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United Kingdom

Official name:

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Name in native language:

United Kingdom

Capital:

London

ISO country code

GB

Nat. statistical agency:

Office for National Statistics

Region:

Northern Europe

Census Results

1951-04-08 :
1961-04-23 :
1971-04-25 :
1981-04-05 :
1991-04-21 : 54,888,844
2001-04-29 : 58,789,194

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Administrative units

code	administrative units	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-04-29 census	population 2007-06-30 estimate	population 2009-06-30 estimate
source: Office for National Statistics, UK.
gb-eng »	England	London	130,422	49,138,831	51,092,000	51,809,700
gb-nir »	Northern Ireland	Belfast	13,576	1,685,267	1,759,100	1,788,900
gb-sct »	Scotland	Edinburgh	78,133	5,062,011	5,144,200	5,194,000
gb-wls »	Wales	Cardiff	20,779	2,903,085	2,965,900	2,999,300
	total		242,910	58,789,194	60,975,400	61,791,900

Main cities

name	population 1994-07-01 estimate
London	6,962,319
Birmingham	1,008,381
Leeds	724,448
Glasgow	680,000
Sheffield	530,104
Bradford	481,747
Liverpool	474,001
Edinburgh	443,600
Manchester	431,061
Bristol	399,243
Kirklees (Huddersfield)	386,904
Wirral (Wallasey)	333,117
Wakefield	317,301
Dudley	312,235
Wigan	310,012
Coventry	302,514
Cardiff	300,038
Sunderland	297,226
Belfast	297,100
Sandwell (Oldbury)	293,742
Leicester	293,387
Doncaster	292,501
Sefton (Bootle, Southport)	292,363
Stockport	291,373
Newcastle upon Tyne	283,556
Nottingham	282,440
Kingston upon Hull	269,144
Bolton	265,175
Walsall	263,853
Rotherham	256,277
Plymouth	255,815
Stoke upon Trent	254,197
source: 1994 - United Nations, 1998.