United Kingdom: Factsheet

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Map
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Name United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Capital London
Time
(Winter/Summer)
GMT/
EST (UTC+1)
Area, sq km
(total/land/water)
244,820/
241,590/
3,230
Languages English;
Welsh;
Scottish
Major cities London 7,172,091;
Birmingham 970,892;
Glasgow 629,501;
Liverpool 469,017;
Leeds 443,247;
Sheffield 439,866
Population 60,776,238 Birth/Death rate,
per thousand
10.67/
10.09
Dialing Code +44 Telephones
(landlines/mobiles)
32.943 million/
61.091 million
Domain extension .uk Internet
(hosts/users)
6.065 million/
37.6 million
Currency British pound (GBP) GDP $2.346 trillion
Unemployment 2.9% Inflation 3.0%

Source: Wikipedia, CIA Factbook (full compilation available here)