Countries of the United Kingdom - wikipedia Countries of the United Kingdom Countries of the United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Category Administrative division Location United Kingdom Found in Legal jurisdictions Number Possible status NUTS 1 region ( 3 ) European constituency ( 3 ) Legal jurisdiction ( 2 ) Additional status Home Nations Government Devolved legislature ( 3 ) None ( 1 ) The United Kingdom ( UK ) comprises four countries : England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Within the United Kingdom, a unitary sovereign state, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have gained a degree of autonomy through the process of devolution. The UK Parliament and British Government deal with all reserved matters for Northern Ireland and Scotland and all non-transferred matters for Wales, but not in general matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales. Additionally, devolution in Northern Ireland is conditional on co-operation between the Northern Ireland Executive and the Government of Ireland ( see North / South Ministerial Council ) and the British Government consults with the Government of Ireland to reach agreement on some non-devolved matters for Northern Ireland ( see British -- Irish Intergovernmental Conference ). England, comprising the majority of the population and area of the United Kingdom, remains fully the responsibility of the UK Parliament centralised in London. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not themselves listed in the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) list of countries. However the ISO list of the subdivisions of the UK, compiled by British Standards and the UK 's Office for National Statistics, uses `` country '' to describe England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland, in contrast, is described as a `` province '' in the same lists. Each has separate national governing bodies for sports and compete separately in many international sporting competitions, including the Commonwealth Games. Northern Ireland also forms joint All - Island sporting bodies with the Republic of Ireland for most sports, including rugby union. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are dependencies of the Crown and are not part of the UK. Similarly, the British overseas territories, remnants of the British Empire, are not part of the UK. Historically, from 1801, following the Acts of Union, until 1921 the whole island of Ireland was a country within the UK. Ireland was split into two separate jurisdictions in 1921 : Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland. Southern Ireland left the United Kingdom under the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922. Contents 1 Key facts 1.1 Statistics 2 Terminology 2.1 Acts of Parliament 2.1. 1 Current legal terminology 2.2 Other official usage 2.2. 1 Current 3 Identity and nationality 4 Competitions 5 See also 6 References 6.1 Citations 6.2 Sources Key facts Name Flag Capital Legislature Legal systems Jurisdiction England London none English law England and Wales Northern Ireland none Belfast Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland law, Irish land law Northern Ireland Scotland Edinburgh Scottish Parliament Scots law Scotland Wales Cardiff National Assembly for Wales English law, Welsh law England and Wales United Kingdom London UK Parliament UK administrative law United Kingdom The UK parliament makes all English legislation. The former flag of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Banner, is still used in some sport - related contexts. Statistics Name Population ( 2015 ) Population ( % ) Area ( km2 ) Area ( % ) Pop. density ( per km2 ; 2011 ) GVA * ( £ ; 2015 ) GVA * ( % ; 2015 ) GVA per capita * ( £ ; 2015 ) England 54,786,300 84 % 130,279 54 % 406.55 1,433 billion 86 % 26,159 Northern Ireland 1,851,600 3 % 13,562 6 % 130.81 34 billion 2 % 18,584 Scotland 5,373,000 8 % 77,933 32 % 67.22 127 billion 8 % 23,685 Wales 3,099,100 5 % 20,735 9 % 147.43 56 billion 3 % 18,002 United Kingdom 65,110,000 100 % 242,509 100 % 259.16 1,666 billion 100 % 25,351 * Figures for GVA do not include oil and gas revenues generated beyond the UK 's territorial waters, in the country 's continental shelf region. Terminology Further information : Terminology of the British Isles Various terms have been used to describe England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Acts of Parliament Constitutional documents and events ( present & historical ) relevant to the status of the United Kingdom and legislative unions of its constituent countries Treaty of Union 1706 Acts of Union 1707 Wales and Berwick Act 1746 Irish Constitution 1782 Acts of Union 1800 Parliament Act 1911 Government of Ireland Act 1920 Anglo - Irish Treaty 1921 Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 Statute of Westminster 1931 United Nations Act 1946 Parliament Act 1949 EC Treaty of Accession 1972 NI ( Temporary Provisions ) Act 1972 European Communities Act 1972 Local Government Act 1972 Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 NI Border Poll 1973 NI Constitution Act 1973 Referendum Act EC Membership Referendum Scotland Act 1978 Wales Act 1978 Scottish Devolution Referendum 1979 Welsh Devolution Referendum 1979 Local Government ( Wales ) Act 1994 Local Government etc. ( Scotland ) Act 1994 Referendums ( Scotland & Wales ) Act 1997 Scottish Devolution Referendum 1997 Welsh Devolution Referendum 1997 Good Friday Agreement 1998 Northern Ireland Act 1998 Government of Wales Act 1998 Human Rights Act 1998 Scotland Act 1998 Government of Wales Act 2006 Northern Ireland Act 2009 Welsh Devolution Referendum 2011 European Union Act 2011 Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 Scotland Act 2012 Edinburgh Agreement 2012 Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 Wales Act 2014 European Union Referendum Act 2015 EU Membership Referendum 2016 Scotland Act 2016 Wales Act 2017 EU ( Notification of Withdrawal ) Act 2017 Invocation of Article 50 2017 European Union ( Withdrawal ) Act 2018 The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 -- 1542 annexed the legal system of Wales to England to create the single entity commonly known for centuries simply as England, but later officially renamed England and Wales. Wales was described ( in varying combinations ) as the `` country '', `` principality '', and `` dominion '' of Wales. Outside Wales, England was not given a specific name or term. The Laws in Wales Acts have subsequently been repealed. The Acts of Union 1707 refer to both England and Scotland as a `` part '' of a united kingdom of Great Britain The Acts of Union 1800 use `` part '' in the same way to refer to England and Scotland. However, they use the word `` country '' to describe Great Britain and Ireland respectively, when describing trade between them The Government of Ireland Act 1920 described Great Britain, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland as `` countries '' in provisions relating to taxation. The Northern Ireland Act 1998, which repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1920, does not use any term to describe Northern Ireland. Current legal terminology The Interpretation Act 1978 provides statutory definitions of the terms `` England '', `` Wales '' and the `` United Kingdom '', but neither that Act nor any other current statute defines `` Scotland '' or `` Northern Ireland ''. Use of the first three terms in other legislation is interpreted following the definitions in the 1978 Act. The definitions in the 1978 Act are listed below : `` England '' means, `` subject to any alteration of boundaries under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1972, the area consisting of the counties established by section 1 of that Act, Greater London and the Isles of Scilly. '' This definition applies from 1 April 1974. `` United Kingdom '' means `` Great Britain and Northern Ireland. '' This definition applies from 12 April 1927. `` Wales '' means the combined area of 13 historic counties, including Monmouthshire, re-formulated into 8 new counties under section 20 of the Local Government Act 1972, as originally enacted, but subject to any alteration made under section 73 of that Act ( consequential alteration of boundary following alteration of watercourse ). In 1996 these 8 new counties were redistributed into the current 22 unitary authorities. In the Scotland Act 1998 there is no delineation of Scotland, with the definition in section 126 simply providing that Scotland includes `` so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Scotland ''. The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as `` parts '' of the United Kingdom in the following clause : `` Each constituency shall be wholly in one of the four parts of the United Kingdom ( England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ). '' Other official usage The Royal Fine Art Commission 's 1847 report on decorating the Palace of Westminster referred to `` the nationality of the component parts of the United Kingdom '' being represented by their four respective patron saints. Current `` Regions '' : For purposes of NUTS 1 collection of statistical data in a format that is compatible with similar data that is collected elsewhere in the European Union, the United Kingdom has been divided into twelve regions of approximately equal size. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are regions in their own right while England has been divided into nine regions. The official term rest of the UK ( RUK or rUK ) is used in Scotland, for example in export statistics and in legislating for student funding. This term is also used in the context of potential Scottish independence to mean the UK without Scotland. The alternative term Home Nations is sometimes used in sporting contexts and may include all of the island of Ireland. Identity and nationality Further information : Demography of the United Kingdom According to the British Social Attitudes Survey, there are broadly two interpretations of British identity, with ethnic and civic dimensions : The first group, which we term the ethnic dimension, contained the items about birthplace, ancestry, living in Britain, and sharing British customs and traditions. The second, or civic group, contained the items about feeling British, respecting laws and institutions, speaking English, and having British citizenship. Of the two perspectives of British identity, the civic definition has become the dominant idea and in this capacity, Britishness is sometimes considered an institutional or overarching state identity. This has been used to explain why first -, second - and third - generation immigrants are more likely to describe themselves as British, rather than English, Northern Irish, Scottish or Welsh, because it is an `` institutional, inclusive '' identity, that can be acquired through naturalisation and British nationality law ; the vast majority of people in the United Kingdom who are from an ethnic minority feel British. However, this attitude is more common in England than in Scotland or Wales ; `` white English people perceived themselves as English first and as British second, and most people from ethnic minority backgrounds perceived themselves as British, but none identified as English, a label they associated exclusively with white people ''. Contrariwise, in Scotland and Wales `` there was a much stronger identification with each country than with Britain. '' Studies and surveys have reported that the majority of the Scots and Welsh see themselves as both Scottish / Welsh and British though with some differences in emphasis. The Commission for Racial Equality found that with respect to notions of nationality in Britain, `` the most basic, objective and uncontroversial conception of the British people is one that includes the English, the Scots and the Welsh ''. However, `` English participants tended to think of themselves as indistinguishably English or British, while both Scottish and Welsh participants identified themselves much more readily as Scottish or Welsh than as British ''. Some people opted `` to combine both identities '' as `` they felt Scottish or Welsh, but held a British passport and were therefore British '', whereas others saw themselves as exclusively Scottish or exclusively Welsh and `` felt quite divorced from the British, whom they saw as the English ''. Commentators have described this latter phenomenon as `` nationalism '', a rejection of British identity because some Scots and Welsh interpret it as `` cultural imperialism imposed '' upon the United Kingdom by `` English ruling elites '', or else a response to a historical misappropriation of equating the word `` English '' with `` British '', which has `` brought about a desire among Scots, Welsh and Irish to learn more about their heritage and distinguish themselves from the broader British identity ''. The propensity for nationalistic feeling varies greatly across the UK, and can rise and fall over time. The state - funded Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, part of a joint project between the University of Ulster and Queen 's University Belfast, has addressed the issue of identity in since it started polling in 1998. It reported that 37 % of people identified as British, whilst 29 % identified as Irish and 24 % identified as Northern Irish. 3 % opted to identify themselves as Ulster, whereas 7 % stated ' other '. Of the two main religious groups, 68 % of Protestants identified as British as did 6 % of Catholics ; 60 % of Catholics identified as Irish as did 3 % of Protestants. 21 % of Protestants and 26 % of Catholics identified as Northern Irish. For Northern Ireland, however, the results of the Life & Times Survey are not the whole story. The poll asks for a single preference, whereas many people easily identify as any combination of British and Irish, or British, Northern Irish and Irish, or Irish and Northern Irish. The 2014 Life & Times Survey addressed this to an extent by choosing two of the options from the identity question : British and Irish. It found that, while 28 % of respondents stated they felt `` British not Irish '' and 26 % felt `` Irish not British '', 39 % of respondents felt some combination of both identities. Six percent chose ' other description '. The identity question is confounded further by identity with politics and religion, and particularly by a stance on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. Again in 2014, the Life & Times Survey asked what respondents felt should be the `` long term future for Northern Ireland ''. 66 % of respondents felt the future should be as a part of the UK, with or without devolved government. 17 % felt that Northern Ireland should unify with the Republic of Ireland. 50 % of specifically Roman Catholics considered that the long - term future should be as part of the UK, with 32 % opting for separation. 87 % of respondents identifying as any Protestant denomination opted for remaining part of the UK, with only 4 % opting for separation. Of those respondents who declared no religion, 62 % opted for remaining part of the UK, with 9 % opting for separation. Following devolution and the significant broadening of autonomous governance throughout the UK in the late 1990s, debate has taken place across the United Kingdom on the relative value of full independence, an option that was rejected by the Scottish people in the Scottish independence referendum, 2014. Cornwall is administered as a county of England, but the Cornish people are a recognised national minority, included under the terms of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in 2014. Competitions See also : Home Nations Each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales has separate national governing bodies for sports and competes separately in many international sporting competitions. Each country of the United Kingdom has a national football team, and competes as a separate national team in the various disciplines in the Commonwealth Games. At the Olympic Games, the United Kingdom is represented by the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team, although athletes from Northern Ireland can choose to join the Republic of Ireland 's Olympic team. In addition to Northern Ireland having its own national governing bodies for some sports such as Association football and Netball, for others, such as rugby union and cricket, Northern Ireland participates with the Republic of Ireland in a joint All - Ireland team. England and Wales field a joint cricket team. The United Kingdom participates in the Eurovision Song Contest as a single entity, though there have been calls for separate and Scottish and Welsh entrants. In 2018, Wales participated alone in the spin - off `` Choir of the Year '', placing second. 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Question: what are the names of the countries in the united kingdom
Answer: England