Demographics

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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.

Capital city: London
Population: 60,609,153 (July 2006 est.)

Gross domestic production (GDP): 1.8% (2005 est.)

GDP per capita: $30,300 (2005 est.)

GDP composition by

Agriculture 0.5%

Industry 23.7%

Service 75.8% (2005 est.)

Surface area	Land use
Total: 244,820 sq km	Arable land: 23.23%
Land: 241,590 sq km	Permanent crops: 0.2%
Water: 3,230 sq km	Other: 76.57% (2005)
(note: the surface area incl the Rockall & Shetland Islands)