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United Kingdom: United Kingdom People Profile 2012

2012/04/05

United Kingdom People Profile 2012

They are the descendants of a long succession of invaders and colonizers, the last of whom were the Normans who arrived in 1066 A.D. Earlier invaders included (in reverse order) Danes and other Norsemen, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Romans, and Celts.

Persons of each component nationality have risen to prominence in the central British government and have gained recognition in various fields of endeavor.The English achieved political dominance but the other three peoples did not lose their sense of identity or their determination to preserve their own cultures.

After World War II there was an influx, especially into England's larger cities, of blacks and East Indians from various parts of the former British Empire.

Population

Value:

61 113 205

Date:

July 2009 est.

Comparison to the world:

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

16.7% (male 5,233,756/female 4,986,131)

Year:

2009 est.

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

67.1% (male 20,774,192/female 20,774,192)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

16.2% (male 4,259,654/female 5,612,953)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

40.2 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male

Value:

39.1 years

Name:

female

Value:

41.3 years

Population growth rate

Value:

0,28%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

175

Birth rate

Value:

10.65 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009 est.

Comparison to the world:

182

Death rate

Value:

10.02 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2009 est.

Comparison to the world:

Net migration rate

Value:

2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Urbanization

Urban population:

90% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

0.5% annual rate of change

Note:

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.03 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.76 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

0.98 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

4.85 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

193

Male value:

5.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

4.28 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

79.01 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

76.52 years

Female value:

81.63 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

1.66 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

175

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

0,20%

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

77 000

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

fewer than 500

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

Nationality

Noun:

Briton(s), British (collective plural)

Adjective:

British

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6%</p>

Religions

Value:

Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%

Languages

Languages info:

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:

99,00%

Male: