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Current account balance : $-7.556 billion (2003) . HIV Ashford : 0.1% (2001 est.) Population below poverty line : 17% (2002 est.) . Literacy : 99% (2000 est.) House hold income lowest than 10% : 2,30% House hold income highest than 10% : 27.7% (1995) Inflation : 1.4% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : 5% (2003 est.) . Internet Users : 25 million (2002) . Location Ashford : Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France . Geographic Coordinates : 54 00 N, 2 00 W . Religion : Anglican and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000 . Administrative region : England - 47 boroughs, 36 counties, 29 London boroughs, 12 cities and boroughs, 10 districts, 12 cities, 3 royal boroughs . Terrain : mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast . Elevation extremes lowest : The Fens -4 m . Elevation extremes highest : Ben Nevis 1,343 m . Natural resources : coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land . Land use arable land : 23,46%. Land use permanentcrops : 0,21%. Irrigated land : 1,080 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : winter windstorms; floods . Environment current issues : continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target and move towards a domestic goal of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government aims to reduce the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and to recycle or compost at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015; between 1998-99 and 1999-2000, household recycling increased from 8.8% to 10.3% . Geography note : lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and now linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters . Population : 60,270,708 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 18%. age -14 men : 5 560 489. age -14 ladies : 5 293 871. age 15/64 p : 66,30%. age 15/64 men : 20 193 876. age 15/64 ladies : 19 736 516. age +65 p : 15,70%. age +65 men : 4 027 721. age +65 ladies : 5 458 235. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 38.7 years . median age male : 37.6 years . median age female : 39.8 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 0.29% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 10.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 10.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : 2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 1.02 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.74 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 78.27 years . life expectancy at birth male : 75.84 years . life expectancy at birth female : 80.83 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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