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UNITED KINGDOM

PEOPLE AND SOCIETY

POPULATION

64,430,428 (July 2016)

RELIGIOUS (2011)

none 25.7%

unspecified 7.2%

other 2%

Hindu 1.3%

Muslim 4.4%

Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

ETHNIC GROUPS (2011)

other 3.7%

mixed 2%

Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%

Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%

black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%

white 87.2%

NATIONALITY

BRITON/BRITISH

ECONOMY

POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE

15% (2013)

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

5.1% (2016)

CURRENCY

GBP (POUND)

COUNTRY

BORDERS

IRELAND

AREA

total: 243,610 sq km land: 241,930 sq km water: 1,680 sq km note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands country comparison to the world: 80

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

GOVERNMENT

FLAG

ELECTIONS

EVERY FIVE YEARS

UNION JACK

HEAD OF GOVERMENT

Prime Minister Theresa MAY (since 13 July 2016)

HEAD CHIEF OF STATE

Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)

CAPITAL CITY

LONDON

GOVERMENT TYPE

parliamentary constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm