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United Republic of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
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| Anthem: "Rule, Britannia!" 'Rule, Britannia!' (United States Army Strings).oga | |
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| Capital and largest city | London 51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.500°N 0.117°W |
| National language | |
| Regional and minority languages[a] | |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Religion |
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| Demonym(s) | |
| Government | Federal Parliamentary republic |
| Keir Starmer | |
| Angela Rayner | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| House of Commons | |
| Formation | |
| 1535 and 1542 | |
| 24 March 1603 | |
| 22 July 1706 | |
| 1 May 1707 | |
| 1 January 1801 | |
| 6 December 1922 | |
| Area | |
• Total[d] | 244,376 km2 (94,354 sq mi)[8] (78th) |
• Land[c] | 242,495 km2 (93,628 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2023 estimate |  68,265,209[9] (21st) |
• 2021 census | 66,940,559[b][10][11][12] |
• Density | 281/km2 (727.8/sq mi)[9] (51st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
• Total |  $4.282 trillion[13] (10th) |
• Per capita | $62,574[13] (28th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | $3.588 trillion[13] (6th) |
• Per capita | $52,423[13] (20th) |
| Gini (2021) |  35.4[14]medium inequality |
| HDI (2022) | 0.940[15] very high (15th) |
| Currency | Pound sterling[e] (£) (GBP) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST[f]) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD)[g] |
| Drives on | Left[h] |
| Calling code | +44[i] |
| Internet TLD | .uk[j] |
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- ^ "Ethnic group". Office for National Statistics. 28 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "MS-B01 Ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 30 November 2023. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion". Scotland's Census. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Religion (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. 5 April 2023. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "MS-B21 Religion - full detail". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 31 May 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Standard Area Measurements for Administrative Areas (December 2023) in the UK". Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2023". www.ons.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics (ONS). 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Population and household estimates, England and Wales: Census 2021, unrounded data". Office for National Statistics. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "2021 Census". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Quality Assurance report – Unrounded population estimates and ethnic group, national identity, language and religion topic data". Scotland's Census. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "IMF DataMapper: United Kingdom". International Monetary Fund. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Income inequality". OECD Data. OECD. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2023/24" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Formatting dates and times in data". gov.uk. HM Government. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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