UK population bigger than France for first time ever after record migration

https://www.gbnews.com/news/uk-population-france-record-net-migration

by Bran_son • 3 years ago

11 17 3 years ago

France's total population includes the overseas territories while the UK's population is Great Britain and Northern Ireland (I believe). This should mean that the population of the UK is already larger than that of mainland France.

seszett• 3 years ago

I think that's what the article already says. There's about 3 million citizens in the overseas territories (and 2 million abroad but I don't know how they are counted).

calewis• 3 years ago

FYI This is GB news, think fox but more right wing.

krona2• 3 years ago

Isn't this Office for National Statistics data?

b800h2• 3 years ago

Yep. GB News might be cranky but the data underlying the story is just fact.

matthewiiiv• 3 years ago

Misleading title. If the current trend continues it will be larger in 2025.

Bran_son3• 3 years ago

Apologies. The original title contained "to be", which did not fit in the 80 character limit. In any case, UK's population is already larger than the European parts of France, which is what most people think of, so while the shortened title is not technically true, it is not misleading.

b800h2• 3 years ago

Annual migration of 700,000 people to a country of 70,000,000 is absurd and completely destabilises society.

another_poster• 3 years ago

I don’t follow—what in particular becomes destabilized?

krona2• 3 years ago

Because it decreases social trust, the bedrock of a functioning society.

netsharc• 3 years ago

Probably if one is a nativist, one has in their mind that "migration" means someone coming from a different culture, a culture that is less refined than one's own culture, and so the migrant would make everything in one's homeland worse...

Interestingly these numbers are all for legal migration, and the article also says: "It should be noted that we have elevated incoming migration owing to our leading support for Hong Kongers and Ukrainian refugees, as well as very high numbers of students because of our flagship education sector.”.

The ONS breakdown is probably better compared to this dog-whistle article: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati...

Wherecombinator• 3 years ago

Why? It’s an increase of 1%

Bran_son3• 3 years ago

Annual. Which is 80% over 80 years, a single lifetime. Unless there's a plague or the Mongols invade, such shifts rarely happen.

29083011397778• 3 years ago

Only if it's evenly distributed. Canada has a population of ~39 million, but most immigrants are settling in one of two major areas.

dogma1138• 3 years ago

YoY population increase of 1% is quite difficult to sustain, it puts considerable stress on already stressed markets and social systems.

skellyclock• 3 years ago

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UK population bigger than France for first time ever after record migration

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