United Kingdom: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 55.3675 / longitude: -5.9618

General information

Geography

London serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Ireland. 242,900 km² make up the entire country, a postcode system is employed and the key cities are: London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, Derby. Here are the different languages spoken in the country: English.

Population

There are 65,112,000 people here, or 0.87% of the world's population. The median age of the population is 21.00 years with a birth growth rate of 2.39%.

Culture

Well known national dishes are: Fish and chips,Chicken tikka masala (Indian-British curry). You can find some UNESCO listed places: Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast, Durham Castle and Cathedral, Ironbridge Gorge, Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey, Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites.

Education

You can find famous universities here like University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University College London, Imperial College London, King's College London.

Economy

You need to pay 3.69£ (around $4.44 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. The GDP in 2021 was $3,131,377,762,925 USD, making it the 6# country in the world. The local currency (GBP) is represented by the symbol £.

Good to know

The country's websites have the domain name ".uk", telephone numbers begin with +44, the ISO code is GB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom is a good place to find out more details on this country.

Summary

Flag
ISO code GB
Capital London
Population 65,112,000
World percentage 0.87%
Median age 21.00 years
Population growth rate 2.39%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages English
GDP (2021) $3,131,377,762,925
GDP position #6
Big Mac local price 3.69£
Big Mac USD price $4.44
Currency code GBP
Currency symbol £
National dish Fish and chips,Chicken tikka masala (Indian-British curry)
TLD .uk
Phone prefix +44
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

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