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Jan 30, 2024 · The projected growth in the population between mid-2021 and mid-2031 is driven by migration with total net migration of 250,000 between mid-2021 and mid-2031. The chart below shows how the population of Wales is estimated to have changed since 2011, and how it is projected to change up to 2031.
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The population of Wales grew by 225,000 (or 7.7 %) between 1999 and 2017, according to the latest mid-year population estimates produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Data on migration flows is only available from 2001 to 2017 so the following analysis focuses on this period. How is population changing in your area? The chart below s...
Between the 2001 and 2011 censuses, the percentage of the Welsh population describing their ethnic group as White British fell from 96.0% to 93.2% whilst the percentage describing themselves as non-White (including mixed) ethnic groups increased from 2.1 to 4.0%. Wales remains markedly less diverse than England and Wales taken together, where 80.5%...
In 2017, the number of people resident in Wales with a non-UK country of birth was 196,000 (6.4% of the population), up from 75,000 (2.6% of the population) in 2001. For the UK as a whole, this rose from 8.3% to 14% in the same period. Where do people move to Wales from?Inward migration has increased since 1999. On the atlas below, the arrow widths...
People are having fewer children.Between 1999 and 2017, the number of births per year peaked in 2010 at 2.3 live births per 100 women. Since then, it has steadily decreased to 2.0 live births per 100 women. The age at which women give birth is increasing. The proportion of births by women under 25 years of age dropped from 32% to 23% from 2004 to 2...
The population pyramids below show the number of males and females of each single year of age. Ripples in the distribution’s width reflect differences in birth and death rates between generations. For example, the spikes in the number of people aged 52 in 1999 and aged 70 in 2017 (indicated by arrows) are due to the post-war baby boom. The age dist...
Looking to the next 20 years, the 2016-based population projections produced by ONS provide some insight as to how Wales’ demography may change: 1. The population is projected to grow by 3.3% from 2019 to 2039. A projected increase of 103,000 is substantially smaller than the previous 20 years. 2. The average age of the population is expected to in...
The heat map below shows the percentage of people who said that they can speak Welsh in the 2001 and 2011 Censuses, by area. The data shows that the percentage of people who consider themselves to be Welsh speakers is higher in north and west Wales compared to south east of Wales. The Census shows a decrease in the percentage of Welsh speakers from...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces national population projections for Wales, and the other UK countries (release date: 12 January 2022). This dataset provides the Wales data from that source by sex, single year of age and each year from the base year of 2020, through the projection period to 2045.
This dataset provides the Wales data from that source by sex, single year of age and each year from the base year of 2020, through the projection period to 2045.
Jun 28, 2022 · The latest data showed Wales had a larger percentage of the population aged 65 years and over than all English regions except the South West, where 22.3% of the population were in this age...
Looking to the next 20 years, the 2016-based population projections produced by ONS provide some insight as to how Wales’ demography may change: The population is projected to grow by 3.3% from 2019 to 2039.
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Dec 21, 2022 · The usual resident population as at Census Day (21 March 2021), by single year of age, is aged on to 30 June and then flows are applied to adjust for births, deaths and net migration. Census 2021 estimated that the population of Wales was around 3,107,500 on Census Day, 21 March 2021.
