Wales United Kingdom: People

The World Factbook 1993: United Kingdom People

Population: 57,970,200 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.29% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 13.58 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 10.87 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.5 years male: 73.71 years female: 79.43 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Briton(s), British (collective pl.) adjective: British

Ethnic divisions: 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: age 15 and over can read and write (1978) total population: 99% male: NA% female: NA%

Labor force: 28.048 million

by occupation: services 62.8%, manufacturing and construction 25.0%, government 9.1%, energy 1.9%, agriculture 1.2% (June 1992)