Scotland's population is rising "faster than at any time since the 1940s" according to the National Records of Scotland.In new research released on Tuesday, the non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government stated that the country's population in the year to mid-2023 grew by 43,100 to 5,490,100 from the previous year.
This marks a 0.8 per cent increase, which is the largest jump in one year since 1947. According to the National Records of Scotland, a major factor is the increase in the number of people moving to the country.
While inward migration dropped slightly compared to the previous 12 months, there was a larger fall in outward migration. Head of Demographic Statistics Esther Roughsedge commented: "The main driver of population growth over the year was people moving to Scotland from abroad and other parts of the UK."Almost two-thirds of people moving to Scotland came from outside the UK.
We also saw a fall in the number of people leaving Scotland."Without migration into Scotland, the population would have fallen. "Deaths outnumbered births by the highest amount on record.
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