UK - Population Changes

BIRTH RATE

Social

• WW1 - Men fighting away - FALL
• 1920 / 1945 - End of wars baby booms - RISE 

Economical

• 1930's - Depression - FALL
• 1960's - Prosperity - RISE

FERTILITY

Social

• Women delay births to persue careers - FALL
• 20% do not have childer (by choice or unfertility) - FALL

Economical

• 1973 to 1974 - Oil price incerase by OPEC - FALL

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Social

• 1948 - NHS created - RISE

Economical

• Globalised medicine - RISE

MIGRATION

Social

• 1960s / 1970s - Large scale migration to Australia looking for better life - RISE
• 1980s - Chinese relaz emigration laws, wave of migrants, mostly students - RISE

Economical

• May 2004 - EU enlargement allows migration from Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia -RISE
• Deindustrialisation cause North to South shift of people looking for work - RISE