Population60,943,912 (July 2008 est.) Age structure0-14 years: 16.9% (male 5,287,590/female 5,036,881) Median agetotal: 39.9 years Population growth rate0.276% (2008 est.) Birth rate10.65 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate10.05 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Net migration rate2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female Infant mortality ratetotal: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 78.85 years Total fertility rate1.66 children born/woman (2008 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.2% (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS51,000 (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - deathsless than 500 (2003 est.) Nationalitynoun: Briton(s), British (collective plural) Ethnic groupswhite (of which 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) ReligionsChristian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) LanguagesEnglish, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) Literacydefinition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling |
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