About the UK
Map of the UK
The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland and Wales, also known as Great Britain, and Northern Ireland.
London is the capital of England, is also the largest city and has a population of over 7,500,000. Birmingham is the second largest city in England with a population of over 1,006,500.
The UK has a growing population.
In mid-2006 the UK was home to 60, 587,300 people, of which 50,762,900 lived in England. Approximately one in five people in the UK were under the age of sixteen and one in six people were sixty-five years old or over.
England is divided into counties and areas, metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties, Greater London, unitary authorities, districts, boroughs and cities.
For more information about population in the UK & census details visit the - National Statistics website
UK Counties and Regions**
- Avon - More information
- Bedfordshire - More information
- Berkshire - More information
- Buckinghamshire - More information
- Cambridgeshire - More information
- Cheshire - More information
- Cleveland - More information
- Cornwall - More information
- County Durham - More information
- Cumbria - More information
- Devon - More information
- Derbyshire - More information
- Dorset - More information
- East Anglia - More information
- East Sussex - More information
- Essex - More information
- Gloucestershire - More information
- Hampshire - More information
- Herefordshire - More information
- Hertfordshire - More information
- Isle of Wight - More information
- Kent - More information
- Lancashire - More information
- Leicestershire - More information
- Lincolnshire - More information
- London - More information
- Manchester - More information
- Merseyside - More information
- Middlesex - More information
- Midlands - More information
- Norfolk - More information
- North Humberside - More information
- North Yorkshire - More information
- Northamptonshire - More information
- Northumberland - More information
- Oxfordshire - More information
- Scotland - More information
- Sheffield - More information
- Shropshire - More information
- Somerset - More information
- South Humberside - More information
- South Yorkshire - More information
- Staffordshire - More information
- Suffolk - More information
- Surrey - More information
- Sussex - More information
- Sutherland - More information
- Tyne and Wear - More information
- Wales - More information
- Warwickshire - More information
- West Midlands - More information
- West Sussex - More information
- West Yorkshire - More information
- Wiltshire - More information
- Worcestershire - More information
- Yorkshire - More information
**Please note that the information on these pages is provided as a service and is not meant as a comprehensive resource to the whole of the United Kingdom. We are adding more regions and counties and welcome your suggestions.
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