UK to Pass Population Tipping Point in 2026, Think Tank Says

The number of people who die in Britain this year is set to exceed those born in the country, the Resolution Foundation said, in what the think tank described as a permanent shift that will increase the UK’s dependency on migration.

Britain will see a shortfall in births in 2026, Resolution Foundation projected as part of its annual economic outlook released on Monday. That gap will increase “by an ever-widening margin, forever closing a chapter in the demographics” of Britain that stretches back to at least the start of the 20th century, the research institution said.