UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JANUARY 1 1801 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NO WRITTEN CONSTITUTION POPULATION 59113439 1999 EST AREA 94251 SQ MI CAPITAL LONDON FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MAIN INDUSTRIES STEEL METALS VEHICLES SHIPBUILDING BANKING TEXTILES CHEMICALS ELECTRONICS AIRCRAFT MACHINERY DISTILLING AGRICULTURE GRAINS SUGAR BEETS POTATOES VEGETABLES NATURAL RESOURCES COAL OIL GAS CURRENCY POUND GDP 1.252 TRILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 21200 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH WELSH SCOTTISH GAELIC RELIGIONS ANGLICAN ROMAN CATHOLIC OTHER CHRISTIANITY ISLAM LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 75 YEARS MALE 80 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 12 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 11 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
