[the leveller]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/city-eye-facts-on-a-plate-our-population-is-at-least-77-million-5328454.html

City Eye: Facts on a plate: our population is at least 77 ...
www.independent.co.uk
It is the statistic that dare not speak its name, though eventually it must. It has huge ramifications for the civil and political life of this country, the health of ...
My military sources think there are about the same numbers.


Look at this

True Population of the UK in 2016? | Army Rumour Service
https://www.arrse.co.uk › ... › The Serious Bit › Current Affairs, News and Analysis

4 Feb 2016 - 15 posts - ‎10 authors
I certainly do not believe that the population of the UK is the 63 million or so officially claimed, my experience travelling around UK cities ...

Pretty reliable actually