Population: 57,028,169 (July 1989), growth rate 0.2% (1989)

Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1989)

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

Ethnic divisions: 81.5% English, 9.6% Scottish, 2.4% Irish, 1.9% Welsh, 1.8% Ulster, 2.8% West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other

Religion: 27.0 million Anglican, 5.3 million Roman Catholic, 2.0 million Presbyterian, 760,000 Methodist, 410,000 Jewish

Language: English, Welsh (about 26% of population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

Literacy: 99%

Labor force: 28,200,000; 52.1% services, 23.4% manufacturing and construction, 10.5% self-employed, 4.0% government, 1.1% agriculture (1988)

Organized labor: 37% of labor force (1987)

NOTE: The information regarding United Kingdom on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United Kingdom People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Kingdom People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.