Population: 60,270,708 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure: 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.)

Median age: total: 38.7 years male: 37.6 years female: 39.8 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.29% (2004 est.)

Death rate: 10.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio: 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.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.27 years male: 75.84 years female: 80.83 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.66 children born/woman (2004 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) adjective: British

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 total population: 99% (2000 est.) male: NA female: NA

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