Government type:
Constitutional monarchy

Capital:
London

Administrative divisions:
England: 47 boroughs, 36 counties, 29 London boroughs, 12 cities and boroughs, 10 districts, 12 cities, 3 royal boroughs
Northern Ireland: 24 districts, 2 cities, 6 counties (historic)
Scotland: 32 council areas
Wales: 11 county boroughs, 9 counties, 2 cities and counties

Legal System:
Common law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Geographic coordinates:
54 00 N, 2 00 W

Area:
244,820 sq km

Climate:
Temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current;

Population:
60,776,238 (July 2007 est.)

Religions:
Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)

Languages:
English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

Literacy:
Total population: 99%
Male: 99%
Female: 99% (2003 est.)

Natural resources:
Coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.903 trillion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$2.341 trillion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
2.7% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$31,400 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
Agriculture: 1%
Agriculture - products:
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish

Industry: 25.6%
Industries:
Machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods

Industrial production growth rate:
0% (2006 est.)

Services: 73.4% (2006 est.)

Current account balance:
-$57.68 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$468.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports commodities:
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco

Exports partners:
US 15.1%, Germany 10.5%, France 8.9%, Ireland 7.3%, Netherlands 5.5%, Belgium 5%, Spain 4.4% (2005)

Imports:
$603 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports Commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs

Imports Partners:
Germany 12.8%, US 8.7%, France 7.1%, Netherlands 6.6%, China 5%, Norway 4.7%, Belgium 4.6%, Italy 4% (2005)

Fiscal year:
6 April - 5 April

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Source: CIA World Factbook