People

A Londoner and his dog having lunch

Joseph Hollick

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%