Submitted 15 hours ago by Zocha@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/sep/25/low-birthrates-in-england-could-lead-to-closure-of-800-primary-schools-by-2029
https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-kingdom/2024/
Thats a funny one. We’re projected to peak at 76M people in 2100, and then we decline.
Comparing that to Japan’s extreme population curve, they lose 60M people the next century, giving them a woeful total in 2100 of… 76M people.
Our best is their projected worse, lmao.
tal@olio.cafe 15 hours ago
https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-kingdom/2024/
tetris11@feddit.uk 13 hours ago
Thats a funny one. We’re projected to peak at 76M people in 2100, and then we decline.
Comparing that to Japan’s extreme population curve, they lose 60M people the next century, giving them a woeful total in 2100 of… 76M people.
Our best is their projected worse, lmao.