"Figure 1: Mid-year population change for the UK and its constituent countries, decennial intervals, mid-1971 to mid-2021","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Mid-2021 figures for Scotland are rolled forward from mid-2020, as its census was held in 2022." "Unit","Percentage change" "","" "","Mid-1971 to mid-1981","Mid-1981 to mid-1991","Mid-1991 to mid-2001","Mid-2001 to mid-2011","Mid-2011 to mid-2021" "UK","0.8","1.9","2.9","7.1","5.9" "England","0.9","2.3","3.3","7.4","6.5" "Wales","2.7","2.1","1.3","5.3","1.4" "Scotland","-1.1","-1.9","-0.4","4.7","3.4" "Northern Ireland","0.2","4.2","5.1","7.4","5"