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United Kingdom

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".[1]

Capital
Population
69,487,000 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 67,326,569in 2021[4]
Land area
241,930 km²[5]
Total area
242,495 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land border
Ireland[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[11]

Parts of United Kingdom

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202569.5M

52,400,000 in 1960, 69,487,000 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196052,400,000
196152,800,000
196253,250,000
196353,650,000
196454,000,000
196554,348,050
196654,648,500
196754,943,600
196855,211,700
196955,441,750
197055,663,250
197155,896,223
197256,086,065
197356,194,527
197456,229,974
197556,225,800
197656,211,968
197756,193,492
197856,196,504
197956,246,951
198056,314,216
198156,333,829
198256,313,641
198356,332,848
198456,422,072
198556,550,268
198656,681,396
198756,802,050
198856,928,327
198957,076,711
199057,247,586
199157,424,897
199257,580,402
199357,718,614
199457,865,745
199558,019,030
199658,166,950
199758,316,954
199858,487,141
199958,682,466
200058,892,514
200159,119,673
200259,370,479
200359,647,577
200459,987,905
200560,401,206
200660,846,820
200761,322,463
200861,806,995
200962,276,270
201062,766,365
201163,258,810
201263,711,000
201364,138,000
201464,619,000
201565,087,000
201665,606,000
201765,964,000
201866,287,000
201966,628,000
202066,740,000
202166,978,000
202267,636,000
202368,526,000
202469,281,000
202569,487,000

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
GB[12]
ISO alpha-3
GBR[13]
ISO numeric
826[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), capital: London (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), population (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), area (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), official language: English (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), currency: pound sterling (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), continent: Europe (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), official name (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: United Kingdom (Q145), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564636491) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg, Public domain, Original: Acts of Union 1800 Vector: Yaddah, via Wikimedia Commons.