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People
62,348,447 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
22
0-14 years: 16.7% (male 5,233,756/female 4,986,131)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 20,774,192/female 20,246,519)
65 years and over: 16.2% (male 4,259,654/female 5,612,953) (2010 est.)
total: 39.8 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 40.9 years (2010 est.)
0.563% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
12.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 162
9.33 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
2.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
urban population: 90% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.052 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 191
male: 5.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 79.92 years
country comparison to the world: 28
male: 77.84 years
female: 82.11 years (2010 est.)
1.92 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
0.2% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
77,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
fewer than 500 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British
white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census)
Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
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)
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2008)
5.6% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 43
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