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Great Britain (officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) is an island state in northwestern Europe, consisting of from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It borders with Ireland, Cyprus and Spain.

Total area: 242,495 km².

Population: 66 993 318 people. Ethnic composition: British (76%), Scots (5.8%), Irish (1.9%), Welsh (3.1%), Indians (2.3%), Pakistanis (1.8%), Poles (0.9%), Bangladeshis (0.7%), Chinese (0.5%), Arabs (0.4%), immigrants from the CIS countries (0.3%), Iranians (0.1%), others (6.1%).

The country has access to the sea.

Capital city: London (with suburbs - 8.308 million people)

Five largest cities in the UK

Leeds - 551,000 people
Sheffield - 367.94
Birmingham - 267.8 people
Manchester - 115.65 people
Liverpool - 441 477 people

Economy. GDP volume: 2 827 billion USD (2019). GDP annual growth rate: 1.3% (Q2/19), GDP per capita: USD 43,688 (2019), GDP per capita PPP: USD 46,699 (2019) Annual Inflation rate 1.7% (Sep 2019), Salary: 542 GBP/week (Aug 2019), Unemployment Rate 3.9% (Aug 2019)

The real cost of living for a family is 1,300 GBP/month. | 1602 USD / month (2018)

According to the World Bank's "Doing Business" rating, the UK is ranked 8th out of 190 countries. Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP).

Main sectors of the economy: transport engineering; aerospace industry; food industry; general mechanical engineering; electronics and electrical engineering; chemical industry. Exports totaled 55.494 billion GBP (Aug 2019), including:

15.6% (73 billion USD): Nuclear reactors, boilers, equipment and mechanical devices; their parts
10.7% (50 billion USD): Land transport vehicles, other than railway or tram rolling stock, and their parts and accessories
9.08% (42 billion USD): Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metals and articles thereof; bijouterie; coins
8.73% (40 billion USD): Mineral fuels, oil and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
5.86% (27 billion USD): Electrical machinery and equipment, their parts; sound recording and reproducing equipment, equipment for recording and reproducing television images and sound, their parts and accessories
5.76% (27 billion USD): Pharmaceutical products
4.32% (20 billion USD): Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, control, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus
3.93% (18.4 billion USD): Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
2.7% (12.6 billion USD): Organic chemicals

The aggregate UK imports totaled 692 billion USD in 2019. In value terms, the increase in the supply of goods to the UK compared to 2018 was 3.09%. Imports of goods increased by 20 billion USD (in 2018, goods in the amount of 671 USD billion were imported to the UK).

Imports included:

Gold (including gold plated with platinum), raw or semi-finished, or in powder form
Cars and other motor vehicles intended mainly for the transport of people
Crude oil and crude oil products
Turbojet and turboprop engines, other gas turbines
Transmitting equipment for broadcasting or television, tour; digital cameras and camcorders
Computing machines and their blocks; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transferring data to media in coded form and machines for processing such information, not elsewhere specified or included
Medicines

Top Ten Companies in the United Kingdom

HSBC Holdings plc: One of the world's largest banking and financial services organizations, HSBC Holdings has a market capitalization of approximately 140 billion USD. Official Website
British American Tobacco plc: A leading tobacco manufacturing company with a market cap of around 90 billion USD, operating in over 180 countries. Official Website
Unilever plc: A multinational consumer goods company specializing in food, beverages, and home and personal care products, with a market capitalization of 120 billion USD. Official Website
Diageo plc: Known for its alcoholic beverages, Diageo's market cap is approximately 100 billion USD. Official Website
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK): This major pharmaceutical company has a market capitalization of around 85 billion USD. Official Website
BP plc: A multinational oil and gas company, BP has a market cap of roughly 90 billion USD. Official Website
Rio Tinto Group: A leading global mining company with a market capitalization of approximately 110 billion USD. Official Website
AstraZeneca plc: This pharmaceutical giant has a market capitalization of about 180 billion USD. Official Website
Barclays plc: An international bank and financial services company with a market cap of approximately 35 billion USD. Official Website
Lloyds Banking Group plc: One of the UK's largest retail banks, Lloyds has a market capitalization of around 30 billion USD. Official Website

Top Ten Banks in the United Kingdom

HSBC Holdings plc: The largest bank in the UK by total assets, HSBC has assets exceeding 2.9 trillion USD. Official Website
Barclays plc: Barclays offers a range of financial services, managing assets of around 1.8 trillion USD. Official Website
Lloyds Banking Group plc: With assets over 1 trillion USD, Lloyds is a major player in retail and commercial banking. Official Website
NatWest Group plc: Formerly Royal Bank of Scotland Group, NatWest manages assets worth approximately 970 billion USD. Official Website
Standard Chartered plc: Operating primarily in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, the bank has assets totaling around 820 billion USD. Official Website
Santander UK plc: A subsidiary of Banco Santander, it manages assets of about 380 billion USD. Official Website
Virgin Money UK plc: Formerly known as CYBG, Virgin Money has assets close to 100 billion USD. Official Website
Coutts & Co.: Specializing in wealth management and private banking services, Coutts manages assets worth approximately 50 billion USD. Official Website
Metro Bank plc: A challenger bank with a focus on customer service, Metro Bank's assets are around 30 billion USD. Official Website
TSB Bank plc: A significant player in the UK’s retail banking sector, TSB manages assets totaling around 40 billion USD. Official Website

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