United Kingdom People 1997

Population 57,591,677 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 19% (male 5,647,549; female 5,386,750)
15-64 years : 65% (male 18,532,243; female 18,757,168)
65 years and over: 16% (male 3,808,399; female 5,459,568) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 0.24% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 11.83 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 10.77 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years : 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.25 years
male: 74.67 years
female: 79.96 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.65 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British

Ethnic groups English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, WestIndian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%

Religions Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991est.)
note: the UK does not include a question on religion in its census

Languages English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish formof Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99% (1978 est.)
male: NA%
female : NA%

NOTE: The information regarding United Kingdom on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United Kingdom People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Kingdom People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.