_#_Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Briton(s), British (collective pl.); adjective—British
_#_Ethnic divisions: English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%
_#_Religion: Anglican 27.0 million, Roman Catholic 5.3 million, Presbyterian 2.0 million, Methodist 760,000, Jewish 410,000
_#_Language: English, Welsh (about 26% of population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
_#_Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1978 est.)
_#_Labor force: 28,966,000; services 60.6%, manufacturing and construction 27.2%, government 8.9%, energy 2.1%, agriculture 1.2% (June 1990)
_#_Organized labor: 35.7% of labor force (1989)
_*Government #_Long-form name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; abbreviated UK
_#_Type: constitutional monarchy