United KingdomUK population growth lowest since 2003 as COVID hits
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A newborn baby is seen in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, Britain, May 22, 2020. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
The United Kingdom s population rose at its slowest pace in nearly two decades in the year to mid-2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic looks on track to cause the first net annual outflow of migrants since 1993, statistics office data showed on Friday.
The UK population rose to 67.1 million people in the middle of last year from 66.8 million in mid-2019, the weakest annual growth since 2003, the data showed.
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LONDON (Reuters) -The United Kingdom’s population rose at its slowest pace in nearly two decades in the year to mid-2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic looks on track to cause the first net annual outflow of migrants since 1993, statistics office data showed on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: A newborn baby is seen in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, Britain, May 22, 2020. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
The UK population rose to 67.1 million people in the middle of last year from 66.8 million in mid-2019, the weakest annual growth since 2003, the data showed.
COVID-19 has claimed more than 127,000 lives in Britain, the highest total in Europe - though most of those were recorded after the mid-point of last year. It also appears to have led to a sharp fall in immigration to Britain, at least temporarily.
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