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UK population has been relatively stable at around 55-60 million for the last few decades. Despite claims that 'mass immigration' has ruined UK culture from various Nazi-minded political factions, the population of the UK has lately been 'topping out'. Even if current immigration continues, it will have a relatively irrelevant effect on total population levels on a national level.
With many people now living into
their 80's and beyond, and with fewer people of working age, the UK is facing a
serious economic and social problem - the demographic timebomb. Most western
societies, including much of Europe, America, and some countries in the far east
are each facing a population bomb of some magnitude.
The question is whether the general populace are going to quite literally going
to start making more babies, or if they are happy to see a demographic timebomb
explode in their faces sometime during the next 25-40 years.
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Introduction
First, lets be clear about some of the facts...
Total Popn - as at :
million
UK Popn. Density:
Contrast this to : America:
France: Holland:
Japan:
Australia:
Immigration/Emigration
UK Immigration :
UK total Emigration :
Figures: 2*** , source:
Social Policy
Children : Encourage more children !
cite all data relating to lack of births- example of Italy
Contrary to some opinion, the UK is far from being overcrowded. Only around 10%
of the UK's land mass is urbanised - a figure that would probably surprise your
average neo-Nazi who believes the UK is overflowing with hundreds of millions of
euro-refugees.
What would seem wise of all future Western governments - including the United
Kingdoms, would be to do everything possible to get the birth rate back up to
the '2.1' level - whereby population will remain stable across the long
term. Some may well say that government should not attempt to manipulate the
population levels, yet if the UK is to avoid some critical demographic disaster,
then more babies are necessary !
So, have you contributed your 2.1 children towards keeping the nation's
population stable at 60 million ?
Yours
Calrissian: Yet to get married, never mind any babies !
Links
World Population Clock
: US census bureau data source
National Statistics : UK
Govt site, with full data on UK population data
CIA World
Factbook : Online service providing a superb summary of every countries
economic/social situation.
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23/07/2004
