-ethnic groups/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)
-languages/English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
-growth rate/0.279% (2009 est.)
-infant mortality/male: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
-death rate/10.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
-life expectancy/male: 76.52 years
female: 81.63 years (2009 est.)
-literacy rate/: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
-age stucture/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) (2009 est.)
-religions/Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
