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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Anthem: "God Save the Queen"[note 3]
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Capital and largest city | London 51°30′N 0°7′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 (33rd) | ||||||||||||
HDI (2015) | 0.909[8] very high (16th) | ||||||||||||
Currency | Pound sterling[note 6] (GBP; £) | ||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC (Greenwich Mean Time[note 7]) | ||||||||||||
UTC+1 (British Summer Time) | |||||||||||||
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | ||||||||||||
Driving side | left | ||||||||||||
Calling code | +44[note 8] | ||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | GB | ||||||||||||
Internet TLD | .uk[note 9] |
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- An alternative variant of the Royal coat of arms is used in Scotland: [click to view image].
- An alternative variant of the Royal coat of arms is used in Scotland: [click to view image].
- There is no authorised version of the national anthem as the words are a matter of tradition; only the first verse is usually sung.[1] No law was passed making "God Save the Queen" the official anthem. In the English tradition, such laws are not necessary; proclamation and usage are sufficient to make it the national anthem. "God Save the Queen" also serves as the Royal anthem for certain Commonwealth realms. The words Queen, she, her, used at present (in the reign of Elizabeth II), are replaced by King, he, him when the monarch is male.
- Under the Council of Europe's European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Scots, Ulster Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic and Irish are officially recognised as regional or minority languages by the British Government for the purposes of the Charter.[2] See also Languages of the United Kingdom.
- European Union since 1993.
- Some of the devolved countries, Crown dependencies and British Overseas Territories issue their own sterling banknotes or currencies, or use another nation's currency. See List of British currencies for more information
- This excludes some of the UK's dependencies. See Time in the United Kingdom#British territories
- The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states. Other TLDs are used regionally
- "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.
- "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.