United Kingdom - Geography

Here, let us take a look at the Geography of United Kingdom. Lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km (22 mi) from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel (the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel); because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km (78 mi) from tidal waters. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.

Population Distribution

The core of the population lies in and around London, with significant clusters found in central Britain around Manchester and Liverpool, in the Scottish lowlands between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in southern Wales in and around Cardiff, and in far-eastern Northern Ireland, centered on Belfast

People and Society

In United Kingdom, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: White 87.2%, Black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011 est.)

Population N/A
Pop growth rate 0.4% (2025 est.)
Birth rate 10.76 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate 9.25 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Current health expenditure N/A
Physicians Density N/A
Hospital bed Density 2.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate 1.64 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate 0.8 (2025 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate N/A
Est married women (ages 15-49) N/A
Literacy N/A
Education expenditures N/A
Net Migration rate N/A
Nationality British | Briton(s), British (collective plural)
Languages N/A
Religions N/A
Age Structure
0-14 years 16.7% (male 5,872,937/female 5,592,665)
15-64 years 63.9% (male 22,062,643/female 21,702,401)
65 years and over 19.3% (2024 est.) (male 6,069,865/female 7,158,544)
Dependency Ratios
Total dependency ratio 56.7 (2025 est.)
Youth dependency ratio 26 (2025 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio 30.7 (2025 est.)
Potential support ratio 3.3 (2025 est.)
Median Age
Total 40.9 years (2025 est.)
Male 40.1 years
Female 41.5 years
Urbanization
Urban population 84.6% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.8% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 9.648 million LONDON (capital), 2.791 million Manchester, 2.665 million Birmingham, 1.929 million West Yorkshire, 1.698 million Glasgow, 952,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2023).
Sex Ratio
At birth 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.85 male(s)/female
Total population 0.99 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Infant Motality
Total 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
Male 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Female 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at birth
Total population 82.2 years (2024 est.)
Male 80.1 years
Female 84.4 years
Drinking Water Sources
Improved: urban urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Sanitation facility acess
Improved: urban urban: 99.8% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 99.8% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 99.8% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 0.2% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 0.2% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 0.2% of population (2022 est.)
Major Infectious diseases
Alcohol consumption per capita
Total 9.8 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Beer 3.53 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Wine 3.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Spirits 2.35 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Other alcohols 0.61 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
Total 11.5% (2025 est.)
Male 13.3% (2025 est.)
Female 9.8% (2025 est.)
Child marriage
Women married by age 18 0% (2021)
Demographic profile
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United Kingdom is found in Northern Europe