Geography - note:
lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters
People
United Kingdom
Population:
60,943,912 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.9% (male 5,287,590/female 5,036,881) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 20,698,645/female 20,185,040) 65 years and over: 16% (male 4,186,561/female 5,549,195) (2008 est.)
Median age:
total: 39.9 years male: 38.8 years female: 41 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate: