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Demographics - British People
| Sector | Detail |
|---|---|
| Population: |
60,094,648 (July 2003 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 18.3% (male 5,621,590;
female 5,350,319) |
| Median age: |
total: 38.4 years |
| Population growth rate: |
0.3% (2003 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
| Death rate: |
10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 5.28 deaths/1,000 live births
|
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 78.16 years |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.66 children born/woman (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
34,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
460 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Briton(s), British (collective
plural) |
| 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 and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000 |
| 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 |