Age structure:
0-14 years:
19% (male 5,816,313; female 5,519,479)
15-64 years:
65% (male 19,622,152; female 19,228,938)
65 years and over:
16% (male 3,864,612; female 5,459,970) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.25% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 11.76 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 10.38 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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 (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
77.66 years
male:
74.97 years
female:
80.49 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.74 children born/woman (2000 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%
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