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Aliases: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - the island of Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales

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Geography
Area 243,610 km²
Continent Europe
Land area 241,930 km²
Water area 1,680 km²
Land boundaries 490 km
Border countries
  • Ireland
Coastline 12,429 km
Mean elevation 162 m
Lowest point -4 m
Highest point 1,345 m
People
Population 65,761,117
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Religion Christian
Government
Long country name United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - the island of Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales
Short country name United Kingdom
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Government type Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Capital London
Economy
GDP (PPP) 2,925,000,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 2,628,000,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) 1.7 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 44,300 USD
Gross national saving 13.6 % of GDP
Labor force 33,500,000
Unemployment rate 4.4 %
Population below poverty line 15 %
Budget revenues 1,028,000,000,000 USD
Budget expenditures 1,079,000,000,000 USD
Military expenditures 2.14 % of GDP
Taxes and other revenues 39.1 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit -1.9 % of GDP
Public debt 87.5 % of GDP
Inflation rate 2.7 %
Central bank discount rate 0.25 %
Commercial bank prime lending rate 4.38 %
Stock of narrow money 110,900,000,000 USD
Stock of broad money 110,900,000,000 USD
Stock of domestic credit 3,220,000,000,000 USD
Market value of publicly traded shares 3,019,000,000,000 USD
Current account balance -99,210,000,000 USD
Exports 441,200,000,000 USD
Imports 615,900,000,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 150,800,000,000 USD
External debt 8,126,000,000,000 USD
National currency British pounds
National currency (code) GBP
National currency (symbol) £
National currency rate to USD 0.7836

The United Kingdom has historically played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith in the 19th century, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two world wars and the Irish Republic's withdrawal from the union. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council and a founding member of NATO and the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1998. The UK has been an active member of the EU since its accession in 1973, although it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union. However, motivated in part by frustration at a remote bureaucracy in Brussels and massive migration into the country, UK citizens on 23 June 2016 narrowly voted to leave the EU. The UK and the EU are currently negotiating the terms of the UK's withdrawal and a framework for their future relationship ahead of the UK's scheduled departure from the bloc on 31 October 2019.

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