Country
United Kingdom
- GB
- Europe
- GBP
- .uk
United Kingdom (GB/GBR) is a country in Europe with its capital at London. It covers about 243,610 km² with a population of roughly 67,600,000, uses the GBP, dials on +44, owns the .uk internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/London. It borders 1 country.
Identity
Official short nameUnited Kingdom
CapitalLondon
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GB
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GBR
Internet TLD.uk
Calling code+44
Currency codeGBP
Geography
Latitude55.3781° N
Longitude3.436° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area243,610 km²94,058 square miles
Land neighbours1
Distance from London483 kmto the approximate centre of United Kingdom, not to London. NNW, bearing 334.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Londonthe IANA zone for London; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+00:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+00:00 and UTC+01:00
Summer offsetUTC+01:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+00:00
Offset in JulyUTC+01:00
Current offsetUTC+01:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 18:14
Hours ahead of UTC1
Population & scale
Population67,600,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density277.5 per km²≈
Share of world population0.835%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset40 of 59
Population rank in this dataset21 of 59
Neighbouring countries
Ireland372 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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