There were 24.0 centenarians per 100,000 people in the UK in 2024, up from 13.9 per 100,000 in 2004. The rate varies across ...

In particular, it specified the birthright of Northern Irish people “to hold both British and Irish citizenship”, with that ...

The number of men in the UK living to a very old age is increasing faster than the rate for women, helping to push the ...

Net international migration continues to be the main driver of this growth, the Office for National Statistics said.

Citizens in Northern Ireland will not get a say in who is elected as you need an address in the Republic of Ireland to vote.

Liverpool's own connections to Ireland go back centuries, with the Scouse accent believed to have been influenced by the ...

Some 210,520 men were estimated to be aged 90 or over in 2024, more than double the number two decades earlier ...

Northern Ireland has less than a third of the number of electric vehicle charging points per capita compared to Britain, ...

Immigration has pushed the UK population to 69.3million, according to official figures today. Numbers rose by 755,300 between mid-2023 and mid-2024 - the second-biggest annual increase since 1950.

Immigration has pushed the UK population to a record 69.3million with numbers rising by more than three–quarters of a million over 12 months. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...

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The jump was driven almost entirely by international migration, with natural change – more births than deaths – responsible for only a tiny proportion. A record 69.3 million people were estimated to ...