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Population: 60,776,238 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.2% (male 5,349,053/female 5,095,837) 15-64 years: 67% (male 20,605,031/female 20,104,313) 65 years and over: 15.8% (male 4,123,464/female 5,498,540) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.275% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 10.67 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 10.09 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.025 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 5.01 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.7 years male: 76.23 years female: 81.3 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.66 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 51,000 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.).

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

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).

Religions: Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 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% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.93 trillion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 2.8% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $31,800 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1% industry: 25.6% services: 73.4% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 31.1 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 1.4% industry: 18.2% services: 80.4% (2006 est.).

Population below poverty line: 17% (2002 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 28.5% (1999).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 2.9% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $973 billion expenditures: $1.04 trillion; including capital expenditures of $87 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish.

Industries: machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods.

Industrial production growth rate: 0% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 363.2 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 345.2 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 2.3 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 9.8 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $468.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco.

Exports - partners: US 15.1%, Germany 10.5%, France 8.9%, Ireland 7.3%, Netherlands 5.5%, Belgium 5%, Spain 4.4% (2005).

Imports: $603 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs.

Imports - partners: Germany 12.8%, US 8.7%, France 7.1%, Netherlands 6.6%, China 5%, Norway 4.7%, Belgium 4.6%, Italy 4% (2005).

Debt - external: $8.28 trillion (30 June 2006).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $10.7 billion (2005).

Currency (code): British pound (GBP).

Exchange rates: British pounds per US dollar - 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002).

Fiscal year: 6 April - 5 April.