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GeographyLocation: Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwestof France
Area: Land boundaries: total 360 km, Ireland 360 km Coastline: 12,429 km
PeoplePopulation: 58,295,119 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.27% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 13.18 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.66 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%,West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8% Religions: Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991est.) Languages: English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish formof Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: London Independence: 1 January 1801 (United Kingdom established) Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.0452 trillion National product real growth rate: 4.2% National product per capita: $17,980 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.4% Unemployment rate: 9.3%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |