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Country (long form)	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital	London
Total Area	94,525.53 sq mi 244,820.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Oregon)
Population	59,647,790 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	58,210,627
Languages	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Literacy	99% total, N/A% male, N/A%, (1978 est.)
Religions	Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)
Life Expectancy	75.13 male, 80.66 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	constitutional monarchy
Currency	1 British pound = 100 pence
GDP (per capita)	$22,800 (2000 est.)
Industry	machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods
Agriculture	cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish
Arable Land	25%
Natural Resources	coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land