The total population of the United Kingdom is about 68.6 million people.
The United Kingdom has a land area of about 24410,000 square kilometers, of which 13 are in England040,000 square kilometers, Scotland 7880,000 square kilometers, 2080,000 square kilometers, Northern Ireland 1410,000 square kilometers.
The official language of the United Kingdom is English, but Welsh is also spoken in northern Wales, and Gaelic is still spoken in the North West Highlands of Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. Most of the residents are Protestant (59 percent of the total population.)5%), mainly divided into the Church of England (also known as Anglican, Anglican) and the Church of Scotland (also known as Presbyterian). There is also the Catholic Church and larger religious communities such as Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism. Britain is surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway; It is bordered by Ireland to the west, across the Atlantic Ocean and the United States and Canada; North across the Atlantic Ocean to Iceland; 33 kilometers south through the English Channel is France.
The northwest of England is mostly a low mountain plateau, and the southeast is plain, and the Thames River is the largest river in the country. The Severn River is the longest river in the UK, with a length of 338 kilometres, originating in a semicircle in central Wales, flowing through the Midwest of England and emptiring into the Bristol Channel.
The United Kingdom also has 14 Overseas Territories that are not part of the United Kingdom.
As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Britain gradually became the world's largest country through continuous colonial expansion and plunder, known as the empire on which the sun never sets. But later, with the outbreak of World War I and World War II, Britain's strength was damaged and replaced by the rising United States and the Soviet Union. This also determines that there are many estrangements and entanglements between Britain and continental European countries, such as France and Germany. It joined the European Community in January 1973 and became a member of the European Union (the European Community was renamed the European Union on 1 November 1993), but the United Kingdom did not join the Eurozone. Feeling that he had too many responsibilities and fewer rights, the UK decided to leave the EU in June 2016 through a referendum, and after many Brexit negotiations, the UK officially left the EU in January 2020.
But the UK, as a developed country in the world and one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, has a long history and rich cultural heritage, and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The UK is also a modern industrial powerhouse, with a global presence in its services, financial and manufacturing sectors. It remains one of the few countries that can have an impact on the situation in the world.