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United Kingdom

At a glance

  • United Kingdom has a population of about 69.5M; its total GDP of $4T ranks #5 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 248,906 km² is about 1.3× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • GDP (total) stands out most against the median: $4T — rank #5 of 168 countries with data.

United Kingdom: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 69.5M (2025) #22 / 169 median 11.5M · 6.0×
Population growth 0.3% (2025) #130 / 169 median 1.1% · 27%
Urban population share 83.3% (2025) #31 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.3×
Population aged 65+ 19.7% (2025) #30 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.7×
Fertility rate 1.6 (2024) #117 / 169 median 2.1 · 74%
Birth rate 9.9‰ (2024) #126 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 62%
Death rate 9.7‰ (2024) #36 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.4×
Net migration 389.9K (2025) #4 / 169 N/A
Surface area 248,906 km² #79 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.3×
Population density derived 279/km² (2025) #21 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 3.8×
Economy
GDP (total) $4T (2025) #5 / 168 median $80.7B · 50×
GDP per capita $57,602 (2025) #17 / 168 median $6,834 · 8.4×
GNI per capita $54,550 (2025) #18 / 168 median $6,350 · 8.6×
GDP growth (annual) 1.4% (2025) #126 / 168 median 3.1% · 45%
Inflation rate 3.9% (2025) #63 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.2×
Unemployment rate 4.7% (2025) #97 / 168 median 5.1% · 92%
Gini index 32.4 (2021) #106 / 153 median 35.3 · 92%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.4% (2021) #118 / 153 median 2.5% · 16%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 30.6% (2025) #97 / 163 median 35.0% · 87%
Imports share of GDP 31.9% (2025) #105 / 163 median 40.2% · 79%
Agriculture share of GDP 0.6% (2025) #163 / 168 median 7.2% · 9%
Manufacturing share of GDP 7.7% (2025) #123 / 165 median 11.2% · 69%
International tourist arrivals 11.1M (2020) #22 / 162 median 1.1M · 9.8×
Tourism receipts $31.7B (1998) #4 / 165 median $705M · 45×
Health & education
Life expectancy 81.4 years (2024) #29 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 4.1‰ (2024) #133 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 31%
Under-five mortality 4.7‰ (2024) #135 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 30%
DPT immunization 92.0% (2024) #72 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 2.4 per 1,000 (2022) #72 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.2×
Health spending share of GDP 11.1% (2024) #12 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.7×
Secondary school enrollment 112.1% (2023) #17 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.2×
Education spending share of GDP 5.9% (2021) #26 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.4×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.946 (2023) #12 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.3×
Internet users 95.5% (2024) #21 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 121.6 per 100 (2024) #69 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.0×
Fixed broadband 42.2 per 100 (2024) #14 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.5×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #78 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 4.2 t (2024) #56 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.6×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 292 Mt (2024) #20 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 14×
Renewable electricity share 40.2% (2021) #72 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.2×
Renewable energy consumption 12.2% (2021) #125 / 169 median 26.9% · 45%
Forest area 13.3% (2023) #119 / 169 median 32.4% · 41%
Agricultural land 70.3% (2023) #19 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.7×
Arable land 25.0% (2023) #35 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.3×
PM2.5 exposure 9.5 µg/m³ (2023) #143 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 48%
Military spending 2.3% (2024) #50 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.3×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

United Kingdom's true-shape outline

United Kingdom's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 248,906 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).