United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom (GB, GBR) is a country in Northern Europe, with London as its capital. The currency is the British Pound (GBP, £). The international dialling code is +44 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 07400 123456. The time zone is Europe/London. Official language: English.
CurrencyGBP£
Dial code+44e.g. 07400 123456
Time zoneLondonUTC+00:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalLondon
Population68.5M242.9K km²
Overview
- Official name
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Native name
- United Kingdom
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GB
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GBR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 826
- IOC code
- GBR
- Demonym
- British
- Capital
- London
- Region
- Europe › Northern Europe
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Northern Europe
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .uk
- Coordinates
- 54, -2
- Area
- 242,900 km²
- Population
- 68,459,100
- GDP
- $3.7T ($54K per person)
- Literacy
- 99%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
British Pound GBP
- Symbol
- £
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- £1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 98% (67.1M) | |
| Welsh cy | Official (regional) | 1.3% (890K) | |
| Irish ga | Official (regional) | 0.15% (102.7K) | |
| Scottish Gaelic gd | Official (regional) | 0.11% (75.3K) | 5% |
| French fr | 17% (11.6M) | ||
| German de | 9% (6.2M) | ||
| Spanish es | 8% (5.5M) | ||
| Polish pl | 4% (2.7M) | ||
| Punjabi pa | 3.6% (2.5M) | ||
| Urdu ur | 3.5% (2.4M) | ||
| Tamil ta | 3.2% (2.2M) | ||
| Gujarati gu | 2.9% (2M) | ||
| Scots sco | 2.5% (1.7M) | 5% | |
| Romanian ro | 0.8% (547.7K) | ||
| Bangla bn | 0.4% (273.8K) | ||
| Arabic ar | 0.3% (205.4K) | ||
| Traditional Chinese zh-Hant | 0.3% (205.4K) | ||
| Italian it | 0.2% (136.9K) | ||
| Lithuanian lt | 0.2% (136.9K) | ||
| Portuguese pt | 0.2% (136.9K) | ||
| Somali so | 0.2% (136.9K) | ||
| Turkish tr | 0.2% (136.9K) | ||
| Cornish kw | 0.0029% (2K) | ||
| Pali pi | 0.0002% (136.9) | ||
| English (Shavian) en-Shaw | 0% (0) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe/London | UTC+00:00 | UTC+01:00 | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +44
- Shared with
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 112|999
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 0121 234 5678 | +44 121 234 5678 | XXXX XXX XXXX | 9, 10 |
| Mobile | 07400 123456 | +44 7400 123456 | XXXXX XXXXXX | 10 |
| Toll free | 0800 123 4567 | +44 800 123 4567 | XXXX XXX XXXX | 7, 9, 10 |
| Premium rate | 0901 234 5678 | +44 901 234 5678 | XXXX XXX XXXX | 7, 10 |
| Personal number | 070 1234 5678 | +44 70 1234 5678 | XXX XXXX XXXX | 10 |
| VoIP | 056 1234 5678 | +44 56 1234 5678 | XXX XXXX XXXX | 10 |
| Pager | 076 4012 3456 | +44 76 4012 3456 | XXX XXXX XXXX | 10 |
| Universal access | 055 1234 5678 | +44 55 1234 5678 | XXX XXXX XXXX | 10 |
Show the 8 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 800 | 8001 | 80011 | 800111 | 8001111 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | 845 | 8454 | 84546 | 845464 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{6}) | 800 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{5})(\d{4,5}) | 1(?:38|5[23]|69|76|94) | 1(?:(?:38|69)7|5(?:24|39)|768|946) | 1(?:3873|5(?:242|39[4-6])|(?:697|768)[347]|9467) | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{4})(\d{5,6}) | 1(?:[2-69][02-9]|[78]) | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [25]|7(?:0|6[02-9]) | [25]|7(?:0|6(?:[03-9]|2[356])) | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{4})(\d{6}) | 7 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [1389] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, Postal code
- Uppercase fields
- City, Postal code
Postal code
- Pattern
GIR ?0AA|(?:(?:AB|AL|B|BA|BB|BD|BF|BH|BL|BN|BR|BS|BT|BX|CA|CB|CF|CH|CM|CO|CR|CT|CV|CW|DA|DD|DE|DG|DH|DL|DN|DT|DY|E|EC|EH|EN|EX|FK|FY|G|GL|GY|GU|HA|HD|HG|HP|HR|HS|HU|HX|IG|IM|IP|IV|JE|KA|KT|KW|KY|L|LA|LD|LE|LL|LN|LS|LU|M|ME|MK|ML|N|NE|NG|NN|NP|NR|NW|OL|OX|PA|PE|PH|PL|PO|PR|RG|RH|RM|S|SA|SE|SG|SK|SL|SM|SN|SO|SP|SR|SS|ST|SW|SY|TA|TD|TF|TN|TQ|TR|TS|TW|UB|W|WA|WC|WD|WF|WN|WR|WS|WV|YO|ZE)(?:\d[\dA-Z]? ?\d[ABD-HJLN-UW-Z]{2}))|BFPO ?\d{1,4}- Examples
- EC1Y 8SY · GIR 0AA · M2 5BQ · M34 4AB · CR0 2YR · DN16 9AA · W1A 4ZZ · EC1A 1HQ · OX14 4PG · BS18 8HF · NR25 7HG · RH6 0NP · BH23 6AA · B6 5BA · SO23 9AP · PO1 3AX · BFPO 61
- Post office lookup
- http://www.royalmail.com/postcode-finder
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 4 days of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- UK (metric with imperial road units)
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the British English locale (en-GB), amounts in GBP.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (GBP)
- £1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (£1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 British pounds
- Compact short
- 1.2m
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C