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United Kingdom People 1996

Population:

58,295,119 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

19% (female 5,572,189; male 5,843,192)

15-64 years:

65% (female 18,723,583; male 18,935,931)

65 years and over:

16% (female 5,471,383; male 3,748,841) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.27% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

13.18 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

10.66 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

77 years

male:

74.18 years

female:

79.95 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.82 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Briton(s), British (collective plural)

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%

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:

age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)

total population:

99%

Labor force:

28.048 million

by occupation:

services 62.8%, manufacturing and construction 25.0%, government 9.1%, energy 1.9%, agriculture 1.2% (June 1992)

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