United Kingdom
United Kingdom - People
By CIA Factbook
May 10, 2005, 10:50

People

United Kingdom

Population:	60,270,708 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:	0-14 years: 18% (male 5,560,489; female 5,293,871) 15-64 years: 66.3% (male 20,193,876; female 19,736,516) 65 years and over: 15.7% (male 4,027,721; female 5,458,235) (2004 est.)
Median age:	total: 38.7 years male: 37.6 years female: 39.8 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:	0.29% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:	10.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:	10.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:	2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.74 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:	total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:	total population: 78.27 years male: 75.84 years female: 80.83 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate:	1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:	0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:	34,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:	460 (2001 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 and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000
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% (2000 est.) male: NA female: NA

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