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Population: 59,647,790 (July 2001 est.)
Languages: English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Background: Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the...
Currency: British pound (GBP, GBP (£0.54 = US$1))
Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.
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