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Location

Map

Map

Royal coat of arms

On all Acts of Parliament; the cover of all UK passports; various government departments; adapted for the reverse of coins of the pound sterling (2008)

Use

Capital

• The Capital and the biggest city of the UK is London.

languages

• Official: English• Recognized:Irish, Ulster Scots, Scottish • Regional languages:Gaelic , Scots, Welsh,

Cornish

Ethnic groups (2001)

• 92.1% White4.0% South Asian2.0% Black1.2% Mixed0.4% Chinese0.4% Other

Government

• Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy

• - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II • - Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP (L)

Population

• - 2009 estimate 61,113,205 (22nd) • - 2001 census 58,789,194 • - Density 246/km2 (48th) 637/sq mi

Religion in the United Kingdom

• Christianity   71.8% • No Religion   15.1% • Religion not started   7.8% • Islam 2.8% • Hinduism   1.0% • Sikhism   0.6% • Judaism   0.5% • Buddhism   0.3%

GPD

• GDP (PPP) 2008 estimate • - Total $2.230 trillion (7th) • - Per capita $36,523 (18th) • GDP (nominal) 2008 estimate • - Total $2.674 trillion (6th) • - Per capita $43,785 (20th)

Other Facts

• Currency Pound sterling (GBP) • Time zone GMT (UTC+0) • - Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1) • Drives on the left• Internet TLD .uk • Calling code 44

Immigration

• Analysis of Office of National Statistics data shows that 2.3 million net migrants moved to the UK in the period 1991 to 2006,84 per cent of them from outside Europe. In 2008 it was predicted that migration would add 7 million to the UK population by 2031,though these figures are disputed.

• The latest official figures show that in the year to December 2008, net immigration to the UK was 118,000, down 44 percent on the previous year. 512,000 people migrated to the UK and 395,000 left in 2008.

Immigration• British citizens living overseas (Dark color means more British citizens living in

country)

Immigration• Estimated foreign-born population by country

of birth, April 2007–March 2008