老齡化來襲？英國平均年齡首次達到40歲

The average age in Britain has hit 40 for the first time as life expectancy continues to soar, official figures revealed this morning.
今天上午，官方數據表明，由於預期壽命持續增加，英國人的平均年齡首次達到40歲。

Since 1974 the typical age in the UK has increased by six years, with more than 11.4 million people now aged over 65 - an increase of 300,000 in just a year.
自1974年以來，英國人數最多的年齡已經增長了6歲。目前，超過1140萬人的年齡在65歲以上，這一數字一年就增長了30萬。

The growing numbers of elderly people is helping to fuel a population boom. According to the Office for National Statistics, Britain's population has hit a new record - increasing by almost 500,000 to 64.6 million.
老年人口的增加導致了總人口數暴漲。根據國家統計局的數據，英國人口增長了近50萬，達到6460萬人的歷史新高。

The population increase over was fuelled by growing numbers of births over deaths, caused by people living longer, and a surge in migration.
人口增長的原因包括出生人數和死亡人數的差值不斷增加，壽命延長以及移民的涌入。

'Natural growth' of 226,200 accounted for around half the population increase - with net migration of 259,700 making up the rest.
人口增長中的約半數（226200人）來自自然增長，淨增的移民人數（259700人）則佔據了餘下的部分。

Between mid-2013 and mid-2014, 582,600 migrants arrived in the UK, compared with just 322,900 people leaving the country.
2013年中至2014年中期，582600名移民進入英國，與之相比，只有322900人搬離英國。

An ONS spokesman said the statistics meant the UK population had grown by almost half a million since mid-2013, up 0.77 per cent to 64,596,800.
國家統計局的一名發言人指出，統計結果意味着自2013年中期以來，英國人口增加了0.77%，近50萬人，總人口達64596800.

Out of the wider UK population, England accounted for 54.3 million, up 0.84 per cent, with the Scottish population hitting 5.3 million - up 0.37 per cent.
英國總人口中，英格蘭佔5430萬，上升0.84%，蘇格蘭爲530萬，上升0.37%。

Wales's population has grown 0.31 per cent to 3.1 million, with a further 1.8 million living in Northern Ireland.
威爾士人口上升了0.31%，達310萬。另有180萬人居住在北愛爾蘭。