Population: 57,515,307 (July 1991), growth rate 0.3% (1991)

Birth rate: 14 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 73 years male, 79 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Briton(s), British (collective pl.); adjective--British

Ethnic divisions: English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%

Religion: Anglican 27.0 million, Roman Catholic 5.3 million, Presbyterian 2.0 million, Methodist 760,000, Jewish 410,000

Language: English, Welsh (about 26% of population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1978 est.)

Labor force: 28,966,000; services 60.6%, manufacturing and construction 27.2%, government 8.9%, energy 2.1%, agriculture 1.2% (June 1990)

Organized labor: 35.7% of labor force (1989)

NOTE: The information regarding United Kingdom on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United Kingdom People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Kingdom People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.