| Population: |
59,647,790 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
18.89% (male 5,778,415; female 5,486,114)
15-64 years:
65.41% (male 19,712,932; female 19,304,771)
65 years and over:
15.7% (male 3,895,921; female 5,469,637) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.23% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
11.54 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
10.35 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:
0.71 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
5.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
77.82 years
male:
75.13 years
female:
80.66 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.73 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.11% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
31,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
450 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective:
British
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| 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%
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| 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.)
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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% (1978 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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