Claim: Migration is linked to 82% of population growth .
Fact-check: Is 82% of population growth driven by migration? - Full Fact
Verdict: "linked to" here combines an estimate of both net migration and children born to immigrant parents. this is likely to be on the right scale but too precise a figure, as it rests on a number of assumptions and uncertain data sources.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-09-13T00:00:00