Everybody loves statistics about life expectancy and the ballooning number of centenarians, but is there a risk they could become too much of a good thing?

Nearly 20 per cent of people alive today in the UK will reach their 100th birthday, the Department of Work and Pensio

The Office for National Statistics and the UK Statistics Authority are prepared to defend the confidentiality of Census information to the limits of the law.

Immigration has emerged as one of the major themes of the election, and one of the few where there are clear dividing lines between the parties.

The generation born in the wake of World War II is getting the blame for the economic mess we’re in.

How do you count blue whales? By listening to their songs, suggest a group of US oceanographers.

 Had you flicked through last week's papers, you would be forgiven for thinking that Britain's population is certain to hit 70 million within 25 years.