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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GBR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GB
UN M49 numeric826
IOC codeGBR
Official nameUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Native name(s)eng: official: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; common: United Kingdom
Alt spellingsGB, UK, Great Britain
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionNorthern Europe
UN regional groupWestern European and Others Group
CapitalLondon
Area (km²)242,900
Lat / Lng54.0000, -2.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)IRL
Top-level domain.uk
Calling coderoot: +4; suffixes: 4

Demographics

Population (World Bank)69,487,000 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)81.387 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: British; m: British; fra: f: Britannique; m: Britannique
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)4,002,587,541,846.01 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)57,601.962 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.746 (2025)
CurrenciesGBP: name: British pound; symbol: £

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195050,121,017
195150,346,815
195250,496,234
195350,727,037
195450,958,249
195551,176,747
195651,400,459
195751,655,912
195851,935,644
195952,226,471
196052,538,548
196152,884,948
196253,272,830
196353,652,936
196454,009,135
196554,359,020
196654,676,344
196754,973,661
196855,240,645
196955,456,207
197055,663,801
197155,890,372
197256,079,239
197356,188,791
197456,224,550
197556,220,143
197656,201,138
197756,175,829
197856,175,556
197956,218,763
198056,282,103
198156,304,592
198256,292,755
198356,332,058
198456,451,313
198556,606,414
198656,751,923
198756,886,024
198857,026,546
198957,182,136
199057,367,862
199157,555,192
199257,719,272
199357,861,037
199458,003,203
199558,154,635
199658,298,565
199758,447,089
199858,626,819
199958,838,657
200059,057,338
200159,288,090
200259,540,763
200359,820,385
200460,169,967
200560,596,108
200661,051,094
200761,535,855
200862,027,306
200962,506,226
201063,006,483
201163,509,285
201263,960,484
201364,389,388
201464,865,916
201565,382,110
201665,893,358
201766,354,471
201866,752,475
201967,110,958
202067,351,861
202167,668,792
202268,179,315
202368,682,962

Full raw record (JSON)

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      "official": "المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وايرلندا الشمالية",
      "common": "المملكة المتحدة"
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      "official": "Rouantelezh-Unanet Breizh-Veur ha Norzhiwerzhon",
      "common": "Rouantelezh-Unanet"
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      "official": "Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska",
      "common": "Spojené království"
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    "deu": {
      "official": "Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland",
      "common": "Vereinigtes Königreich"
    },
    "est": {
      "official": "Suurbritannia ja Põhja-Iiri Ühendkuningriik",
      "common": "Suurbritannia"
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    "fin": {
      "official": "Ison-Britannian ja Pohjois-Irlannin yhdistynyt kuningaskunta",
      "common": "Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta"
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      "official": "Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord",
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      "official": "Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo Velike Britanije i Sjeverne Irske",
      "common": "Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo"
    },
    "hun": {
      "official": "Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királysága",
      "common": "Egyesült Királyság"
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      "official": "Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord",
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      "official": "グレートブリテン及び北アイルランド連合王国",
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      "official": "그레이트브리튼 북아일랜드 연합 왕국",
      "common": "영국"
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    "nld": {
      "official": "Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland",
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      "official": "پادشاهی متحد بریتانیای کبیر و ایرلند شمالی",
      "common": "انگلیس"
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      "official": "Zjednoczone Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej",
      "common": "Zjednoczone Królestwo"
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    "por": {
      "official": "Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte",
      "common": "Reino Unido"
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    "rus": {
      "official": "Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии",
      "common": "Великобритания"
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    "slk": {
      "official": "Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a SevernéhoÌrska",
      "common": "Veľká Británia (Spojené kráľovstvo)"
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      "official": "Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte",
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      "common": "Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo"
    },
    "swe": {
      "official": "Förenade konungariket Storbritannien och Nordirland",
      "common": "Storbritannien"
    },
    "tur": {
      "official": "Büyük Britanya ve Kuzey İrlanda Birleşik Krallığı",
      "common": "Birleşik Krallık"
    },
    "urd": {
      "official": "مملکتِ متحدہ برطانیہ عظمی و شمالی آئرلینڈ",
      "common": "مملکتِ متحدہ"
    },
    "zho": {
      "official": "大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国",
      "common": "英国"
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      "ara": {
        "official": "المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وايرلندا الشمالية",
        "common": "المملكة المتحدة"
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        "common": "Rouantelezh-Unanet"
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        "common": "Spojené království"
      },
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        "common": "Royaume-Uni"
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        "official": "Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo Velike Britanije i Sjeverne Irske",
        "common": "Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo"
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        "official": "Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte",
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