MINI CASE 5.6

By breaking down the figures into their constituent parts and stacking the graphs you can see how things have changed over time and, in this example, how they might change in the future both in overall figures and the numbers in each group. This has been done below by the Institute of Grocery Distribution for the UK population growth.

The UK population is increasing

? The UK population is expected to grow to 71 million people by 2031.

? Growth between 2008 and 2031 is expected to be at a greater rate in England (17 per cent to 60.1 million) than in the other countries making up the UK.

? The population in Wales is expected to grow at 11 per cent to 3.3 million. Northern Ireland population is expected to grow by 13 per cent to 2 million, while Scotland expects slower growth of 7 per cent to give a population in 2031 of 5.5 million.