Welcome to the new Higher Geography Year!

The Human part of your course begins with the Population Unit and right on cue there has been news today from the Office of National Statistics about a significant increase in the population of the UK. In the last year the population has grown by just over 400,000 - the biggest increase in 50 years bringing the total population of the UK to 61.4 million.

What is interesting about this is that while in recent years, it has been immigration which has accounted for much of the population increase, it is natural increase which is now having an impact. Click on the image above to link to a related article on the BBC website.

Today's figures lend weight to the suggestion that the UK may have the largest population in the EU by 2060 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7583776.stm . Here is an article which explores the impact of such growth http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7059195.stm .