The population of England and Wales grew by 6.6 per cent since the last census in 2011 – although the rate of growth has 'decreased slightly', having grown by 7.8 per cent between 2001 and 2011 ...

There is a strong political consensus that migration has been too high and places an intolerable burden on public services—in ...

The East of England was the region that saw the biggest percentage rise in population from the 2011 to 2021 census, up 8.3% from 5.8 million to 6.3 million.

England saw the biggest increase between 2011 and 2022, with the population jumping by 7.5 per cent - the equivalent of 4 million people.

Cambridge, Peterborough, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes all had a more than 15% increases in population density, some of the biggest rises in England and Wales.

Dr Rae’s maps help break down population density, where each spike on the largest global map represents two square kilometres while on subsequent maps, each spike represents 1 square kilometre.