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Key facts

  • Currency: Pound sterling
  • Capital city: London
  • Region: Northern Europe
  • Continent: Europe
  • Land area: 241,930 km²
  • Population: 66,971,395
  • Political Leader: Rishi Sunak (Prime Minister)

Latest news

UK Judge Freezes Craig Wright Assets to Prevent Him Evading Court Costs

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2024-03-29

UK snow: Giant 529-mile mega-storm turns weather maps purple and red

Read: Express

2024-03-29

How many months do I need left on my UK passport before I travel?

Read: Independent

2024-03-29

UK snow maps shows huge 200-mile ice bomb to blast Britain - full list of areas affected

Read: Express

2024-03-29

Soldiers finally allowed to grow beards as British Army overturns century-old ban

Read: Independent

2024-03-29

Fury as famous UK seaside town erupts in parking row after hundreds of gaps wasted

Read: Express

2024-03-29

British tourist is killed by Storm Nelson in Spain: More details of four victims emerge

Read: The Olive Press

2024-03-29

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 185.35 % of GDP
Expense 43.70 % of GDP
GDP 3,089,070,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 7.92 annual %
Self-employed 15.67 % of total employment
Tax revenue 26.22 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.73 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 13.50 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 172,151.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 13.12 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 308,650.00 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 22.81 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 29.74 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 1.87 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 20.91 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 0.63 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 22.97 % of total
Net energy imports 34.63 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.56 births per woman
Forest area 31,986 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 80.35 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 27,049.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 35.90 years
Methane emissions 50,415.70 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 27,696.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 33,876,555
Male Population 33,094,839
Renewable energy consumption 13.50 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 218,903.00 km²
Rural population 10,448,877
Urban land area 22,676.00 km²
Urban population 56,522,518
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 2.08 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 10.10 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.70 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 5,634.18 current US$
Health expenditure 11.94 % of GDP
Hospital beds 2.46 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 81 years
Suicide mortality rate 7.90 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 96.68 % of population
Net migration 165,790
Press freedom 3.52


Politics

Armed forces personnel 153,000
Democracy score 8.53
Democracy type Full democracy
Military expenditure 2.23 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 34.57 %


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Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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