Population: 58 970 119 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (male 5 832 086; female 5 530 679)
15-64 years: 65% (male 19 304 762; female 19 032 024)
65 years and over: 16% (male 3 807 710; female 5 462 858)
(July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.25% (1998
est.)
Birth rate: 12.01 births/1 000 population
(1998 est.)
Death rate: 10.72 deaths/1 000 population
(1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.2 migrant(s)/1 000
population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.87 deaths/1 000
live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.19 years
male: 74.57 years
female: 79.96 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.7 children
born/woman (1998 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.)
note: the UK does not include a question on religion in
its 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% (1978 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%
