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• Population: 
58,500,000 (1997 est.) 
 
• Age structure: 
 
0-14 years: 
19% (female 5,572,189; male 5,843,192) 
 
15-64 years: 
65% (female 18,723,583; male 18,935,931) 
 
65 years and over: 
16% (female 5,471,383; male 3,748,841) (1997 est.) 
 
• Population growth rate: 
0.22% (1997 est.) 
 
• Birth rate: 
13.18 births/1,000 population (1997 est.) 
 
• Death rate: 
10.66 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.) 
 
• Net migration rate: 
0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.) 
 
• Infant mortality rate: 
7 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.) 
 
• Life expectancy at birth: 
 
total population: 
77 years 
 
male: 
74.18 years 
 
female: 
79.95 years (1997 est.) 
 
• Total fertility rate: 
1.82 children born/woman (1997 est.) 
 
• Nationality: 
 
noun: 
Briton(s), British (collective plural) 
 
adjective: 
British 
 
• Ethnic divisions: 
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 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.) 
 
note: 
the UK does not include a question on religion in its census 
 
• Languages: 
English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) 
 
• Literacy: 
age 15 and over can read and write 
 
total population: 
99% 
 
• Labor force: 
28.048 million (1996 est.) 
 
by occupation: 
services 62.8%, manufacturing and construction 25.0%, government 9.1%, energy 1.9%, agriculture 1.2% 
 
• Women in the Labor Force:

35% (1997) 
 
• Refugee Information:
 
From the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)