An analysis of migration, birth and death rates up to the end of the 21st century predicts that white British people will decline from their current position as 73% of the population to 57% by 2050 before slipping into a minority by 2063.The research, by Prof Matt Goodwin of Buckingham University, suggests that by the end of the century, the white British share of the population – defined as people who do not have an immigrant parent – could have fallen to around a third (33.7%).
It projects a big rise in the proportion of the UK population comprising foreign-born and second-generation immigrants, from below 20% to 33.5% within the next 25 years.
By 2100, it predicts six in 10 people in the UK will either not have been born in the UK, or will have at least one immigrant parent.
The Muslim population, which currently stands at 7%, is estimated to increase to more than one in 10 (11.2%) within the next 25 years and account for one in five (19.2%) of all people in the UK by the end of the century.
Prof Goodwin, an honorary professor at Kent University, said the research, based on Office for National Statistics (ONS) and census data, raised “profound questions about the capacity of the UK state to both absorb and manage this scale of demographic change”.
In his report, he said the findings were certain to spark a
“considerable degree of anxiety, concern and political opposition” among
many voters who favoured lowering immigration and slowing the pace of
change in order to maintain “the symbols, traditions, culture and ways
of life of the traditional majority group”....<<<Read More>>>...