| 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.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.29% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
10.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
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 / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 78.27 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 80.83 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
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 |
