The World FactbookUnited Kingdom.docx
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TheWorldFactbookUnitedKingdom
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UnitedKingdom
Introduction
UnitedKingdom
Background:
Asthedominantindustrialandmaritimepowerofthe19thcentury,theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandplayedaleadingroleindevelopingparliamentarydemocracyandinadvancingliteratureandscience.Atitszenith,theBritishEmpirestretchedoverone-fourthoftheearth'ssurface.Thefirsthalfofthe20thcenturysawtheUK'sstrengthseriouslydepletedintwoWorldWarsandtheIrishrepublicwithdrawfromtheunion.ThesecondhalfwitnessedthedismantlingoftheEmpireandtheUKrebuildingitselfintoamodernandprosperousEuropeannation.AsoneoffivepermanentmembersoftheUNSecurityCouncil,afoundingmemberofNATO,andoftheCommonwealth,theUKpursuesaglobalapproachtoforeignpolicy;itcurrentlyisweighingthedegreeofitsintegrationwithcontinentalEurope.AmemberoftheEU,itchosetoremainoutsidetheEconomicandMonetaryUnionforthetimebeing.ConstitutionalreformisalsoasignificantissueintheUK.TheScottishParliament,theNationalAssemblyforWales,andtheNorthernIrelandAssemblywereestablishedin1999,butthelatterwassuspendeduntilMay2007duetowranglingoverthepeaceprocess.
Geography
UnitedKingdom
Location:
WesternEurope,islandsincludingthenorthernone-sixthoftheislandofIrelandbetweentheNorthAtlanticOceanandtheNorthSea,northwestofFrance
Geographiccoordinates:
5400N,200W
Mapreferences:
Europe
Area:
total:
244,820sqkm
land:
241,590sqkm
water:
3,230sqkm
note:
includesRockallandShetlandIslands
Area-comparative:
slightlysmallerthanOregon
Landboundaries:
total:
360km
bordercountries:
Ireland360km
Coastline:
12,429km
Maritimeclaims:
territorialsea:
12nm
exclusivefishingzone:
200nm
continentalshelf:
asdefinedincontinentalshelfordersorinaccordancewithagreeduponboundaries
Climate:
temperate;moderatedbyprevailingsouthwestwindsovertheNorthAtlanticCurrent;morethanone-halfofthedaysareovercast
Terrain:
mostlyruggedhillsandlowmountains;leveltorollingplainsineastandsoutheast
Elevationextremes:
lowestpoint:
TheFens-4m
highestpoint:
BenNevis1,343m
Naturalresources:
coal,petroleum,naturalgas,ironore,lead,zinc,gold,tin,limestone,salt,clay,chalk,gypsum,potash,silicasand,slate,arableland
Landuse:
arableland:
23.23%
permanentcrops:
0.2%
other:
76.57%(2005)
Irrigatedland:
1,700sqkm(2003)
Totalrenewablewaterresources:
160.6cukm(2005)
Freshwaterwithdrawal(domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total:
11.75cukm/yr(22%/75%/3%)
percapita:
197cum/yr(1994)
Naturalhazards:
winterwindstorms;floods
Environment-currentissues:
continuestoreducegreenhousegasemissions(hasmetKyotoProtocoltargetofa12.5%reductionfrom1990levelsandintendstomeetthelegallybindingtargetandmovetowardadomesticgoalofa20%cutinemissionsby2010);by2005thegovernmentreducedtheamountofindustrialandcommercialwastedisposedofinlandfillsitesto85%of1998levelsandrecycledorcompostedatleast25%ofhouseholdwaste,increasingto33%by2015
Environment-internationalagreements:
partyto:
AirPollution,AirPollution-NitrogenOxides,AirPollution-PersistentOrganicPollutants,AirPollution-Sulfur94,AirPollution-VolatileOrganicCompounds,Antarctic-EnvironmentalProtocol,Antarctic-MarineLivingResources,AntarcticSeals,AntarcticTreaty,Biodiversity,ClimateChange,ClimateChange-KyotoProtocol,Desertification,EndangeredSpecies,EnvironmentalModification,HazardousWastes,LawoftheSea,MarineDumping,MarineLifeConservation,OzoneLayerProtection,ShipPollution,TropicalTimber83,TropicalTimber94,Wetlands,Whaling
signed,butnotratified:
noneoftheselectedagreements
Geography-note:
liesnearvitalNorthAtlanticsealanes;only35kmfromFranceandlinkedbytunnelundertheEnglishChannel;becauseofheavilyindentedcoastline,nolocationismorethan125kmfromtidalwaters
People
UnitedKingdom
Population:
60,943,912(July2008est.)
Agestructure:
0-14years:
16.9%(male5,287,590/female5,036,881)
15-64years:
67.1%(male20,698,645/female20,185,040)
65yearsandover:
16%(male4,186,561/female5,549,195)(2008est.)
Medianage:
total:
39.9years
male:
38.8years
female:
41years(2008est.)
Populationgrowthrate:
0.276%(2008est.)
Birthrate:
10.65births/1,000population(2008est.)
Deathrate:
10.05deaths/1,000population(2008est.)
Netmigrationrate:
2.17migrant(s)/1,000population(2008est.)
Sexratio:
atbirth:
1.05male(s)/female
under15years:
1.05male(s)/female
15-64years:
1.03male(s)/female
65yearsandover:
0.75male(s)/female
totalpopulation:
0.98male(s)/female(2008est.)
Infantmortalityrate:
total:
4.93deaths/1,000livebirths
male:
5.49deaths/1,000livebirths
female:
4.34deaths/1,000livebirths(2008est.)
Lifeexpectancyatbirth:
totalpopulation:
78.85years
male:
76.37years
female:
81.46years(2008est.)
Totalfertilityrate:
1.66childrenborn/woman(2008est.)
HIV/AIDS-adultprevalencerate:
0.2%(2001est.)
HIV/AIDS-peoplelivingwithHIV/AIDS:
51,000(2001est.)
HIV/AIDS-deaths:
fewerthan500(2003est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Briton(s),British(collectiveplural)
adjective:
British
Ethnicgroups:
white(ofwhichEnglish83.6%,Scottish8.6%,Welsh4.9%,NorthernIrish2.9%)92.1%,black2%,Indian1.8%,Pakistani1.3%,mixed1.2%,other1.6%(2001census)
Religions:
Christian(Anglican,RomanCatholic,Presbyterian,Methodist)71.6%,Muslim2.7%,Hindu1%,other1.6%,unspecifiedornone23.1%(2001census)
Languages:
English,Welsh(about26%ofthepopulationofWales),ScottishformofGaelic(about60,000inScotland)
Literacy:
definition:
age15andoverhascompletedfiveormoreyearsofschooling
totalpopulation:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99%(2003est.)
Schoollifeexpectancy(primarytotertiaryeducation):
total:
16years
male:
16years
female:
17years(2006)
EducationaspercentofGDP:
5.6%(2005)
Government
UnitedKingdom
Countryname:
conventionallongform:
UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland;note-GreatBritainincludesEngland,Scotland,andWales
conventionalshortform:
UnitedKingdom
abbreviation:
UK
Governmenttype:
constitutionalmonarchy
Capital:
name:
London
geographiccoordinates:
5130N,010W
timedifference:
UTC0(5hoursaheadofWashington,DCduringStandardTime)
daylightsavingtime:
+1hr,beginslastSundayinMarch;endslastSundayinOctober
note:
appliestotheUnitedKingdomproper,nottoitsoverseasdependenciesorterritories
Administrativedivisions:
England:
34two-tiercounties,32Londonboroughsand1CityofLondonorGreaterLondon,36metropolitancounties,46unitaryauthorities
two-tiercounties:
Bedfordshire,Buckinghamshire,Cambridgeshire,Cheshire,CornwallandIslesofScilly,Cumbria,Derbyshire,Devon,Dorset,Durham,EastSussex,Essex,Gloucestershire,Hampshire,Hertfordshire,Kent,Lancashire,Leicestershire,Lincolnshire,Norfolk,NorthYorkshire,Northamptonshire,Northumberland,Nottinghamshire,Oxfordshire,Shropshire,Somerset,Staffordshire,Suffolk,Surrey,Warwickshire,WestSussex,Wiltshire,Worcestershire
LondonboroughsandCityofLondonorGreaterLondon:
BarkingandDagenham,Barnet,Bexley,Brent,Bromley,Camden,Croydon,Ealing,Enfield,Greenwich,Hackney,HammersmithandFulham,Haringey,Harrow,Havering,Hillingdon,Hounslow,Islington,KensingtonandChelsea,KingstonuponThames,Lambeth,Lewisham,CityofLondon,Merton,Newham,Redbridge,RichmonduponThames,Southwark,Sutton,TowerHamlets,WalthamForest,Wandsworth,Westminster
metropolitancounties:
Barnsley,Birmingham,Bolton,Bradford,Bury,Calderdale,Coventry,Doncaster,Dudley,Gateshead,Kirklees,Knowlsey,Leeds,Liverpool,Manchester,NewcastleuponTyne,NorthTyneside,Oldham,Rochdale,Rotherham,Salford,Sandwell,Sefton,Sheffield,Solihull,SouthTyneside,St.Helens,Stockport,Sunderland,Tameside,Trafford,Wakefield,Walsall,Wigan,Wirral,Wolverhampton
unitaryauthorities:
BathandNorthEastSomerset,BlackburnwithDarwen,Blackpool,Bournemouth,BracknellForest,BrightonandHove,CityofBristol,Darlington,Derby,EastRidingofYorkshire,Halton,Hartlepool,CountyofHerefordshire,IsleofWight,CityofKingstonuponHull,Leicester,Luton,Medway,Middlesbrough,MiltonKeynes,NorthEastLincolnshire,NorthLincolnshire,NorthSomerset,Nottingham,Peterborough,Plymouth,Poole,Portsmouth,Reading,RedcarandCleveland,Rutland,Slough,SouthGloucestershire,Southampton,Southend-on-Sea,Stockton-on-Tees,Stoke-on-Trent,Swindon,TelfordandWrekin,Thurrock,Torbay,Warrington,WestBerkshire,WindsorandMaidenhead,Wokingham,York
NorthernIreland:
26districtcouncilareas
districtcouncilareas:
Antrim,Ards,Armagh,Ballymena,Ballymoney,Banbridge,Belfast,Carrickfergus,Castlereagh,Coleraine,Cookstown,Craigavon,Derry,Down,Dungannon,Fermanagh,Larne,Limavady,Lisburn,Magherafelt,Moyle,NewryandMourne,Newtownabbey,NorthDown,Omagh,Strabane
Scotland:
32unitaryauthorities
unitaryauthorities:
AberdeenCity,Aberdeenshire,Angus,ArgyllandBute,Clackmannanshire,DumfriesandGalloway,DundeeCity,EastAyrshire,EastDunbartonshire,EastLothian,EastRenfrewshire,CityofEdinburgh,EileanSiar(WesternIsles),Falkirk,Fife,GlasgowCity,Highland,Inverclyde,Midlothian,Moray,NorthAyrshire,NorthLanarkshire,OrkneyIslands,PerthandKinross,Renfrewshire,ShetlandI
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