This is the second post i’ve put up on population trends but it is fascinating. The better we as marketers understand trends in UK growth the better equipped we’ll be to identify profitable domestic opportunities for our clients:

England will be Europe’s most crowded nation within 25 years, with a fifth more people crammed in, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. By 2031, there will be 464 men, women and children packed into every square kilometre, compared to 395 today.

Around 70% of population growth is from immigration, and much of the rest is accounted for by higher birth rates among recent immigrants.

With ‘zero immigration’ – the same number arriving as leaving – the population would rise to only 414 per sq km by 2031.

The population density in England is almost double that of Germany and quadruple that of France. (Source:Daily Mail 26-02-2008)