| People | United Kingdom |
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Population:
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62,698,362 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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260 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 80% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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LONDON (capital) 8.615 million; Birmingham 2.296 million; Manchester 2.247 million; West Yorkshire 1.541 million; Glasgow 1.166 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 17.3% (male 5,575,119/female 5,301,301)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 20,979,401/female 20,500,913)
65 years and over: 16.5% (male 4,564,375/female 5,777,253) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 41.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.557% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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9.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.052 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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12 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.05 years
male: 77.95 years
female: 82.25 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.91 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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9.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.739 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.38 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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85,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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22.7% (2002) |
Nationality:
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noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British |
Ethnic groups:
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white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census) |
Religions:
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Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) |
Languages:
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English
note: the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland), Welsh (about 20% of the population of Wales), Irish (about 10% of the population of Northern Ireland), Cornish (some 2,000 to 3,000 in Cornwall) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.5% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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