United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , GB
United Kingdom: Country in Western Europe
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is located at 54°0'0"N 4°0'0"W (54.0, -4.0). It has 17 neighbors: Cyprus, Maldives, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, France, Norway, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Venezuela, Argentina and Union.
The largest city of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is London with a population of 8,908,081. Other cities include, Glasgow population 626,410, Bristol population 567,111, Liverpool population 513,441 and Leicester population 464,395. See all United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland cities & populated places.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Quick Facts
| Population : | 66,022,273 |
| Country : | United Kingdom |
| Different from : | Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Category:United Kingdom |
| Head of government : | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Plate code : | GB |
| Area : | 242495.41 km2 |
| Official name : | Ir-Renju Unit tal-Gran Brittanja u l-Irlanda ta' Fuq, Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și al Irlandei de Nord, Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord, Об'єднане Королівство Великої Британії та Північної Ірландії, Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon, Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska, Förenade konungariket Storbritannien och Nordirland, Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Irland, Zjednoćene kralestwo Wulkeje Britaniskeje a Sewjerneje Irskeje, Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord, le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord, Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και της Βόρειας Ιρλανδίας, Соединённое королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии, Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királysága, Regne Unit, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Continent : | Europe |
| Easternmost point : | Point(1.76297307 52.48106832) |
| Northernmost point : | Point(-0.87 60.87) |
| Legislative body : | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Official language : | English, Welsh |
| Capital : | London |
| Establishment : | April 04, 1927 (94 years ago) |
| Time Zone : | Greenwich Mean Time, Western European Time, UTC±00:00, UTC−04:00, UTC+06:00, UTC−08:00, UTC+02:00, UTC−05:00, UTC+01:00, UTC−04:00, UTC−02:00, UTC±00:00, UTC+02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Local time : | 22:32:43 (16th May 2021) |
- Boris Johnson , 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Theresa May , 24 July, 2019 2016-07-13T00:00:00Z
- David Cameron , 12 July, 2016 2010-05-11T00:00:00Z
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has 17 neighbors .
- Republic of Cyprus Independent country situated on an island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
- Republic of Maldives Independent country in South Asia, situated on an archipelago in the Arabian Sea
- Kingdom of Spain Independent country in southwestern Europe with territories in the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and northern Africa
- Kingdom of Denmark Independent country in northern Europe that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark
- Kingdom of Belgium Independent country in western Europe
- Federal Republic of Germany Independent country in Central Europe
- Ireland Independent country in northwestern Europe covering five-sixths of the island of Ireland
- Republic of France Independent country with mainland in Western Europe and several overseas territories
- Kingdom of Norway Independent country in northern Europe
- Jamaica island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
- Republic of Cuba Independent country situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
- Commonwealth of The Bahamas island sovereign state in the West Indies
- Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
- Antigua and Barbuda island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Independent country in northern South America
- Argentine Republic Independent country in South America
- Union economic and political union of 27 states mostly located in Europe
- Southern Ireland
- Scotland
- England
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
Demographics
| Year | Population | % Change | Method |
| 1960 | 52,400,000 | - | |
| 1961 | 52,800,000 | 0.76% | estimation process |
| 1962 | 53,250,000 | 0.85% | estimation process |
| 1963 | 53,650,000 | 0.75% | estimation process |
| 1964 | 54,000,000 | 0.65% | |
| 1965 | 54,348,050 | 0.64% | census |
| 1966 | 54,648,500 | 0.55% | |
| 1967 | 54,943,600 | 0.54% | census |
| 1968 | 55,211,700 | 0.49% | census |
| 1969 | 55,441,750 | 0.41% | estimation process |
| 1970 | 55,663,250 | 0.4% | census |
| 1971 | 55,896,223 | 0.42% | census |
| 1972 | 56,086,065 | 0.34% | census |
| 1973 | 56,194,527 | 0.19% | estimation process |
| 1974 | 56,229,974 | 0.06% | estimation process |
| 1975 | 56,225,800 | -0.01% | estimation process |
| 1976 | 56,211,968 | -0.02% | census |
| 1977 | 56,193,492 | -0.03% | |
| 1978 | 56,196,504 | 0.01% | census |
| 1979 | 56,246,951 | 0.09% | census |
| 1980 | 56,314,216 | 0.12% | census |
| 1981 | 56,333,829 | 0.03% | census |
| 1982 | 56,313,641 | -0.04% | census |
| 1983 | 56,332,848 | 0.03% | |
| 1984 | 56,422,072 | 0.16% | census |
| 1985 | 56,550,268 | 0.23% | |
| 1986 | 56,681,396 | 0.23% | estimation process |
| 1987 | 56,802,050 | 0.21% | |
| 1988 | 56,928,327 | 0.22% | |
| 1989 | 57,076,711 | 0.26% | estimation process |
| 1990 | 57,247,586 | 0.3% | census |
| 1991 | 57,424,897 | 0.31% | census |
| 1992 | 57,580,402 | 0.27% | census |
| 1993 | 57,718,614 | 0.24% | estimation process |
| 1994 | 57,865,745 | 0.25% | census |
| 1995 | 58,019,030 | 0.26% | estimation process |
| 1996 | 58,166,950 | 0.25% | estimation process |
| 1997 | 58,316,954 | 0.26% | |
| 1998 | 58,487,141 | 0.29% | estimation process |
| 1999 | 58,682,466 | 0.33% | estimation process |
| 2000 | 58,892,514 | 0.36% | census |
| 2001 | 59,119,673 | 0.38% | estimation process |
| 2002 | 59,370,479 | 0.42% | census |
| 2003 | 59,647,577 | 0.46% | estimation process |
| 2004 | 59,987,905 | 0.57% | census |
| 2005 | 60,401,206 | 0.68% | census |
| 2006 | 60,846,820 | 0.73% | census |
| 2007 | 61,322,463 | 0.78% | estimation process |
| 2008 | 61,806,995 | 0.78% | estimation process |
| 2009 | 62,276,270 | 0.75% | estimation process |
| 2010 | 62,766,365 | 0.78% | census |
| 2011 | 63,258,918 | 0.78% | |
| 2012 | 63,700,300 | 0.69% | census |
| 2013 | 64,106,779 | 0.63% | |
| 2014 | 64,602,298 | 0.77% | (Worldbank) |
| 2015 | 65,116,219 | 0.79% | (Worldbank) |
| 2016 | 65,102,385 | -0.02% | estimation process |
| 2017 | 66,022,273 | 1.39% | estimation process |
| 2018 | 66,460,344 | 0.66% | (Worldbank) |
| 2019 | 66,834,405 | 0.56% | (Worldbank) |
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