United Kingdom
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||||||
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| Motto: "Dieu et mon droit" (French) "God and my right"[1] |
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| Anthem: "God Save the Queen"[2] |
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 The United Kingdom (dark green) shown in relation to the European Union (light green) and other areas of Europe (dark grey)
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| Capital (and largest city) | London 51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.5°N 0.117°W | |||||
| Official languages | English (de facto)[3] | |||||
| Regional languages | Irish, Ulster Scots, Scottish Gaelic , Scots, Welsh, Cornish[4] | |||||
| Ethnic groups (United Kingdom Census 2001[5]) | 92.1% White 4.0% South Asian 2.0% Black 1.2% British Mixed-Race 0.4% Chinese 0.4% Other ethnic group |
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| Demonym | British, Briton | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | MP | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| - | Upper House | House of Lords | ||||
| - | Lower House | House of Commons | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Acts of Union 1707 | 1 May 1707 | ||||
| - | Act of Union 1800 | 1 January 1801 | ||||
| - | Anglo-Irish Treaty | 12 April 1922 | ||||
| European Union accession | 1 January 1973 | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 244,820 km2 (79th) 94,526 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 1.34 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2009 estimate | 61,612,300[6] (22nd) | ||||
| - | 2001 census | 58,789,194[7] | ||||
| - | Density | 246/km2 (48th) 637/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $2,230 billion[8] (7th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $36,523[8] (18th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $2,674 billion[8] (6th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $43,785[8] (20th) | ||||
| Gini (2005) | 34[9] | |||||
| HDI (2008) | ▼ 0.947 (high) (21st) | |||||
| Currency | Pound sterling[10] (GBP) |
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| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | Western European Summer Time (UTC+1) | ||||
| Drives on the | left[11] | |||||
| Internet TLD | .uk[12] | |||||
| Calling code | 44 | |||||
- ↑ This is the royal motto. In Scotland, the royal motto is the Scots phrase In My Defens God Me Defend (Shown in the abbreviated form "IN DEFENS"). There is a variant form of the coat-of-arms for use in Scotland.
- ↑ It serves as the de facto National Anthem as well as being the Royal anthem for several other countries.
- ↑ English is established by de facto usage. (In Wales, Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg is legally tasked with ensuring that, "in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice, the English and Welsh languages should be treated on a basis of equality". "Welsh Language Act 1993". Office of Public Sector Information. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1993/Ukpga_19930038_en_2.htm. Retrieved on 3 September 2007.. Bòrd na Gàidhlig is tasked with "securing the status of the Scottish Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language" "Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005". Office of Public Sector Information. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2005/asp_20050007_en_1. Retrieved on 9 March 2007.
- ↑ Under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages the Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Irish, Ulster Scots and Scots languages are officially recognised as Regional or Minority languages by the United Kingdom Government ("European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages". Scottish Executive. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/ArtsCulture/gaelic/gaelic-english/17910/europeancharter. Retrieved on 23 August 2007.) See also Languages in the United Kingdom.
- ↑ "United Kingdom population by ethnic group". United Kingdom Census 2001. Office for National Statistics. 2001-04-01. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6588.xls. Retrieved on 2009-04-15.
- ↑ "Eurostat estimate". http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2008/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2008_MONTH_12/3-15122008-EN-AP.PDF. Retrieved on 16 October 2008.
- ↑ Population Estimates at www.statistics.gov.uk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "United Kingdom". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=68&pr.y=19&sy=2006&ey=2009&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=112&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=. Retrieved on 2009-04-22.
- ↑ "The World Factbook - United Kingdom". CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html#Econ. Retrieved on 23 September 2008.
- ↑ The Euro is accepted in many payphones and some larger shops.
- ↑ British dependencies drive on the left except for BIOT and Gibraltar.
- ↑ ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 states that this should be Great Britain|GB, but .gb is practically unused. The .eu domain is shared with other European Union member states.