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Continent	Europe
Coordinates	54 00 N, 2 00 W
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Capital	London
Location	Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France
Climate	Temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Total area	245 ths sq.km.
Population	60 609 ths p.
Median age	39.3 yrs.
Life expectancy	78.5 yrs.
Languages	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

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Development statistics

Statistic parameter		Data period	Value	Rate of change (year/year)	Last period rate of change	Index from 01/2000
Economy development
Gross domestic product (GDP)
current prices	bil USD	Q1-08	704.3	+5.3%	+1.1%	148.4%
constant prices	bil USD	Q1-08	624.7	+2.3%	+0.3%	121.2%
Production of total industry (IP)	ind 2000	Jun-08	94.6%	-1.6%	-0.2%	94.6%
Retail trade	ind 2000	Jun-08	140.8%	+2.2%	-3.9%	138.7%
Standardised unemployment rate	percent	Mar-08	5.2%	-3.7%	+2.0%	93.5%
Price indexes
Consumer prices (all items, CPI)	ind 2000	Jul-08	117.1%	+4.4%	+0.0%	117.1%
food	ind 2000	Jul-08	128.1%	+12.2%	+0.8%	128.1%
energy	ind 2000	Jul-08	170.4%	+21.1%	+0.8%	170.4%
other items	ind 2000	Jul-08	111.7%	+1.9%	-0.2%	111.7%
Consumer prices - Services less housing	ind 2000	Jul-08	134.5%	+3.6%	+1.0%	134.5%
Consumer prices - Housing	ind 2000
Harmonised CPI	ind 2000	Jun-08	117.1%	+3.8%	+0.6%	117.1%
Producer prices (total, PPI)	ind 2000
manufacturing products	ind 2000	Jul-08	124.3%	+10.2%	+0.4%	124.3%
Share Prices	ind 2000	Jul-08	84.4%	-18.1%	-7.0%	84.4%
Interantional trade
Exports in goods	bil USD	May-08	39.2	+9.9%	-2.6%	163.9%
Imports in goods	bil USD	May-08	55.1	+9.4%	-0.7%	194.4%
Net trade in goods	bil USD	May-08	-15.8
Current Account	bil USD	Q1-08	-16.6
Financial markets - monetary markets
Narrow money	ind 2000	Jun-08	196.9%	+9.2%	+0.4%	196.9%
Broad Money	ind 2000	Jun-08	206.4%	+10.6%	+1.1%	206.4%
Reserve assets	bil SDR	Jun-08	30.0	+6.2%	-2.0%	119.3%
Financial markets - currency - Pound (Great Britain)
Currency exchange rates	per USD	Jul-08	0.51	-3.2%	-0.1%	130.7%
Interest rates
immediate	percent	Jul-08	5.0%
short-term	percent	Jul-08	5.8%
long-term	percent	Jul-08	5.1%

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