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Migration was the biggest contributor to population growth in Scotland last year.
This is one of the key findings in Scotland's Population 2007: The Registrar General 's Annual Review of Demographic Trends, which was published on 15 August.
For the fifth year running, Scotland's population increased in the year to 30 June 2007, reaching 5. 144 million - the highest figure since 1983. A small part of the increase was because there were 1,100 more births than deaths. But migration was the biggest contributor to the increase. There were net gains of around 8,800 from the rest of the UK and 16,800 from the rest of the world. Once other adjustments are included, the total increase in the population was 27,300.
Duncan Macniven, the Registrar General for Scotland, said:
Records are being broken. The total population is the highest since 1983. Births are at their highest level since 1998-99. The number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 1,100, the largest natural change since 1992-93. Gains from migration were higher than in any year since our current records started in 195 1. The population increase during the year was the highest since 1946-47.
Other key points in the Review are:
Population
For the fifth year running, Scotland's population rose in the year to 30 June 2007 - by 27,300 to 5,144,200. There were around 1,100 more births than deaths in the year to 30 June 2007 - and, in the 2007 calendar year, there were 1 ,800...