| People | United Kingdom |
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Population:
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60,943,912 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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253 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.9% (male 5,287,590/female 5,036,881)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 20,698,645/female 20,185,040)
65 years and over: 16% (male 4,186,561/female 5,549,195) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 39.9 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 41 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.276% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.65 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.05 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.85 years
male: 76.37 years
female: 81.46 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.66 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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51,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 500 (2003 est.) |
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, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) |
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.) |
People - note:
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void |
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