Transcript VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r0218 The UK facts and figuresx

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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%
Can you guess? What was the population in England in …
2011
cca 53,000,000
1951
cca
39,000,000
cca
30,000,000
(After WWII)
1901
(the death of Queen Victoria)
1801
(Napoleonic Wars)
1350
(The Hundred Years‘ War with
France)
100 BC
(the Celts, about 50 years before
Julius Caesar came)
cca 8,000,000
3,000,000
1,500,000
Most of the figures come from the year 2007, summed up by
the newspaper The Telegraph:
1) The UK has 34/ 334/ 3,400 airports with
paved runways.
2) It has 10, 295/ 1,295/ 5, 295 miles of railway.
3) Most households (61/ 81/ 99 %) have access
to the internet.
4) The average (median) age is 31.6/ 34.6/
39.6 years.
5) There are 5,100/ 15,100/ 51,000 people living
with AIDS or HIV (2001 est).
6) The River Severn, at 150/220/420 miles, is
the longest in Britain.
7) There are around 12/18/24 million cars.
8) Last year (2006) there were 5.2/ 52/ 520
marriages for every 1,000 people.
9) There were 2.9/ 4.9/ 6.9 divorces.
10) There are 96/ 99/ 103 men to every 100
women.
11) There are 4.2/ 8.2/ 14.2 hospital 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