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United Kingdome
Languages:
English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
Ethnicity/race: English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh
4.9%; Northern Irish 2.9%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%,
Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001)
Religions:
Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian,
Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%,
unspecified or none 23.1% (2001)
Literacy rate:
99% (2003 est.)
Economic
summary: GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $2.149 trillion; per
capita $35,200. Real growth rate: –4.8%. Inflation:
2.1%. Unemployment: 8.0%. Arable land: 23%. Agriculture:
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep,
poultry; fish. Labor force: 30.07 million; agriculture
1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5% (2004). Industries:
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,
other consumer goods. Natural resources: coal,
petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt,
clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land. Exports:
$351.3 billion (2009 est.): manufactured goods, fuels,
chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco. Imports: $473.6
billion (2009 est.): manufactured goods, machinery,
fuels; foodstuffs. Major trading partners: U.S.,
Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain,
Italy, China (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use:
32.943 million (2005); mobile cellular: 61.1 million
(2004). Radio broadcast stations: AM 219, FM 431,
shortwave 3 (1998). Radios: 84.5 million (1997).
Television broadcast stations: 228 (plus 3,523
repeaters) (1995). Televisions: 30.5 million (1997).
Internet Hosts: 6.1 million (2006). Internet users: 37.6
million (2002).
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