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The United Kingdom: Fun facts and figures. By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová. VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r02 20. Population in the UK. There are about … people in the UK (2013) 64 million 1) In 2001 there were 58 million people. 2) Which place in the world is it on in terms of population? 22nd
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The United Kingdom:Fun facts and figures By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r0220
Population in the UK There are about … people in the UK (2013) 64 million 1) In 2001 there were 58 million people. 2) Which place in the world is it on in terms of population? 22nd 3) What place is it on when it comes to the European Union? 3rd(1. Germany, 2. France) 4) How many percent of the world population does it make? 0.89%
Population in England Can you guess? What was the population in England in …
Can you guess the right number? Most of the figures come from the year 2007, summed up by the newspaper The Telegraph: 1) The UK has 34/ 334/ 3,400airports with paved runways. 2) It has 10, 295/ 1,295/ 5, 295miles of railway. 3) Most households (61/ 81/ 99%) have access to the internet. 4) The average (median) age is 31.6/ 34.6/ 39.6years. 5) There are 5,100/ 15,100/ 51,000people living with AIDS or HIV (2001 est). 6) The River Severn, at 150/220/420miles, is the longest in Britain. 7) There are around 12/18/24million cars.
8) Last year (2006) there were 5.2/ 52/ 520marriages for every 1,000 people. 9) There were 2.9/ 4.9/ 6.9divorces. 10) There are 96/ 99/ 103men to every 100 women. 11) There are 4.2/ 8.2/ 14.2hospital beds per 1,000 people. Answers: 1) 334, 2)10,295, 3) 61%, 4) 39.6, 5) 51,000, 6) 220, 7) 24, 8) 5.2, 9) 2.9, 10) 96, 11) 4.2
Sources: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1562207/The-UK-in-facts-and-figures.html http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/united-kingdom-population/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_320900.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_England