MONSTER net migration will singlehandedly push Britain’s population to 72.5million within seven years – five million more people.
Overseas arrivals will be the only source of population growth over the next quarter-century, according to official estimates released today.
The staggering numbers sparked fresh fury and pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to make good on his promise to slash immigration.
ONS stats show by 2032 the population is expected to grow 7.3 per cent from the 67.6million in 2022.
The 4.9million increase in that time is equivalent to importing 10 cities the size of Sheffield.
It is entirely driven by projected net migration, with births and deaths cancelling each other out at 6.8million each.
The net migration arises from an estimated 9.9million arriving to the UK, and 4.9 people leaving.
Net migration is expected to settle at around 340,000 per year, down from a record high of nearly a million in 2022.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said: “The quality of life for the British population is in rapid decline because of the exploding population. Both Labour and the Tories are guilty.”
Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp added: “10 million arrivals over 10 years is far too high.
“We need a binding legal cap on visas issued each year which is very, very substantially lower than this in order to get the numbers down and under control.”
“We must also get more of the 9 million economically inactive adults in the UK into the workforce and invest more in technology and mechanisation, to end the unsustainable reliance on mass low-skilled migration.
“This projection is shocking and unacceptable. It can and must be stopped from materialising.”
