England Will Be Most Crowded European Nation
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LONDON — The population of England will increase by a third over the next 50 years as it becomes the most crowded major nation in Europe, official forecasts show. England’s population is now 50 million, but by 2056 it will be 68 million — or 1,349 for every square mile. At present there are 1,010 a square mile.
In London, the population density will jump from 12,377 people a square mile to 13,910 over 20 years. The Conservatives, who obtained the figures from the Office for National Statistics in a parliamentary answer, called for tariffs on migration. The population density in England is already almost double the level in Germany and quadruple that in France.
