The UK population is changing. Last year it grew at its fastest rate since the early 1970s, yet for the first time (outside of the pandemic) in 50 years the number of deaths was higher than births.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In fact, from 2030 onwards, the ONS forecasts that deaths will exceed births in the UK. The UK’s fertility rate is already sinking ...

Here’s a fun fact about Britain: according to investigative journalist Kevin Cahill, in the UK and Ireland, 70% of land is still owned by less than 1% of the population. In his book Who Owns Britain, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britain’s population exceeded that of France for the first time and will continue to grow, driven entirely by immigration, ...

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's population grew by 1% in annual terms to 68.3 million as of mid-2023, mainly due to high immigration, official data showed on Tuesday. Net international ...

The number of babies born in England and Wales is at its lowest level in two decades, echoing a trend in the developed world and sparking fears of a "slow-motion crisis" for future generations. Just ...

As London flourished as a financial hub over the last two decades and house prices soared, it was many of the residents so key to its cultural and economic success who were hit the hardest. The ...

While subtle yet discrete clusters of genetic identity across Ireland and Britain have been identified, their recent demographic history is unclear. Using genotype data from 6574 individuals with ...

Each of us tells a story about who we are, often tracing our identity back through an imagined line of ancestors. Though identity is fundamentally cultural, we tend to anchor it in biology—in the idea ...