Europe · Northern EuropeGB · +44
Country profile / GB
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital
London
Region
Europe
ISO
GB
Local time in United Kingdom
live · IANALondon
Europe/London
Reference ledger
CapitalLondonAdministrative seat
LanguagesEnglish1 listed
CurrenciesBritish pound1 listed
Time zonesEurope/London1 IANA identifier
Area242,900 km²Ranked 80 of 241 by area
Dialing+44International calling prefix
A sense of scale
area percentileLarger than 67% of places in this atlas.
At 242,900 km², United Kingdom ranks 80 of 241 records by land area. This comparison uses the same bundled source for every profile, so the scale is internally consistent.
#80by area in this atlas
Land neighbors
1Field notes
2 notes“London was the first city to build an underground railway.”
02The U.K. has more than 100 different accent variations.
Use these identifiers accurately
The two-letter code GB is the compact ISO identifier used in addresses, locale selectors, and many data feeds. The dialing prefix +44 belongs at the start of an international phone number. Time zone names such as Europe/London should be preferred over a fixed UTC offset because they carry daylight-saving rules.
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ISOGB
Borders1
Time zones1