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| Area: |
94,525 sq mi (244,820 sq km) |
| Population (2003 est.): |
60,094,648 (growth rate: 0.1%) |
| Birth rate: |
11.0/1000 |
| Infant mortality rate: |
5.3/1000 |
| Density per sq mi: |
636 |
| Capital and largest city (2003
est.): |
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| London |
11,219,000 (metro. area) |
| Other large cities: |
7,417,700 (city proper) |
| Glasgow |
1,099,400 |
| Birmingham |
971,800 |
| Liverpool |
461,900 |
| Edinburgh |
460,000 |
| Leeds |
417,000 |
| Bristol |
406,500 |
| Manchester |
390,700 |
| Bradford |
288,400 |
| Monetary unit: |
Pound sterling (£) |
| Languages: |
English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic |
| Ethnicity/race: |
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| English |
81.5% |
| Scottish |
9.6% |
| Irish |
2.4% |
| Welsh |
1.9% |
| Ulster |
1.8% |
| West Indian, Indian,
Pakistani, and other |
2.8% |
| Literacy rate: |
99% |
| Economic summary: |
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| GDP/PPP (2001 est.): |
$1.47 trillion; |
| Per capita |
$24,700. |
| Real growth rate: |
2.4%. |
| Inflation: |
2.8%. |
| Unemployment: |
5.1%. |
| Arable land: |
26%. |
| Agriculture: |
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle,
sheep, poultry; fish |
| Labor force: |
29.7 million |
| Agriculture |
1% |
| Industry |
25% |
| Services |
74% |
| Industries: |
machine tools, electric power
equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft,
motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals,
chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing,
textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods.
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| Natural resources: |
| Coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone,
iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land |
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| Exports: |
| $287 billion
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
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| Imports: |
| $337 billion
Manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs.
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| Major trading partners: |
EU, U.S., Japan. |
| Communications: |
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| Telephones: |
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| Main lines in use |
34.878 million (1997) |
| Mobile cellular |
13 million (yearend 1998) |
| Radio broadcast stations |
AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998) |
| Radios: |
84.5 million |
| Television broadcast stations: |
228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) |
| Televisions: |
30.5 million |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
More than 400 |
| Internet users: |
34.3 million |
| Transportation: |
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| Railways: total: |
16,878 km |
| Highways: total: |
371,603 km |
| Paved: |
371,603 km (including 3,303 km of expressways) |
| Waterways: |
3,200 km |
| Ports and harbors: |
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol,
Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith,
Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow,
Southampton, Sullom Voe, Teesport, Tyne
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| Airports |
470 |
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