People Of United Kingdom
Population: 59,511,464 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 19% (male 5,816,313;
female 5,519,479) 15-64 years: 65%
(male 19,622,152; female 19,228,938)
65 years and over: 16% (male 3,864,612; female 5,459,970) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.25% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:76 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:38 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.66 years
male: 74.97 years
female: 80.49 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate:4 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British
Ethnic groups: English 81.5%,Scottish 9.6%,Irish 2.4%,Welsh 1.9%,Ulster 1.8%,West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%
Religions:Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)
Languages: English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99% (1978 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%