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PEOPLE
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Population:
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59,113,439 (July 1999 est.) |
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Age
Structure:
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0-14
years: 19% (male 5,822,901; female 5,522,122)
15-64 years: 65% (male 19,393,706; female 19,103,882)
65 years and over: 16% (male 3,821,181; female 5,449,647)
(1999 est.) |
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Population
Growth Rate:
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0.24% (1999 est.) |
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Birth
Rate:
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11.9
births/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Death
Rate:
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10.64
deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Net
Migration Rate:
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1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Sex
Ratio:
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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: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (1999 est.) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate:
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5.78
deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.) |
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Life
Expectancy at Birth:
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total
population: 77.37 years
male: 74.73 years
female: 80.15 years (1999 est.) |
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Total
Fertility Rate:
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1.71
children born/woman (1999 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British |
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Ethnic
Groups:
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English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%,
West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8% |
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Religions:
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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.) |
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Languages:
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English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish
form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) |
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Literacy:
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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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