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United Kingdom - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
60,776,238 (July 2007 est.)total population: 78.7 years
male: 76.23 years
female: 81.3 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census)Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
LanguagesLiteracy
English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
constitutional monarchy London
IndependanceNational day
England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales, begun in 1284 with the Statute of Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 with an Act of Union; in another Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday
ConstitutionLegal system
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practicecommon law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$2.341 trillion (2006 est.)2.7% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$31,400 (2006 est.)2.9% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
17% (2002 est.)3% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$468.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$603 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$38.83 billion (August 2006 est.)British pound (GBP)
Military expenditures
2.4% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
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 244,820 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcastcoal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
61.091 million (2004).uk
Internet hostsInternet users
6.065 million (2006)37.6 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
471 (2006)17,156 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
388,008 km condensate 565 km; condensate/gas 6 km; gas 21,575 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 5,094 km; oil/gas/water 161 km; refined products 4,444 km (2006)