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This post was last updated by José of onez on Thursday, 24 April 2025.

London, capital city of United Kingdom

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United Kingdom Flag

Flag of United Kingdom

United Kingdom is a country located in the Northern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent.

Easy learning about United Kingdom

United Kingdom is located in Northern Europe
Europe Continent
United Kingdom has a population of 68,682,962 inhabitants
(2023 UN data)
Inhabitants of United Kingdom are called Americans
The country’s total area is 244,820 Km2
( 152,124 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank34
Global Peace Index Score3
Human Development Index (HDI) United Kingdom HDI ranks in position nº 15 worldwide
Very High Human Development
HDI of 0.940 (0.4 to 1)
(2022 data from UNDP)
United Kingdom’s passport allows visa-free entry to 186 countries
United Kingdom passport ranks in position nº 6 in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
United Kingdom GDP per capita is $54,949 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
Latitude & Longitude 54° 00' N, 2° 00' W
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United Kingdom Capital cityLondon
Neighbouring countriesIreland.
United Kingdom Climatetemperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Most predominant religionChristian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist),
Second most predominant religionMuslim,
Currency name & code Pound (GBP)
Internet ccTLD.uk
United Kingdom calling code+44

United Kingdom administrative divisions

England: 24 two-tier counties, 32 London boroughs and 1 City of London or Greater London, 36 metropolitan districts, 59 unitary authorities (including 4 single-tier counties*)

two-tier counties

  1. Cambridgeshire
  2. Cumbria
  3. Derbyshire
  4. Devon
  5. East Sussex
  6. Essex
  7. Gloucestershire
  8. Hampshire
  9. Hertfordshire
  10. Kent
  11. Lancashire
  12. Leicestershire
  13. Lincolnshire
  14. Norfolk
  15. North Yorkshire
  16. Nottinghamshire
  17. Oxfordshire
  18. Somerset
  19. Staffordshire
  20. Suffolk
  21. Surrey
  22. Warwickshire
  23. West Sussex
  24. Worcestershire

London boroughs and City of London or Greater London

  1. Barking and Dagenham
  2. Barnet
  3. Bexley
  4. Brent
  5. Bromley
  6. Camden
  7. Croydon
  8. Ealing
  9. Enfield
  10. Greenwich
  11. Hackney
  12. Hammersmith and Fulham
  13. Haringey
  14. Harrow
  15. Havering
  16. Hillingdon
  17. Hounslow
  18. Islington
  19. Kensington and Chelsea
  20. Kingston upon Thames
  21. Lambeth
  22. Lewisham
  23. City of London
  24. Merton
  25. Newham
  26. Redbridge
  27. Richmond upon Thames
  28. Southwark
  29. Sutton
  30. Tower Hamlets
  31. Waltham Forest
  32. Wandsworth
  33. Westminster

metropolitan districts

  1. Barnsley
  2. Birmingham
  3. Bolton
  4. Bradford
  5. Bury
  6. Calderdale
  7. Coventry
  8. Doncaster
  9. Dudley
  10. Gateshead
  11. Kirklees
  12. Knowlsey
  13. Leeds
  14. Liverpool
  15. Manchester
  16. Newcastle upon Tyne
  17. North Tyneside
  18. Oldham
  19. Rochdale
  20. Rotherham
  21. Salford
  22. Sandwell
  23. Sefton
  24. Sheffield
  25. Solihull
  26. South Tyneside
  27. St. Helens
  28. Stockport
  29. Sunderland
  30. Tameside
  31. Trafford
  32. Wakefield
  33. Walsall
  34. Wigan
  35. Wirral
  36. Wolverhampton

unitary authorities

  1. Bath and North East Somerset
  2. Bedford
  3. Blackburn with Darwen
  4. Blackpool
  5. Bournemouth
  6. Christchurch and Poole
  7. Bracknell Forest
  8. Brighton and Hove
  9. City of Bristol
  10. Buckinghamshire
  11. Central Bedfordshire
  12. Cheshire East
  13. Cheshire West and Chester
  14. Cornwall
  15. Darlington
  16. Derby
  17. Dorset
  18. Durham County*
  19. East Riding of Yorkshire
  20. Halton
  21. Hartlepool
  22. Herefordshire*
  23. Isle of Wight*
  24. Isles of Scilly
  25. City of Kingston upon Hull
  26. Leicester
  27. Luton
  28. Medway
  29. Middlesbrough
  30. Milton Keynes
  31. North East Lincolnshire
  32. North Lincolnshire
  33. North Northamptonshire
  34. North Somerset
  35. Northumberland*
  36. Nottingham
  37. Peterborough
  38. Plymouth
  39. Portsmouth
  40. Reading
  41. Redcar and Cleveland
  42. Rutland
  43. Shropshire
  44. Slough
  45. South Gloucestershire
  46. Southampton
  47. Southend-on-Sea
  48. Stockton-on-Tees
  49. Stoke-on-Trent
  50. Swindon
  51. Telford and Wrekin
  52. Thurrock
  53. Torbay
  54. Warrington
  55. West Berkshire
  56. West Northamptonshire
  57. Wiltshire
  58. Windsor and Maidenhead
  59. Wokingham
  60. York

Northern Ireland

  1. 5 borough councils
  2. 4 district councils
  3. 2 city councils

borough councils

  1. Antrim and Newtownabbey
  2. Ards and North Down
  3. Armagh City
  4. Banbridge
  5. and Craigavon
  6. Causeway Coast and Glens
  7. Mid and East Antrim

district councils

  1. Derry City and Strabane
  2. Fermanagh and Omagh
  3. Mid Ulster
  4. Newry
  5. Murne
  6. and Down

city councils

  1. Belfast
  2. Lisburn and Castlereagh

Scotland

  1. 32 council areas

    council areas

    1. Aberdeen City
    2. Aberdeenshire
    3. Angus
    4. Argyll and Bute
    5. Clackmannanshire
    6. Dumfries and Galloway
    7. Dundee City
    8. East Ayrshire
    9. East Dunbartonshire
    10. East Lothian
    11. East Renfrewshire
    12. City of Edinburgh
    13. Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
    14. Falkirk
    15. Fife
    16. Glasgow City
    17. Highland
    18. Inverclyde
    19. Midlothian
    20. Moray
    21. North Ayrshire
    22. North Lanarkshire
    23. Orkney Islands
    24. Perth and Kinross
    25. Renfrewshire
    26. Shetland Islands
    27. South Ayrshire
    28. South Lanarkshire
    29. Stirling
    30. The Scottish Borders
    31. West Dunbartonshire
    32. West Lothian

    Wales

    1. 22 unitary authorities

      unitary authorities

      1. Blaenau Gwent
      2. Bridgend
      3. Caerphilly
      4. Cardiff
      5. Carmarthenshire
      6. Ceredigion
      7. Conwy
      8. Denbighshire
      9. Flintshire
      10. Gwynedd
      11. Isle of Anglesey
      12. Merthyr Tydfil
      13. Monmouthshire
      14. Neath Port Talbot
      15. Newport
      16. Pembrokeshire
      17. Powys
      18. Rhondda Cynon Taff
      19. Swansea
      20. The Vale of Glamorgan
      21. Torfaen
      22. Wrexham

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