Northern Europe
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Core facts
- Capital
- London
- Population
- 69,281,437
- Area
- 244,376 km^2
- Country code
- GBR
- Flag emoji
- 🇬🇧
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 283.5 per km^2
- Calling code
- +44
Culture and society
- Languages
- English
- Religions
- Christianity (46.0%), Unaffiliated (37.0%), Other religions (7.0%), Islam (6.0%), Hinduism (2.0%), Sikhism (100.0%), Buddhism (100.0%)
- Native names
- United Kingdom
- Demonyms (EN)
- British / British
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC-08:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00, UTC, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC+06:00
- Alternative spellings
- GB, UK, Great Britain
Geography and map
- Continents
- Europe
- Coordinates
- 54.00, -2.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- IRL
- Border countries count
- 1
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- British pound (£)
- Top-level domain
- .uk
- FIFA code
- N/A
- Capital coordinates
- 51.50, -0.08
- Postal code format
- @# #@@|@## #@@|@@# #@@|@@## #@@|@#@ #@@|@@#@ #@@|GIR0AA
- Gini index
- 35.1 (2017)
- Coat of arms
