United Kingdom

  • Monarch:Charles III
  • Prime Minister:Keir Starmer
  • Capital city:London
  • Languages:English note: the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland), Welsh (about 20% of the population of Wales), Irish (about 10% of the population of Northern Ireland), Cornish (some 2,000 to 3,000 in Cornwall) (2012 est.)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:69,353,340 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:241,930
  • GDP per capita, US$:52,637 (2024)
  • GDP, billion current US$:3,643.8 (2024)
  • GINI index:32.4 (2021)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:8

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