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Population

Size , its changes

Distribution

Towns

Ethnic makeup

Age breakdown

Religion(s)
1. Size.
1 July 2006 population estimates by UK National Statistics:
Part
Population (mid-2006)
% (mid-2006)
England
50,762,900
83.8
Scotland
5,116,900
8.4
Wales
2,965,900
4.9
Northern Ireland
1,741,600
2.9
United Kingdom
60,587,300
100
Although Britain is quite small in terms of land area (245,000 sq km), it has a large population of nearly 61 million, which ranks the 21st in the world (Britain is the 21st most populous state in the world) and the third largest in the European Union. The size of population is changing very slowly.
Natural change is the difference between birth and death rates. It may be a natural increase or a natural decrease.
Birth rate – the number of babies born per 1,000 persons per year – 12
Death rate – the number of people who die per 1,000 persons – 9.9
Natural increase per 1,000 population – 2.1. (USA – 5.5, Brazil – 12.9, Bangladesh – 17,3)
The size of population may change mechanically, too – through immigration and emigration .
2. Distribution.
What does a population distribution map show? – How people are spread out across the country .
What does population density tell us? – How crowded places are.
Densely populated means that places are crowded, have a high population density.
Sparsely populated means that places have few people, have a low population density.
The average population density in Britain is 247 inhabitants per square kilometre., which is well above the European Union average of about 114 per sq km.
England has 383 people per sq km, Scotland has 65, Wales 142 and Northern Ireland 125.
3. Towns. Most people in Britain live in towns or cities (92%) – that is – most of the population is urban . Population of the main urban areas in 2001:
London 7,172,091
Birmingham 970,892
Glasgow 629,501
Edinburgh 430,082
Manchester 394,269
Cardiff 292,150
Belfast 276,459
The highest densities are to be found in conurbations, which are groups of once separate towns that have grown together. Although Britain is short of housing , planners like to keep a belt of undeveloped land around cities known as a green belt to reduce pollution and provide open spaces for leisure . This has meant that the only alternative to the redevelopment of slum areas in the conurbations ( such as the Docklands development in London) has been the creation of New Towns such as Harlow in Essex. The industrial area in these purpose- built towns is separate from housing and there are more green, open spaces. New Towns have partially failed, however , especially since many are near enough to conurbations for people to use them as dormitory towns (towns where a large percentage of the population commutes daily to work in a conurbation) and recent government policy has been to expand existing towns like Telford and Milton Keynes ( formed from the amalgamation of a group of villages), which is cheaper than creating an entirely new town.

Ethnic makeup
English 81%
Scottish 10%
Irish 2%
Welsh 2%
Northern Irish 2%
ethnic minority groups
English is the official language , but many people know more than one language. Around 20% of the people in Wales speak Welsh and children learn it in Welsh schools . About 70,000 people in Scotland speak Gaelic. For centuries people from overseas have settled in Britain to escape persecution or in search of a better standard of living . they have brought with them their languages , cultures and religions. The most widely spoken minority languages today are from the Asian subcontinent, the other languages include Italian, Spanish , Greek, Turkish and Chinese . The largest ethnic minorities are of Caribbean or African descent (1.2 million), Indians (1.6 million), Pakistani (1 million) and Bangladeshi (0.5 million).

Age breakdown
In common with most countries in Western Europe , Britain has an ageing population.
Under 15 years of age 18%
15-64 years of age 66.3%
65 years of age and over 15.7%
The proportion of population of pensionable age is increasing. People are living longer. Their life expectancy at birth is over 70 years in the developed world (improvement in health care, medicines and people’s diets). The ethnic minority population has a younger age structure than the white population.

Why British not English?

Many foreigners say “England” and “English” when they mean “Britain”, or the “UK”, and “British”. This is very annoying for the 5 million people who live in Scotland (the Scottish), the 2.8 million people in Wales (the Welsh) and 1.5 million in Northern Ireland (the Irish) who are certainly not English. However, the people from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England are all British. What makes the Scottish, Welsh, English and Northern Irish different from each other ? About 2,000 years ago the British Isles were inhabited by the Celts who originally came from continental Europe. During the next 1,000 years there were many invasions : the Romans from Italy , the Angles and Saxons from Germany , Denmark and the Netherlands , the Vikings from Denmark and Norway , and the Normans from France . These invasions drove the Celts into what is now Wales and Scotland, and they remained, of course , in Ireland. The English, on the other hand , are the descendants of all the invaders, but are more Anglo- Saxon than anything else. These various origins explain many of the differences to be found between England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland – differences in education, religion and the legal systems, but most obviously, in language.

Language

The Celts spoke Gaelic which survives today in the form of Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic. Less than a quarter of all Welsh people speak Welsh. Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are still spoken, although they have suffered more than Welsh from the spread of English. However, all three languages are now officially encouraged and taught in schools. Nowadays all Welsh, Scottish and Irish people speak English ( even if they speak their own language as well), but all the countries have their own special accents and dialects, and their people are easily recognizable as soon as they speak. A southern English accent is usually taught to foreigners as it is the most easily understood .

Regional movements of people

For over a century there has been a drift of people from the north and west to the south - east of England. Some of the major reasons for this movement are listed here .

A decline in the farming workforce and rural population (rural depopulation).

The exhaustion of raw materials (coal and iron ore).

The decline of the basic heavy industries, such as steel , textiles and shipbuilding. Those wishing to work had to move south.

Higher birth rate in the industrial cities meant more potential job-seekers.

Movements away from conurbations

Since the mid-1950s, large numbers of people have moved out of London. At first these were the people who were forced to move as large areas of 19th -century inner-city housing were demolished. Many of these people were rehoused in one of the several new towns which were created around London. More recently even the outer suburbs have lost population as people have moved to smaller towns, or into commuter and suburbanized villages, with a more rural environment.

Religions

The official religion in Britain is Christianity. Schools in Britain must teach pupils about Christianity and Christian festivals but Britain is a country in which many faiths are important . Other major religions in Britain are Islam (1.6 million Muslims ) and religions of Indian origin (over 1 million people), including Hinduism (560,000), Sikhism (340,000) and
Buddhism (150,000).
The ten most populous urban areas in the UK are:
Nearly one-third of the population lives in
these areas, which cover a fifth of all urban land.
List of the largest cities in the UK (2001):

City
Location
Population
1
London
London
7,172,091
2
Birmingham
West Midlands
970,892
3
Glasgow
Scotland
629,501
4
Liverpool
North West England
469,017
5
Leeds
Yorkshire and the Humber
443,247
6
Sheffield
Yorkshire and the Humber
439,866
7
Edinburgh
Scotland
430,082
8
Bristol
South West England
420,556
9
Manchester
North West England
394,269
10
Leicester
East Midlands
330,574
11
Coventry
West Midlands
303,475
12
Kingston upon Hull
Yorkshire and the Humber
301,416
13
Bradford
Yorkshire and the Humber
293,717
14
Cardiff
Wales
292,150
15
Belfast
Northern Ireland
276,459
16
Stoke -on-Trent
West Midlands
259,252
17
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
251,462
18
Nottingham
East Midlands
249,584
19
Plymouth
South West England
243,795
20
Southampton
South East England
234,224

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