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United Kingdom
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Last Updated: Jan 21st, 2009 - 22:25:00 |
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Population:
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60,270,708 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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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.)
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Median age:
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total: 38.7 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 39.8 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.29% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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10.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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10.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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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
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.27 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 80.83 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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34,000 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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460 (2001 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British
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Ethnic groups:
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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:
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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
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Languages:
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English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
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Literacy:
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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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UK Population Learning Links
The UK Snapshot - Population
Click on any of these population topics to see a quick, at-a-glance snapshot about the United Kingdom's population. Be sure to check out the section marked "Jedi." Apparently during their last census, 390,000 people in the UK wrote in their religion as "Jedi."
Source: DirectGov - UK
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