High migration has driven the second largest annual increase in population growth in over 75 years.

The UK population increased by 755,300 in the year to mid-2024, marking the second-largest annual rise in over 75 years, mainly due to high net migration.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) stated that the UK population had reached 69,281,400, with England experiencing a larger increase than other nations.

Net migration reached 738,700 over the 12 months to 2024, although separate official data have shown that net migration fell to 431,000 in the calendar year. Those figures have not been revised in the latest ONS release.

Statisticians said that although international migration was lower in the year to mid-2024, it drove higher population growth across the UK, given it outwe

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