官方数据于周五显示，英国的人口增长率降至1998年以来除新冠疫情时期外的最低水平。
The UK’s population growth slowed to its lowest rate outside the COVID-19 pandemic since 1998, official figures showed Friday.
据英国国家统计署统计，2025年年中英国人口总数约为6950万，过去12个月内增加了227,665人。
The UK population stood at an estimated 69.5 million in mid-2025, increasing by 227,665 people over the previous 12 months, according to the Office for National Statistics.
这一0.33%的增幅是1998年以来最低的年度增长率，2020年因受疫情影响不计入统计。
The rise of 0.33% marked the lowest annual growth rate since 1998, excluding the pandemic-affected year of 2020.
人口增长放缓的主要原因是国际净移民数量大幅减少。截至2025年年中的一年里，国际净移民人数降至约222,900人，而此前一年这一数值为651,700人。国际净移民是指长期移居英国的人数与离开英国的人数之差。
The slowdown was largely driven by a sharp decline in net international migration, which fell to an estimated 222,900 in the year to mid-2025, down from 651,700 in the previous 12 months. Net migration measures the difference between the number of people moving to the UK for the long term and those leaving the country.
此前几年英国人口增长较为迅速：2022年增幅为1.05%，2023年为1.34%，2024年为0.97%，均受国际净移民激增的推动。
Population growth had been significantly higher in previous years, rising by 1.05% in 2022, 1.34% in 2023 and 0.97% in 2024 amid a spike in net international migration.
自然人口增长也持续发挥作用，出生人数仍略多于死亡人数，不过两者的差距正在缩小。
Natural population growth also continued to contribute to the increase, with births still slightly outnumbering deaths. However, the gap between births and deaths has narrowed.
英国四个地区的人口趋势各不相同：威尔士出现了近十年来的首次人口下降；苏格兰和北爱尔兰几乎没有人口增长；英格兰是英国唯一出现小幅人口增长的地区。
Population trends varied across the UK’s four nations. Wales recorded its first population decline in a decade, while Scotland and Northern Ireland experienced almost no growth. England was the only part of the UK to record a small population increase.