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(shù)據(jù)表明，由于預(yù)期壽命持續(xù)增加，英國(guó)人的平均年齡首次達(dá)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(lái)，英國(guó)人數(shù)最多的年齡已經(jīng)增長(zhǎng)了6歲。目前，超過(guò)1140萬(wàn)人的年齡在65歲以上，這一數(shù)字一年就增長(zhǎng)了30萬(wàn)。

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(dǎo)致了總?cè)丝跀?shù)暴漲。根據(jù)國(guó)家統(tǒng)計(jì)局的數(shù)據(jù)，英國(guó)人口增長(zhǎng)了近50萬(wàn)，達(dá)到6460萬(wàn)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(zhǎng)的原因包括出生人數(shù)和死亡人數(shù)的差值不斷增加，壽命延長(zhǎng)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(zhǎng)中的約半數(shù)（226200人）來(lái)自自然增長(zhǎng)，凈增的移民人數(shù)（259700人）則占據(jù)了余下的部分。

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(jìn)入英國(guó)，與之相比，只有322900人搬離英國(guó)。

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(guó)家統(tǒng)計(jì)局的一名發(fā)言人指出，統(tǒng)計(jì)結(jié)果意味著自2013年中期以來(lái)，英國(guó)人口增加了0.77%，近50萬(wàn)人，總?cè)丝谶_(dá)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(guó)總?cè)丝谥?，英格蘭占5430萬(wàn)，上升0.84%，蘇格蘭為530萬(wàn)，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(dá)310萬(wàn)。另有180萬(wàn)人居住在北愛爾蘭。