Country: (long form)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital: London
Total Area: 94,525.53 sq mi or 244,820.00 sq km
Population: 59,647,790 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 58,210,627
Languages: English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Literacy: 99% total, N/A% male, N/A%, (1978 est.)
Religions: Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)
Life Expectancy: 75.13 male, 80.66 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: Constitutional monarchy
Currency: 1 British pound = 100 pence
Industry: machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods
Agriculture: cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish
Arable Land: 25%
Natural Resources: coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land

 

        
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