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Deaths outstrip births in UK for first time in nearly 50 years

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There were 16,300 fewer births than deaths in the UK in the year to mid-2023 .

First time this has happened since 1970s 'baby bust' if excess deaths during Covid were stripped out.

But the figures continued to show a growing population of 68,265,209 people, up 1% .