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Comparison of The UK Population
Comparison of The UK Population
Questions on UK population
POPULATION DENSITY (PER SQUARE KM)
England 413
Wales 149
+0.6%
+0.4%
+0.3% +0.3%
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N.Ireland
Scotland Scotland
-2,000
76.5 80.7 1.67
years years
England, Scotland and
Wales had more more immigrants
2010-2012 2012 than emigrants in 2012.
Wales N.Ireland
4.8% TOTAL UK 2.9%
POPULATION
Scotland
64.1 England
8.3% MILLION 84.0%
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COUNTRY OF BIRTH
Wales 21.8%
Scotland 9.7%
N.Ireland 4.6%
England 2.7%
Percentage of the country’s population born in one of the other constituent nations of the U.K. 2011 cencus.
2. What was the population of Scotland? Give your answer to the nearest million.
3. What was the combined total population of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
4. Out of Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England, which country had the highest percentage
of its population born in one of the other 3 constituent nations of the UK?
5. What was the range of life expectancy at birth for women for the four countries?
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8. The total fertility rate gives the number of living children that a female will give birth to, on
average, during her lifetime. Which of the four countries had the highest fertility rate?
9. Which country had the population which was predicted to grow at the fastest rate?
10. For which gender and in which country was the life expectancy at birth highest?
11. According to the projected total population, annual growth rate, what would the population of
Scotland have been after 1 year?
12. On average, what area of land was there, per person, for those living in Scotland? Give your answer
in km² to correct to 3d.p.
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