It seems that England is not the only nation in the UK experiencing an ever growing population, aided by the rise in immigration. Scotland’s population has increased for the third year running to almost 5.1 million.

The official figures revealed April 28, show Scotland has experienced the second largest wave of people travelling from other countries to work and set up home out of the Countries in the UK. This is the main reason for the population boom in Scotland.

Last year, almost 20,000 more people immigrated from abroad or from other parts of the UK, helping to swell the population to 5,094,800 in 2005. It is the second-highest figure for Scotland to date – 7000 below the previous year’s record figure of 26,000.

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