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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Anthem: "God Save the Queen"
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Location of the United Kingdom (dark green)
– in Europe (green & dark grey) |
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Capital and largest city |
London 51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.500°N 0.117°W |
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Official language and national language |
English | ||||||||||||
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Demonym |
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Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||||
• Monarch
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Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||
Theresa May | |||||||||||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||||||
House of Lords | |||||||||||||
House of Commons | |||||||||||||
Formation | |||||||||||||
1535 and 1542 | |||||||||||||
24 March 1603 | |||||||||||||
1 May 1707 | |||||||||||||
1 January 1801 | |||||||||||||
5 December 1922 | |||||||||||||
• EEC accession
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1 January 1973 | ||||||||||||
Since 1999 | |||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Total
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242,495 km2 (93,628 sq mi) (78th) | ||||||||||||
• Water (%)
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1.34 | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 2016 estimate
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65,110,000 (22nd) | ||||||||||||
• 2011 census
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63,181,775 (22nd) | ||||||||||||
• Density
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255.6/km2 (662.0/sq mi) (51st) | ||||||||||||
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||||||||||
• Total
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$2.79 trillion (9th) | ||||||||||||
• Per capita
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$42,514 (25th) | ||||||||||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||||||||||
• Total
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$2.65 trillion (5th) | ||||||||||||
• Per capita
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$43,902 (13th) | ||||||||||||
Gini (2014) |
![]() medium · 33rd |
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HDI (2014) |
![]() very high · 14th |
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Currency | Pound sterling (GBP; £) | ||||||||||||
Time zone | GMT(UTC) | ||||||||||||
• Summer (DST)
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BST (UTC+1) | ||||||||||||
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | ||||||||||||
Drives on the | left | ||||||||||||
Calling code | +44 | ||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | GB | ||||||||||||
Internet TLD | .uk |
Scots: | Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland |
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Ulster Scots: | Claught Kängrick o Docht Brätain an Norlin Airlann |
Welsh: | Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon |
Cornish: | Rywvaneth Unys Breten Veur ha Kledhbarth Iwerdhon |
Scottish Gaelic: | Rìoghachd Aonaichte Bhreatainn is Èireann a Tuath |
Irish: | Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart Éireann |
– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain (the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands.Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—
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