Short facts about people of United Kingdom

Population:

59,647,790 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  18.89% (male 5,778,415; female 5,486,114) 15-64 years:  65.41% (male 19,712,932; female 19,304,771) 65 years and over:  15.7% (male 3,895,921; female 5,469,637) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.23% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

11.54 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

10.35 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:  0.71 male(s)/female total population:  0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

5.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  77.82 years male:  75.13 years female:  80.66 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.73 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.11% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

31,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

450 (1999 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 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)

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% (1978 est.) male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook