The People of The United Kingdom
The People of The United Kingdom
British People
Population: 61,113,205 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.7% (male 5,233,756/female 4,986,131) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 20,774,192/female 20,246,519) 65 years and over: 16.2% (male 4,259,654/female 5,612,953) (2009 est.)
Median age: total: 40.2 years male: 39.1 years female: 41.3 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.279% (2009 est.)
Death rate: 10.05 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate: 2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.01 years male: 76.52 years female: 81.63 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.66 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 77,000 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 500 (2007 est.)
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, 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% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)