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Age Structure: The distribution of people of various ages. About 17.62% of the UK's population is 0-14 years old. 63.53% of the UK's population is 15-64 years old. 18.85% of the UK's population is over 64.
The chart below displays the age distribution in the UK.
Sex Ratio: The number of males per 100 females in a population. There are 97.75 males per 100 females in the UK.
The chart below displays the sex ratio at birth by ethnicity in the UK.
Patterns of age structure and sex ratio vary across different regions of the UK:
In Wales, about 21.3% of the population was over 64 years old. However, only about 16.8% of Scotland's population was over 64.
In Wales, the male-to-female ratio was 97.4 %. However, in Northern Ireland the sex ratio was was 97.1 %.
The chart to the right depicts how patterns of sex ratio vary across different regions of Northern Ireland.
Population Pyramids:
Population pyramids assess growth and decline and predict markets for goods and services.
The graph to the left is a population pyramid depicting the population of the UK. This population pyramid can tell you a lot about life expectancy and sex ratio.
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