United Kingdom Demographics Profile 2013

Population

63,047,162 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 17.3% (male 5,597,024/female 5,321,456)
15-24 years: 13% (male 4,198,579/female 4,024,261)
25-54 years: 41.2% (male 13,192,240/female 12,761,989)
55-64 years: 11.6% (male 3,589,996/female 3,693,553)
65 years and over: 16.9% (male 4,732,895/female 5,935,169) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 40.2 years
male: 39 years
female: 41.2 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

0.553% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

12.27 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

9.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

2.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 80% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

LONDON (capital) 8.615 million; Birmingham 2.296 million; Manchester 2.247 million; West Yorkshire 1.541 million; Glasgow 1.166 million (2009)

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: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.17 years
male: 78.05 years
female: 82.4 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.91 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

85,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

Nationality

noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British

Ethnic groups

white (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)

Religions

Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)

Languages

English
note: the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland), Welsh (about 20% of the population of Wales), Irish (about 10% of the population of Northern Ireland), Cornish (some 2,000 to 3,000 in Cornwall)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2008)

Education expenditures

5.5% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Health expenditures

9.3% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

2.739 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital bed density

3.38 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

22.7% (2002)