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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Anthem: "God Save the Queen"[note 2]
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Capital and largest city | London 51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.500°N 0.117°W | ||||||||||||
Official language and national language | English | ||||||||||||
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Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||||
• Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||
Theresa May | |||||||||||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||||||
House of Lords | |||||||||||||
House of Commons | |||||||||||||
Formation | |||||||||||||
1535 and 1542 | |||||||||||||
24 March 1603 | |||||||||||||
1 May 1707 | |||||||||||||
1 January 1801 | |||||||||||||
14 September 1893 | |||||||||||||
1 January 1973 | |||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 242,495 km2 (93,628 sq mi)[3] (78th) | ||||||||||||
• Water (%) | 1.34 | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 2016 estimate | 65,648,100[4] (22nd) | ||||||||||||
• 2011 census | 63,181,775[5] (22nd) | ||||||||||||
• Density | 270.7/km2 (701.1/sq mi) (50th) | ||||||||||||
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | ||||||||||||
• Total | $2.880 trillion[6] (9th) | ||||||||||||
• Per capita | $43,620[6] (25th) | ||||||||||||
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | ||||||||||||
• Total | $2.565 trillion[6] (6th) | ||||||||||||
• Per capita | $38,847[6] (19th) | ||||||||||||
Gini (2014) | 31.6[7] medium inequality (33rd) | ||||||||||||
HDI (2015) | 0.909[8] very high (16th) | ||||||||||||
Currency | Pound sterling[note 5] (GBP; £) | ||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC (Greenwich Mean Time[note 6]) | ||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) | ||||||||||||
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | ||||||||||||
Drives on | Left | ||||||||||||
Calling code | +44[note 7] | ||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | GB | ||||||||||||
Internet TLD | .uk[note 8] |
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- ^ "National Anthem". Official web site of the British Royal Family. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "List of declarations made with respect to treaty No. 148". Council of Europe. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
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(help) - ^ "Population estimates – Office for National Statistics U.K." www.ons.gov.uk.
- ^ "2011 UK censuses". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects – United Kingdom". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)". Eurostat Data Explorer. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.