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Capital - London
Language - English
Population - 60,776,238 (July 2007 est.)
Geography - 224,820km²
Area-comparative - Smaller than Oregon
Climate - temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Religion - Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Ethnic Groups - white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census)
Life expectations - total population: 78.7 years male: 76.23 years female: 81.3 years (2007 est.)
Literacy - definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Government type - constitutional monarchy
Exports - Oil-Exports: 1.498 million bbl/day (2001)National gas: 9.8 billion cu m (2004 est.)Exports: $468.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Export Commodities - manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
GDP per capita - $31,400 (2006 est.)
Natural Resources - coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
Natural Hazards - winter windstorms; floods
