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United Kingdom People 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/united_kingdom/united_kingdom_people.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population 58,970,119 (July 1998 est.) Age structure
Population growth rate 0.25% (1998 est.) 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
Infant mortality rate 5.87 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate 1.7 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality
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.)
Languages English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) Literacy
NOTE: The information regarding United Kingdom on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United Kingdom People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Kingdom People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |