UK population '65m by 2016'
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The population of the UK will increase by 4.4 million over the next nine years, according to new estimates.
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People in the UK used their handsets to access the net 15.9 million times in December, says a report.
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US researchers say world population will continue to grow at a vigorous pace in decades to come, even as overall global fertility rates continue on a downward trend.
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The US-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has predicted that the bulk of the world&#39;s population growth will occur in developing nations by 2050, despite higher rates of HIV/AIDS and infant mortality.
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In Japan, where one fifth of the population is now over 65, a preview of a global future.
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Britain recorded economic growth of 3.1 percent last year, picking up after a rate of 2.9 percent in 2006, according to official data published on Wednesday.
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The number of Britons who own a second home abroad has nearly doubled in the last two years and now stands at three percent of the population.
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The number of migrant workers in rural England has grown by more than 200% in the last three years, a report says.
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up 400,000 in just eight years, a report reveals. And experts warn the figure could grow to three million sufferers by 2010 as we get older and fatter.
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The number of people with diabetes in the UK has jumped to 1.8m, latest figures show, and this trend may rise.
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China's railway system is expected to carry some 155 million people over the upcoming Chinese New Year period, the most ever, as people flood home for the traditional festival, a senior official said on Thursday.
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A survey shows that two-thirds of the UK's adult population have not drawn up a will.
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The UK's population is growing as more women have babies in their thirties, according to experts.
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The number of Eastern European immigrants to the UK tops half a million for the first time, official figures show.
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The British economy has grown by 2.7 percent in 2006, in line with an initial estimate given last month.
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The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the UK rose by 16%, official figures say.
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Average pay rises in the UK reached their highest level in 15 years at the end of 2007, according to a survey.