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Child population in selected UK cities, 1992-2019
Child pop UK cities 1992 2019Over the last 27 years, the child population of the selected UK cities has fluctuated. In the last eight years there have been increases in the child populations of all the cities. 

Children's population as a proportion of the total population, selected UK cities, 1992-2019
Perc Child pop UK cities 1992 2019The percentage of children within each of city's total population has reduced over the last 27 years in the majority of UK cities shown; with Birmingham being the exception to this where there has been no net change in the proportion of children in the population. In the last few years the proportion of children in the population has increased in the majority of these cities, but Glasgow and Edinburgh are exceptions to this trend.


Child population estimates in selected UK cities, 2019
Child pop UK cities 2019Glasgow’s child population ranks in the middle compared to the other selected UK cities. Birmingham’s child population of nearly 260,000 is substantially larger than the other UK cities compared, twice as large as the child populations of other cities, with the exception of Leeds. The child population of all the selected cities has been rising in recent years.

Percentage of children in population in selected UK cities, 2019
Perc child pop UK cities 2019In 2019, the proportion of children in Glasgow’s population was 16%, a figure which is lower than the other cities compared with the exception of Edinburgh. Birmingham has a larger percentage of children than the other UK cities with almost one quarter of the population (23%) being children.

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