United Kingdom
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 69.5M (2025). World rank 22 of 216; in Europe, 3 of 48. Area: 242,900 km². World rank 81 of 249; in Europe, 11 of 52. GDP: $4T (2025). World rank 5 of 210; in Europe, 2 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 65.1M → 69.5M, GDP $2.9T → $4T, and GDP per person $45,256 → $57,602. Worse than all its neighbours (Ireland): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Local name
- United Kingdom
- Capital
- London
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Andy Burnham
- Women in parliament
- 40.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 69,487,000 2025
- Area
- 242,900 km²
- GDP
- $4T 2025
- GDP per person
- $57,602 2025
- Life expectancy
- 81.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- British Pound (GBP)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +44
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 12,429
- Neighbours
- Ireland
- Agricultural land
- 69.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Ben Nevis, 1,345 m
- Lowest point
- The Fens, -4 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 162
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 10
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 18°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 4°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,220 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 286.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 83.3% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +389.9K 2025
- Born in another country
- 17.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 17% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 63.3% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 19.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 83.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 9.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 59.5%, no religion 25.7%, Muslim 4.4%, other 2%, and Hindu 1.3% (2011)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 79.5 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 78.9 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 77.6 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 80.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 81.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $64,606 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $54,550 2025
- Inflation
- +3.9% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 89 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 16.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 73.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.8% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 14.7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 57.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 30.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 31.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.1% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.9% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 26.9% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 32.4 2021
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.4% 2021
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 102% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 112% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 80.4% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.9% 2021
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 11.1% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $5,860 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 14.6% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.3 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 9.6 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.4 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 89% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 4.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 4.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 8 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.2% 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 61.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 12.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.1% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.1 2021
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 3.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 9.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 70.7 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 9.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4.2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 13.5% 2024
- Protected areas
- 42.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,144 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 14.4% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 95.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 122 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 42.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .uk
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,208 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 12.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 40.2% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 32.2% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 118,945,920 2023
- Airports
- 1,057 2025
- Railways, km
- 16,390 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 2.7% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 4,473 2017
- Scientific articles per year
- 97,536 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 11,105 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 29.2% 2024