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| Record number of people leave UK | Record number of people leave UK |
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| More people left the UK last year than in any year since 1991, statistics just released suggest. | More people left the UK last year than in any year since 1991, statistics just released suggest. |
| Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that some 385,000 people left the UK for the long term in the year to mid-2006. | Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that some 385,000 people left the UK for the long term in the year to mid-2006. |
| Long-term migration into the UK, meanwhile, was 574,000. | Long-term migration into the UK, meanwhile, was 574,000. |
| The figures show the UK's population grew to 60,587,000 - an increase of 349,000 (0.6%). They also suggest there were 159,000 more births than deaths. | |
| The number of people aged 85 or over grew by 6% to 1,243,000 while the number of people of retirement age increased by 1% to 11,344,000. | |
| The largest population growth (by district) was in Westminster - 14% - followed by Camden and South Northamptonshire - both 12%. | |
| The populations of Forest Heath and Rutland grew by 11%. | |
| The greatest reductions - of 2% - were in Rushmoor, Middlesbrough, Sefton and Burnley. | |
| The average age was 39 compared with just over 34 in 1971. | |
| The method by which migration statistics are compiled changed in 1991, making comparisons with earlier figures difficult. |