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Europe > United Kingdom > People

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African diaspora > Afro-descendants 2% [30th of 34]
African diaspora > Population 1,212,183.06 [9th of 34]
Age at first marriage for men 29.8 years [15th of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 27.7 years [13th of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.51 Time series [120th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 17.5 % [187th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 17.7 [190th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 5,036,881 Time series [37th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 16.9% Time series [182nd of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 5,287,590 Time series [37th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 66.5 [84th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 66.8 % [80th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 20,185,040 Time series [22nd of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 67.1% Time series [77th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 20,698,645 Time series [22nd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 15.8 % [24th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 5,549,195 Time series [12th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 16% Time series [26th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 4,186,561 Time series [12th of 225]
Attitude of women > Should have equal rights 73% [3rd of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are better off now 93% [6th of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are happier now 42% [2nd of 9]
Attitude of women > Women do have equal rights 9% [5th of 8]
Average size of households 2.4 [11th of 17]
Birth rate 10.65 births/1,000 population Time series [182nd of 226]
Chinese population 250,000 [13th of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 413.627 per 100,000 people [34th of 126]
Couples with children 52% [13th of 23]
Death rate 10.05 deaths/1,000 population Time series [67th of 226]
Disbility benefit recipients 6.6% [5th of 14]
Divorce rate 3.08 per 1,000 people [4th of 34]
Education expenditures 5.6 % of GDP Time series [14th of 55]
Elderly living in institution 5% [15th of 16]
Elderly living with children 16% [5th of 12]
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%
Ethnicity > London 5,230,155 [1st of 21]
Female population > Age 10-14 1,846,359 [29th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.05 [190th of 224]
Female population > Age 100-104 16,400 [3rd of 49]
Female population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.03 [4th of 49]
Female population > Age 15-19 1,948,376 [27th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.21 [190th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 1,923,182 [24th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.17 [194th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 1,875,227 [24th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.09 [202nd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 1,935,477 [24th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.19 [156th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 2,266,940 [20th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.74 [59th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 2,388,023 [16th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.94 [41st of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 2,126,318 [17th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.51 [58th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 1,871,743 [16th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.09 [66th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 1,998,063 [10th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.3 [25th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 1,655,610 [11th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.73 [25th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 1,385,629 [12th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.29 [35th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 1,223,773 [11th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 2.02 [34th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 1,093,677 [12th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.8 [33rd of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 882,953 [11th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.46 [40th of 224]
Female population > Age 85-89 541,649 [6th of 66]
Female population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.89 [16th of 66]
Female population > Age 90-94 252,040 [8th of 49]
Female population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.42 [7th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 81,105 [7th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.13 [6th of 49]
Gender development 0.925 [12th of 141]
Gender development index 0.921 [14th of 17]
Gender empowerment 0.684 [16th of 65]
Gender empowerment measure 0.684 [14th of 17]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital London
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
112,163 (2001 census) - excludes all British-born Greeks (est. 200,000) (BBC Special: Born Abroad . This figure includes only Greeks born in Greece (35,007) and Cyprus (77,156). The actual number of Greeks (and especially Greek Cypriots) in the UK is much higher.)
Home ownership 69% [4th of 14]
Households with more than 5 people 8% [10th of 16]
Jew > Significant geographic populations > Jewish population 267,000 [5th of 15]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > % Jewish 0.5 % [12th of 97]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > Estimated number of Jews 302,207 [7th of 102]
Jewish population > Largest Jewish populations > Top 50 countries by Jewish population > Jews 302,207 [7th of 50]
Lone parent families 10% [2nd of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 1,935,018 [29th of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.19 [190th of 224]
Male population > Age 100-104 2,239 [8th of 49]
Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0 [47th of 49]
Male population > Age 15-19 2,044,622 [25th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.37 [190th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 2,009,457 [23rd of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.32 [194th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 1,960,496 [24th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.23 [199th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 2,039,449 [23rd of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.36 [146th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 2,363,771 [20th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.9 [57th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 2,478,822 [15th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 4.09 [38th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 2,178,583 [14th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.59 [54th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 1,868,292 [14th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.08 [67th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 1,951,540 [11th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.22 [25th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 1,581,539 [10th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.61 [24th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 1,279,026 [11th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.11 [24th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 1,059,728 [11th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.75 [22nd of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 827,084 [11th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.36 [18th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 551,836 [10th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.91 [26th of 224]
Male population > Age 85-89 260,931 [4th of 66]
Male population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.43 [15th of 66]
Male population > Age 90-94 87,225 [7th of 49]
Male population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.14 [11th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 18,951 [8th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.03 [10th of 49]
Marriage rate 6.8 [10th of 27]
Median age > Female 41 years Time series [33rd of 224]
Median age > Male 38.8 years Time series [27th of 224]
Median age > Total 39.9 years Time series [27th of 224]
Nationality > Adjective British Time series
Nationality > Noun
Briton(s), British (collective plural)
Nobel prize laureates 100 [2nd of 44]
    Nobel prize laureates (per capita) 1.65451 per 1 million people [6th of 44]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 115 yr 228 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 1 August 1877
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 17 March 1993
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Charlotte Hughes
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 11 [15th of 22]
Overseas Chinese > 2005 Population 296,623 [15th of 20]
Percentage living in rural areas. 11% [173rd of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 89% [27th of 199]
Persons per room 0.5 [61st of 60]
Population 60,943,912 Time series [22nd of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 60,943,912 Time series [22nd of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 17.93 % Time series [153rd of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 66.11 % Time series [65th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 15.96 % Time series [16th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.66 annual % Time series [140th of 195]
Population growth rate 0.276% Time series [176th of 235]
Population in 2015 61,417 [22nd of 225]
Population in largest city 8,505,053 Time series [18th of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.141 per capita Time series [60th of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 15.74 % Time series [98th of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 15,691,100 Time series [16th of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.261 per capita Time series [34th of 106]
Population, female > % of total 51.1 % Time series [47th of 190]
Projected population growth 6.87% [106th of 141]
Righteous Among the Nations > Count 13 [27th of 43]
Romanian diaspora > Romanian Population 20,000
Rural population 6,203,330 Time series [68th of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.103 per capita Time series [176th of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % 0.07 annual % Time series [120th of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.02 [70th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.02 male(s)/female Time series [76th of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.75 male(s)/female Time series [135th of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.05 male(s)/female Time series [128th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1.02 [82nd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.05 [117th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.75 [128th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.98 [135th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.05 [57th of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 0.98 male(s)/female Time series [131st of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.05 male(s)/female Time series [82nd of 224]
Size of houses 73% [3rd of 18]
Teenage birth rate 30.8 [2nd of 28]
Total fertility rate 1.66 children born/woman Time series [173rd of 225]
Total Population 60,609,153 [22nd of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 3,781,377 [29th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.24 [188th of 224]
Total population > Age 100-104 18,639 [3rd of 49]
Total population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.03 [6th of 49]
Total population > Age 15-19 3,992,998 [26th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 6.59 [190th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 3,932,639 [23rd of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 6.49 [194th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 3,835,723 [24th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 6.33 [203rd of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 3,974,926 [24th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 6.56 [154th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 4,630,711 [20th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 7.64 [60th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 4,866,845 [15th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 8.03 [38th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 4,304,901 [15th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 7.1 [57th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 3,740,035 [16th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 6.17 [67th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 3,949,603 [11th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 6.52 [22nd of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 3,237,149 [10th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 5.34 [21st of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 2,664,655 [12th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 4.4 [32nd of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 2,283,501 [11th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 3.77 [27th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 1,920,761 [11th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 3.17 [29th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 1,434,789 [11th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 2.37 [28th of 224]
Total population > Age 85-89 802,580 [5th of 66]
Total population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.32 [14th of 66]
Total population > Age 90-94 339,265 [8th of 49]
Total population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.56 [7th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 100,056 [7th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.17 [5th of 49]
Total Population > Female 30,627,899 [22nd of 227]
Total Population > Male 29,981,254 [21st of 227]
Urban population 54,023,170 Time series [12th of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.897 per capita Time series [19th of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 0.72 annual % Time series [157th of 195]
Urbanization 90 [22nd of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 88.7% [3rd of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 90.8% [17th of 164]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 82 [5th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 107 [77th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 7 [136th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 13 [143rd of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 99 [38th of 172]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: African diaspora; Wikipedia: African diaspora ; 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economist, 9 October 1999; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table EQ6; divorcereform.org2004; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse, 'The Economic Well-Being of Older People in International Perspective: A Critical Review' (LIS Working Paper 306, June 2002), p. 7; Wikipedia: London ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); see p. 35; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; Economist, 30 March 2002, and Euromonitor; Wikipedia: Jew ; Wikipedia: Jewish population ; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Wikipedia: Overseas Chinese ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Wikipedia: Righteous Among the Nations ; Wikipedia: Romanian diaspora ; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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