United Kingdom: People & Society#
Population | 64,430,428 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural) adjective: British |
Ethnic groups | white 87.2%, black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011 est.) |
Languages | English note: the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland), Welsh (about 20% of the population of Wales), Irish (about 10% of the population of Northern Ireland), Cornish (some 2,000 to 3,000 in Cornwall) (2012 est.) |
Religions | Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7% (2011 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.44% (male 5,761,311/female 5,476,649) 15-24 years: 12.15% (male 3,997,150/female 3,830,268) 25-54 years: 40.74% (male 13,367,242/female 12,883,674) 55-64 years: 11.77% (male 3,760,020/female 3,820,525) 65 years and over: 17.9% (male 5,170,542/female 6,363,047) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 55.1% youth dependency ratio: 27.6% elderly dependency ratio: 27.6% potential support ratio: 3.6% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 40.5 years male: 39.3 years female: 41.7 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.53% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | the core of the population lies in and around London, with significant clusters found in central Britain around Manchester and Liverpool, in the Scotish lowlands between Endinburgh and Glasgow, southern Wales in and around Cardiff, and far eastern Northern Ireland centered on Belfast |
Urbanization | urban population: 82.6% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.88% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | LONDON (capital) 10.313 million; Manchester 2.646 million; Birmingham 2.515 million; Glasgow 1.223 million; Southampton/Portsmouth 882,000; Liverpool 870,000 (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.1 note: data represent England and Wales only (2012 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.7 years male: 78.5 years female: 83 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.89 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 84% note: percent of women aged 16-49 (2008/09) |
Health expenditures | 9.1% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 2.81 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
Hospital bed density | 2.9 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.1% of population rural: 99.6% of population total: 99.2% of population unimproved: urban: 0.9% of population rural: 0.4% of population total: 0.8% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.33% (2013 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 126,700 (2013 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | fewer than 600 (2013 est.) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 29.8% (2014) |
Education expenditures | 5.8% of GDP (2014) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2014) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 16.9% male: 18.9% female: 14.8% (2014 est.) |