What you need to know

Population

• How many people live in the countries of the UK?
• What is the census and how is census data collected and used?
• How many people belong to an ethnic minority and which are the largest minority groups? Where are there large ethnic communities?

The regions of Britain

• Where are Geordie, Cockney and Scouse dialects spoken?
• What languages other than English are spoken in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales?