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UK - Factfile

Map of the United Kingdom: Map of the UK
Capital: London
Population: 60.6 (2007)
Size: 244,100 square kilometres
Languages: English (official), but Welsh, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Gaelic, and other languages also spoken
Currency: 1 pound sterling = 100 pence
Average life expectancy: Overall, 78.7 years. Male 76.23 years, Female 81.3 years (2007)
Number of doctors: 166 physicians per 100,000 people (2007)
Literacy: Overall, 99%. Male 99%, Female 99% (2007)
Population with access to safe water: 100% (2007)
Number of internet users: 37.6 million people (2007)
 
Statistical sources: UK National Statistics 2007; CIA World Factbook 2007; WHO 2007

 

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