Posts by James Robards

Understanding our future population: Why projections are not predictions

Categories: Census, International, migration, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population
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There are many reasons for wanting to know the size of the future population of the UK. How many school places will we need? How many hospitals? How many people will claim a State Pension? But looking into the future is challenging. As James Robards explains, our population projections take into account current and past trends, and as those patterns change, we adjust our projections accordingly.

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Projecting the future population of the United Kingdom at a time of uncertainty

Categories: Census, ONS, Population
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Projecting the possible future size and composition of the UK population is of importance for national level decision-making and policy. In this blog James Robards explains some of the considerations and challenges in developing national population projections, particularly at a point in time when the demographic impacts arising from the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic continue to unfold.

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