United Kingdom: flag, map and capital
Europe · Capital: London
Where is United Kingdom?
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Neighboring countries 6
1 land neighbors in this catalog
Selected cities5
- London (capital): about 8,960,000
- Birmingham: about 1,160,000
- Glasgow: about 626,000
- Manchester: about 569,000
- Sheffield: about 557,000
- Leeds: about 536,000
- Edinburgh: about 515,000
- Liverpool: about 497,000
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Sources
- Population: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, 2023 estimates. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Converted from thousands to persons by igeography.net. Retrieved 2026-10-28.
- Area: United Nations Statistics Division, UNdata country profiles, 2023. Retrieved 2026-10-28.
- Languages, currency, calling code, internet domain, driving side and highest point: Wikidata. CC0. Retrieved 2026-10-28.
- Names of languages and currencies: Unicode CLDR.
- Cities and their populations: GeoNames. CC BY 4.0. Populations are approximate and of different years. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- Map and neighbors: Natural Earth (public domain), drawn and computed by igeography.net. Crimea is part of Ukraine. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- Capitals: our curated list, checked against Wikidata. Retrieved 2026-10-14.