Birth rate: 12.01 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 10.72 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.2 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.87 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.19 years male: 74.57 years female: 79.96 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (1998 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 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: definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% (1978 est.) male: NA% female: NA%
