UK population growing twice as fast as the rest of Europe

Population passes the 64 million mark for the first time with increase in immigration and birth rate

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The UK's population grew twice as fast as the rest of Europe's over the last decade, according to the latest official statistics. And the number of people in the country broke through the 64 million mark for the first time last year, as the population grew by 400,000 – equivalent to a city the size of Bristol, reports The Times.

This makes the UK the second most populous country in the EU after Germany, if the French overseas territories are excluded.

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