Population:
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60,270,708 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18% (male 5,560,489; female 5,293,871)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 20,193,876; female 19,736,516)
65 years and over: 15.7% (male 4,027,721; female 5,458,235) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 38.7 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 39.8 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.29% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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10.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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10.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.27 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 80.83 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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34,000 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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460 (2001 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 and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000
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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% (2000 est.)
male: NA
female: NA
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