| Population | 60,776,238 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.2% (male 5,349,053/female 5,095,837)
15-64 years: 67% (male 20,605,031/female 20,104,313)
65 years and over: 15.8% (male 4,123,464/female 5,498,540) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 39.6 years
male: 38.5 years
female: 40.7 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 0.275% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 10.67 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 10.09 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.025 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 5.01 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 78.7 years
male: 76.23 years
female: 81.3 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.66 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 51,000 (2001 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 500 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British |
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| 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) |
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| Religions | Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) |
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| Languages | English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
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