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United Kingdom

Island country in north-west Europe

Also known as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · U K · G B · Great Britain · Great Britain and Northern Ireland · the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Capital
Population
GDP (nominal)
Head of state
Head of government

Overview

Economy & society

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population
Human Development Index
Life expectancy · years
Female population
Male population

All data

1,064 statements · 41% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Coordinates of southernmost point
  • 49.9567°N, 5.2070°W
Gini coefficient
  • 32.8(2012)
Native label
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Public holiday
Diplomatic relation
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Geoshape
  • Data:United Kingdom.map
Coordinates of easternmost point
  • 52.4811°N, 1.7630°E
Demonym
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Life expectancy
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Member of
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Shares border with
IPA transcription
  • ˈstuɾbɾɪtɑːnɪɑ language: Norwegian
  • vʲɪlʲɪkəbrʲɪˈtanʲɪj language: Russian
  • jʊ̈nai̯tɘd kɪŋɡdə̯m language: English
  • vʲɛlka brɨtaɲa language: Polish
  • zukt̪ɔ raizzɔ language: Sylheti
  • fɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪ̯nɪçtəs ˈkøːnɪçˌʁaɪ̯ç language: German
  • fɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪ̯nɪktəs ˈkøːnɪkˌʁaɪ̯ç language: German
Coordinates of westernmost point
  • 54.4648°N, 8.1775°W
Unicode character
  • 🇬🇧 statement is subject of: 🇬🇧
Ethnic group
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Age of majority
  • 18 years old
Coordinates of northernmost point
  • 60.8700°N, 0.8700°W
Total fertility rate
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Official name
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(since 1927)
  • Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Irland
  • Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon
  • Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord
  • Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland
  • Regne Unit
  • Förenade konungariket Storbritannien och Nordirland
  • Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
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  • Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska
  • Zjednoćene kralestwo Wulkeje Britaniskeje a Sewjerneje Irskeje
  • Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
  • Соединённое королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии
  • Об'єднане Королівство Великої Британії та Північної Ірландії
  • Ir-Renju Unit tal-Gran Brittanja u l-Irlanda ta' Fuq
  • Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și al Irlandei de Nord
  • Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királysága
  • Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και της Βόρειας Ιρλανδίας
  • le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord
    1
  • Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte
  • ꠉꠦꠞꠦꠁꠐ ꠛꠤꠐꠦꠘꠞ ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ ꠝꠘ꠆ꠒꠟꠤ ꠀꠞ ꠃꠔ꠆ꠞꠞ ꠘꠦꠖꠣꠞ꠆ꠟꠦꠘ꠆ꠒ
  • Подшоҳии Муттаҳидаи Бритониёи Кабир ва Ирланди Шимолӣ
    1
  • Zjednoczone Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej
    1
  • Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei de Nord
Mains voltage
Number of out-of-school children
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Highest point
Lowest point
  • The Fens elevation: -4 m · coordinates: 52.4833°N, 0.2167°W
Contains the administrative territorial entity
VAT rate
Democracy Index
Human Development Index
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Hashtag
  • UnitedKingdom
  • uk
  • united_kingdom
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
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Suicide rate
  • 6.9(2019)
Motto text
  • Dieu et mon droit
Named after
  • union applies to name of subject: United Kingdom
Birth rate
  • 10(2022)
  • 10.1(2021)
  • 10.1(2020)
  • 10.7(2019)
Male population
  • 33.5M(2022)
  • 33.1M(2021)
  • 33.1M(2020)
  • 33M(2019)
Death rate
  • 9.1(2022)
  • 9.7(2021)
  • 10.1(2020)
  • 9(2019)
Rural population
  • 10.6M(2022)
  • 10.6M(2021)
  • 10.8M(2020)
  • 10.9M(2019)
Female population
  • 34.3M(2022)
  • 33.9M(2021)
  • 33.9M(2020)
  • 33.8M(2019)
Urban population
  • 57.2M(2022)
  • 56.4M(2021)
  • 56.3M(2020)
  • 55.9M(2019)
Short name
  • United Kingdom
  • Britain
  • Britain
  • Storbritannien
  • Великобритания
  • Соединённое Королевство
  • Велика Британія
  • Ir-Renju Unit
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  • Regatul Unit
  • ΗΒ
  • ꠁꠃꠇꠦ ipa transcription: iʊxe
  • ব্রিটেন
  • Vereinigtes Königreich
  • Wielka Brytania
Number of seats in assembly
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Coordinates of geographic center
  • 55.3781°N, 3.4360°W

On other databases

249 identifiers linking United Kingdom across the web's reference databases