United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the Island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state‍—‌the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi), the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.5 million inhabitants in 2016.
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== Counties ==
=== England ===
County for the purposes
of the lieutenancies	Population
(2018) 	Population
(2018)	Area 	Area 	Area	Density	Density 	Density	Composition
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan
counties or unitary authority areas
County for the purposes
of the lieutenancies	No. 	Rank	(km2)	(sq mi)	Rank	(/km2) 	(/sq mi)	Rank 	Composition
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan
counties or unitary authority areas
Greater London 	8,899,375 	1st 	1,569	606 	37th	5,671 	14,690 	1st 	The London boroughs
West Midlands 	2,916,458 	2nd 	902 	348 	42nd	3,235 	8,380 	3rd 	West Midlands
Greater Manchester 	2,812,569 	3rd 	1,276	493 	39th	2,204 	5,710 	5th 	Greater Manchester
West Yorkshire 	2,320,214 	4th 	2,029	783 	29th	1,143 	2,960 	8th 	West Yorkshire
Kent 	1,846,478 	5th 	3,738	1,443 	10th	494 	1,280 	16th 	Kent and Medway
Hampshire 	1,844,245 	6th 	3,769	1,455 	9th 	489 	1,270 	17th 	Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton
Essex 	1,832,752 	7th 	3,670	1,420 	11th	499 	1,290 	15th 	Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
Lancashire 	1,498,300 	8th 	3,075	1,187 	17th	487 	1,260 	19th 	Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire
Merseyside 	1,423,065 	9th 	647 	250 	43rd	2,200 	5,700 	6th 	Merseyside
South Yorkshire 	1,402,918 	10th	1,552	599 	38th	904 	2,340 	9th 	South Yorkshire
Devon 	1,194,166 	11th	6,707	2,590 	4th 	178 	460 	39th 	Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
Surrey 	1,189,934 	12th	1,663	642 	35th	716 	1,850 	12th 	Surrey
Hertfordshire 	1,184,365 	13th	1,643	634 	36th	721 	1,870 	11th 	Hertfordshire
North Yorkshire 	1,158,816[citation needed]	14th	8,654	3,341 	1st 	134 	350 	44th 	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, York and part of Stockton-on-Tees south of the centre line of the River Tees
Nottinghamshire 	1,154,195 	15th	2,159	834 	27th	535 	1,390 	14th 	Nottinghamshire and Nottingham
Tyne and Wear 	1,136,371 	16th	540 	210 	44th	2,105 	5,450 	7th 	Tyne and Wear
Staffordshire 	1,131,052 	17th	2,714	1,048 	18th	417 	1,080 	24th 	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Lincolnshire 	1,087,659 	18th	6,975	2,693 	2nd 	156 	400 	42nd 	Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire
Cheshire 	1,059,271 	19th	2,343	905 	25th	452 	1,170 	21st 	Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington
Leicestershire 	1,053,486 	20th	2,156	832 	28th	489 	1,270 	18th 	Leicestershire and Leicester
Derbyshire 	1,053,316 	21st	2,625	1,014 	21st	401 	1,040 	25th 	Derbyshire and Derby
Somerset 	965,424 	22nd	4,170	1,610 	7th 	232 	600 	36th 	Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and Somerset
Gloucestershire 	916,202 	23rd	3,150	1,220 	16th	291 	750 	30th 	Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire
Berkshire 	911,403 	24th	1,262	487 	40th	722 	1,870 	10th 	Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham
Norfolk 	903,680 	25th	5,380	2,080 	5th 	168 	440 	40th 	Norfolk
Durham 	866,846[citation needed] 	26th	2,676	1,033 	19th	324 	840 	28th 	County Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool and that part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the centre line of the River Tees
West Sussex 	858,852 	27th	1,991	769 	30th	431 	1,120 	23rd 	West Sussex
Cambridgeshire 	852,523 	28th	3,390	1,310 	15th	252 	650 	34th 	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
East Sussex 	844,985 	29th	1,791	692 	33rd	472 	1,220 	20th 	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove
Buckinghamshire 	808,666 	30th	1,874	724 	32nd	432 	1,120 	22nd 	Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
Dorset 	772,268 	31st	2,653	1,024 	20th	274 	710 	32nd 	Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Suffolk 	758,556 	32nd	3,801	1,468 	8th 	200 	520 	38th 	Suffolk
Northamptonshire 	747,622 	33rd	2,364	913 	24th	316 	820 	29th 	North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire
Wiltshire 	720,060 	34th	3,485	1,346 	14th	207 	540 	37th 	Swindon and Wiltshire
Oxfordshire 	687,524 	35th	2,605	1,006 	22nd	264 	680 	33rd 	Oxfordshire
Bedfordshire 	669,338 	36th	1,235	477 	41st	542 	1,400 	13th 	Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton
East Riding of Yorkshire	600,259 	37th	2,477	956 	23rd	242 	630 	35th 	East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston-upon-Hull
Worcestershire 	592,057 	38th	1,741	672 	34th	340 	880 	27th 	Worcestershire
Warwickshire 	571,010 	39th	1,975	763 	31st	289 	750 	31st 	Warwickshire
Cornwall 	568,210 	40th	3,562	1,375 	12th	160 	410 	41st 	Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Cumbria 	498,888 	41st	6,767	2,613 	3rd 	74 	190 	47th 	Cumbria
Shropshire 	498,073 	42nd	3,488	1,347 	13th	143 	370 	43rd 	Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin
Bristol 	463,405 	43rd	110 	42 	47th	4,224 	10,940 	2nd 	Bristol
Northumberland 	320,274 	44th	5,014	1,936 	6th 	64 	170 	48th 	Northumberland
Herefordshire 	192,107 	45th	2,180	840 	26th	88 	230 	46th 	Herefordshire
Isle of Wight 	141,538 	46th	380 	150 	46th	372 	960 	26th 	Isle of Wight
Rutland 	39,697 	47th	382 	147 	45th	104 	270 	45th 	Rutland
=== Wales ===
Name 	Comprises	Area (km2)	Population
Gwent 	Blaenau Gwent
Caerphilly
Monmouthshire
Newport
Torfaen	1,553 	560,500
Clwyd 	Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Wrexham	2,910 	491,100
South Glamorgan	Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan	475 	445,000
Mid Glamorgan 	Bridgend
Merthyr Tydfil
Rhondda Cynon Taf	781 	423,200
Dyfed 	Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Pembrokeshire	5,780 	375,200
West Glamorgan 	Neath Port Talbot
Swansea	820 	365,500
Gwynedd 	Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey	3,262 	187,400
Powys 	Powys 	5,196 	132,000