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Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the projected age structure of the population in Wales in 1981, 1991 and 2001, broken down into the age groups 0 to 14, 15 to 44, 45 to retirement age, and the retired.
Mr. John Morris
The information is given in the following table.
| PROJECT POPULATION* | ||||
| (Thousands) | ||||
| Age | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |
| 0–14 | … | 591 | 637 | 665 |
| 15–44 | … | 1,144 | 1,213 | 1,223 |
| 45–59/64 | … | 569 | 556 | 636 |
| 60/65+ | … | 509 | 533 | 522 |
| Total | … | 2,813 | 2,939 | 3,046 |
| * 1974 Based Projections of Total Population. | ||||
Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the projected population of Wales in 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010.
Mr. John Morris
The information is given in the following table:
| Projected population* | thousands | |||
| 1980 | … | … | … | 2,803 |
| 1990 | … | … | … | 2,925 |
| 2000 | … | … | … | 3,038 |
| 2010 | … | … | … | 3,142 |
| * 1974 Based Projections of Total Population. | ||||