| Population | 67.081 million United Kingdom (June 2020 est.) constituent countries by percentage of total population: England 84.3% Scotland 8.1% Wales 4.7% Northern Ireland 2.8% |
| Nationality | noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural) adjective: British |
| Ethnic groups | White 87.2%, Black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | English note: the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 speakers 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 people in Cornwall) (2012 est.) |
| Religions | Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.63% (male 5,943,435/female 5,651,780) 15-24 years: 11.49% (male 3,860,435/female 3,692,398) 25-54 years: 39.67% (male 13,339,965/female 12,747,598) 55-64 years: 12.73% (male 4,139,378/female 4,234,701) 65 years and over: 18.48% (male 5,470,116/female 6,681,311) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 57.1 youth dependency ratio: 27.8 elderly dependency ratio: 29.3 potential support ratio: 3.4 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 40.6 years male: 39.6 years female: 41.7 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.48% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | the core of the population lies in and around London, with significant clusters found in central Britain around Manchester and Liverpool, in the Scotish lowlands between Endinburgh and Glasgow, southern Wales in and around Cardiff, and far eastern Northern Ireland centered on Belfast |
| Urbanization | urban population: 84.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.8% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 9.426 million LONDON (capital), 2.750 million Manchester, 2.626 million Birmingham, 1.902 million West Yorkshire, 1.681 million Glasgow, 936,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 29 years (2018 est.) note: data represent England and Wales only |
| Maternal mortality rate | 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 4.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81.3 years male: 79.02 years female: 83.7 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.86 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 76.1% (2010/12) note: percent of women aged 16-49 |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 10% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.81 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.5 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020) note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the UK; as of 19 July 2021, the UK has reported a total of 5,473,481 cases of COVID-19 or 8,062.75 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 189.62 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 66.22% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the UK to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.8% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 5.4% of GDP (2017) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2018) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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