About the UK

Map of the UK

London is the capital of England and has a population of around 7,465,100.

For more information about population in the UK & census details visit the - National Statistics website

In mid-2004 the UK was home to 59.8 million people, of which 50.1 million lived in England.

The UK has a growing population.

Approximately one in five people in the UK were aged under 16 and one in six people were aged 65 or over. England is divided into Counties and Areas, they are specified below.

List of Counties

• Bedfordshire - More information
• Berkshire - More information
• Buckinghamshire - More information
• Cambridgeshire - More information
• Cheshire - More information
• Cornwall - More information
• Cumbria - More information
• Devon - More information
• Derbyshire - More information
• Dorset - More information
• East Anglia - More information
• Essex - More information
• Gloucestershire - More information
• Hampshire - More information
• Herefordshire - More information
• Hertfordshire - More information
• Kent - More information
• Lancashire - More information
• London - More information
• Manchester - More information
• Merseyside - More information
• Midlands - More information
• Northamptonshire - More information
• Oxfordshire - More information
• Scotland - More information
• Sheffield - More information
• Somerset - More information
• Staffordshire - More information
• Surrey - More information
• Sussex - More information
• Wales - More information
• Warwickshire - More information
• Wiltshire - More information
• Worcestershire - More information
• Yorkshire - More information