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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Prime Minister: Tony Blair (1997)
Area: 94,247 sq. mi. (244,820 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 59,113,439 (average annual rate of natural increase: 0.13%); birth rate: 11.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.8/1000; density per sq. mi.: 627
Capital and largest city (1995 est.): London, 7,007,091
Other large cities: Birmingham, 1,009,100; Leeds, 721,800; Glasgow, 681,470; Liverpool, 479,000; Bradford, 477,500; Edinburgh, 441,620; Manchester, 434,600; Bristol, 396,600
Monetary unit: Pound sterling (£)
Languages: English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
Ethnicity/race: English 81.5%; Scottish 9.6%; Irish 2.4%; Welsh 1.9%; Ulster 1.8%; West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%
Religions: Church of England (established church); Church of Wales (disestablished); Church of Scotland (established church—Presbyterian); Church of Ireland (disestablished); Roman Catholic; Methodist; Congregational; Baptist; Jewish
Literacy rate: 99%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1997 est.): $1.242 trillion; $21,200 per capita. Real growth rate: 3.5%. Inflation: 3.1%. Unemployment: 5.5% (1997 est.). Arable land: 25%. Agriculture: cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables, cattle, sheep, poultry, fish. Labor force: 28.2 million (1997); services, 68.9%; manufacturing and construction, 17.5%; government, 11.3%; energy, 1.2%; agriculture, 1.1% (1996). Industry: production machinery, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communication equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods. Natural resources: coal, oil, gas. Exports: $268 billion (f.o.b., 1997): machinery, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, manufactured goods, semifinished goods. Imports: $283.5 billion (f.o.b., 1997): foodstuffs, machinery, manufactured goods, semifinished goods, consumer goods. Major trading partners: EU, U.S.
