United Kingdom People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 56,458,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0.1%

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, 0.8% other; West Indian, Indian, Pakistani 2%

Religion 27.0 million Anglican, 5.3 million Roman Catholic, 2 0 million Presbyterian, 760,000 Methodist, 450,000 Jewish (registered)

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

Infant mortality rate: 10.1/1,000'1983)

Life expectancy: 74

Literacy. 99%

Labor force: (1985) 27 58 million; 23% man ufacturing and construction, 49 4% services, 9 5% self-employed, 10.4% government, 1.2% agriculture; 13.1% unemployed (November 1985)

Organized labor: 40% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding United Kingdom on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United Kingdom 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Kingdom 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.