Key facts
Capital:London
Location:Western Europe, islands - including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland - between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; northwest of France
Currency:British pounds (GBP)
Area:243,610 sq km
Population:67.081 million United Kingdom (June 2020 est.)
Languages:English
Religion:Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7% (2011 est.)
TimeZone:UTC 0
Tel Code:+44
