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The United Kingdom
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At a glance
- Capital
- EdinburghCountry directory
- PopulationMid-2025
- 5.55MPeople calling it home
- Surface areaDecember 2024
- 78.8K km²To mean high water · includes inland waters
- GDP2024 · provisional
- £218.78BTotal output · current GBP
- GDP per capita2024 · provisional
- £39.44KCurrent GBP per person
- Life expectancy2023
- 79.1 yearsAt birth · years
Latest available observations. Reporting years vary by measure.
Sources & reading notes
ONS · National Records of Scotland · NISRA · ONS Open Geography · Standard Area Measurements · Office for National Statistics · Regional Accounts · GBD 2023 Demographics Collaborators · The Lancet. GDP is measured in current British pounds (GBP); 2024 figures are provisional. Life expectancy covers both sexes combined (GBD 2023 estimates). Surface area includes inland waters up to mean high water. Open Full profile for each indicator’s source and reporting period.
Capital: Transport Scotland. Country status: ONS country classification.
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