’s larger nations

• A large part of the

population is
concentrated in the 7
english conurbations
that focus on cities of
London,Manchester,Li
verpool,Burmingham,
Newcastle,Leeds
• Conurbation is a
region including towns
and suburbs
 The distribution of the population

3% 8.5 %,

84%
5%
• Nearly 84 per cent of
the total population of
the United Kingdom
lives in England.
• The most densely
populated areas of
England - the major
cities and metropolitan
areas of London and the
South East, South
• London - the highest
population density with
5.701 people per square
kilometer
Households and families

 In 2000 there were about 310.000

marriages in the UK,one of the lowest
numbers in the 20th century.
 In 2016there were 280000 marriages.
 The explanation is the increasing
prevailance of cohabitation.
 Increase in the number of one-person-
households.
 The birth-rate

 The birth-rate reflects a

preference for smaller families.
Many women are postponing
having children until their late 20s or 30s.
The total fertility rate for the UK is 1,65 per
woman.
Migration
 About 10 million people emigrated from the
British Isles in the 2nd half of the 19th
century.The reasons were the
impoverishment of
peasants,craftsmen,great famine in Ireland
in 1845-1849.
 The Immigration Act of 1971 and
Immigration rules of 1994, 1997
 Nationals of European Economic area(EEA)
 Norway,Iceland,Liechtenstein
National and ethnic groups
 Jewish refugees
 Substantial immigration from
Caribbean and Indian subcontinents
dates principally from 1950s
and1960s.
 Many refugees from Kenya,Malawi and
Uganda came in 1960-1970.
 The highest concentration of ethnic
groups was in the London borough of
Brent.
Religion
 Christianity is the predominant religious
tradition in the UK.
 There are also large Muslim,Hindu,Jewish,Sikh
communities.
 There also Bahais,Buddhists, Jains and
Zoroastrians
 Conflict between church and State culminated
the act of Supremacy in 1534,which repudiated
papal supremacy and declared Henry VII to be
the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
 Resident Population:
more people aged over 60 than under 16 ,
five times more people aged over 85 than there were in 1951

All ages 67 million

Under 16 11.9 million
Men 16 - 64, 36.1 million
Women 16 - 59
Men 65+, 10.8 million
Women 60+
Males 28.6 million
Females 30.2 million
The Growth of Population
Populatio
 The growth of population
• Increasing by 7.0 per cent
since 1971
• Growing by an annual
rate of 0.3 per cent
• Reasons: 1) a result of a
greater number of births
than deaths
2) migration as
an increasing factor from
the late 1990s
 England
• “England”is derived from Angles(germanic
tribe)
• The greatest concentration of population in
the UK: London, the South East, West
Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside,
the West Midlands.

• Population of England 56 mln

• London is the capital of England and the UK.
• Its population is 9.304.000
 Scotland
• In the 6th c., the Scots from Ireland settled in
Argyll and gave name to the present day
Scotland.
• Population of Scotland is 5,4mln
• Population density is about 66 people per
square kilometer.
• Edinburgh is the capital
• Scotland.
 Wales
• The population of Wales is 3 mln
• The chief urban centers are Cardiff, Swansea,
Newport.
• The Welsh name of the country is Cymru.
• Two official languages: Welsh and English.
• The capital of Wales is Cardiff.
 Northern Ireland
• The population of NI is 2 mln.
• The capital of NI is Belfast(631000)
• About 54 % of the population of NI regard
themselves as protestants and 42% as Roman
Catholics.
• NI has a younger population with
proportionality more children and fewer
pensioners.