Great Britain (the full name - the United Kingdom of and Northern Ireland, England). An island nation in Western Europe
Administrative division of the UK The UK consists of four administrative and political sides of (historical province): England (39 counties and 6 metropolitan counties and Greater London) - adm. Central London Wales (22 unitary education: 9 counties, 3 cities and 10 towns, counties) - adm. Cardiff Centre Scotland (12 areas: 9 districts and 3 major territories) - adm. Centre Edinburgh Northern Ireland (26 counties) - adm. Centre Belfast
The population of Great Britain from 1900 to 2009: Year Number (person)
Год Численность (чел.) 190035 405 900194950 300 000195951 900 000197655 900 000199859 100 000200459 834 900200560 441 457200760 776 238200961 634 783
The indigenous people of the country is 92% of the population B. (2001 census), including: English - 83.6% Scots (mostly in Scotland) - 8,5% Welsh (mainly in Wales) - 4,9% Irish (mainly in Northern Ireland) - 2,9%.
Major religions: Christianity, the most common religion (42,079,000) - 71.6%, Islam (1,591,000) - 2.7%, Hinduism (559.000) - 1%, Sikhism (336.000) - 0,6%, Jewish (267.000) - 0,5%, Buddhism (152.000) - 0,3%, Other religions (179.000) - 0,3%, atheists (9,104,000) - 15,5% did not answer (4,289,000) - 7.3%