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United Kingdom: People
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Population: | 60,441,457 (July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 17.7% (male 5,490,592/female 5,229,691)
15-64 years: 66.5% (male 20,329,272/female 19,855,862) 65 years and over: 15.8% (male 4,063,357/female 5,472,683) (2005 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 38.99 years
male: 37.89 years female: 40.13 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate: |
0.28% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
10.78 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate: |
10.18 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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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: 0.74 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 78.38 years
male: 75.94 years female: 80.96 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
1.66 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.2% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
51,000 (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 500 (2003 est.) |
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Nationality: |
noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British |
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Ethnic groups: |
white (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) |
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Religions: |
Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) |
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Languages: |
English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99% (2000 est.) male: NA% female: NA% |
More about United Kingdom:
The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| United KingdomPeople in English
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