United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom sits in Northern Europe and uses GBP - British pound (£). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
London
11.3M
Birmingham
2.6M
Portsmouth
855.7K
Population
66.9M
66,912,637 people
Area
242.9K km2
242,900 square kilometers
Density
275/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
London
51.5, -0.08
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
United Kingdom, officially listed here as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make United Kingdom, GB, GBR, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. United Kingdom is grouped under Europe, more specifically Northern Europe, with Europe shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 66,912,637 people and a land area of 242,900 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 275 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 54, -2, while the capital coordinate reference is 51.5, -0.08. United Kingdom shares listed land borders with IRL, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as London (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are London, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Southampton and Bristol. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in United Kingdom, capital of United Kingdom, and major urban areas in United Kingdom. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Commonwealth, G20, G7, NATO, OECD and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
United Kingdom uses calling code +44, postal format @# #@@|@## #@@|@@# #@@|@@## #@@|@#@ #@@|@@#@ #@@|GIR0AA, and time zone data listed as UTC-08:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00, UTC, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 and UTC+06:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Apr 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Apr 6.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists GBP - British pound (£), while language records include English. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as GB. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 32.4 for 2021.
How to use this profile
This United Kingdom profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
GB / GBR
Top-level domains
.uk, .gb
Continents
Europe
Border countries
IRL
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
GB
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for United Kingdom is represented by the GB country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
London
London, City of
11,262,000
primary
#2
Birmingham
Birmingham
2,590,363
City
#3
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
855,679
City
#4
Southampton
Southampton
855,569
City
#5
Bristol
Bristol, City of
707,412
City
Governance
Government type
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Apr 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+44
Postal format
@# #@@|@## #@@|@@# #@@|@@## #@@|@#@ #@@|@@#@ #@@|GIR0AA
Timezones
UTC-08:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00, UTC, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC+06:00
Languages
English
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
32.4
2021