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$:49,464 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:3,380.9 (2023)
  • GINI index:32.4 (2021)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:8
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  • A
    • July 2025
      Source: World Bank
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      Accessed On: 10 July, 2025
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      The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
  • G
    • July 2025
      Source: World Health Organization
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      Accessed On: 07 July, 2025
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      Citation: Global Health Observatory (GHO) Data: https://www.who.int/gho/en/: World Health Organization; 2019. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO   The GHO data provides access to indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.
  • H
    • October 2019
      Source: Statistics Sierra Leone
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      Accessed On: 02 July, 2021
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      This dataset contains indicators related to health facilities and family planning in Sierra Leone.
    • March 2024
      Source: United Nations Development Programme
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      Accessed On: 10 April, 2024
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      Data Cited at: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, Human Development Data Center The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of achievements in three key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the the three dimensions.
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    • June 2024
      Source: Sustainable Development Solutions Network
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      Accessed On: 19 June, 2024
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      Data Cited at - Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G. (2019): Sustainable Development Report 2019. New York: Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The Sustainable Development Report 2020 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states and frames the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in terms of six broad transformations. It was prepared by teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
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    • July 2025
      Source: World Bank
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      Accessed On: 15 July, 2025
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      The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates