| People | United Kingdom |
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Population:
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61,113,205 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 90% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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253 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.7% (male 5,233,756/female 4,986,131)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 20,774,192/female 20,246,519)
65 years and over: 16.2% (male 4,259,654/female 5,612,953) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40.2 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 41.3 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.279% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.05 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.01 years
male: 76.52 years
female: 81.63 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.66 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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77,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2007 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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.6% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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