Scotland’s population rose faster than at any time since the 1940s in the year up to mid-2023, according to official data. National Records of Scotland (NRS) figures put the country’s population at 5,490,100. That was up 43,100 from the middle of 2022.

Britain's population grew by 1% in annual terms to 68.3 million as of mid-2023, mainly due to high immigration, official data showed on Tuesday. Net international migration was the main contributor to population increase for all four countries of the UK - England,