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United Kingdom: map and facts
The United Kingdom is in Northern Europe. It has about 69.5 million people (2025), the 22nd largest population. It covers 243,610 km², the 78th largest by area. That is about 285 people per km². Its highest point is Ben Nevis, at 1,345 m. The longest river on its map is the Severn, 354 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 69,487,000 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 243,610 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: London
- Highest point: Ben Nevis, 1,345 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 13.5% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of the United Kingdom, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Severn: 354 km
- Thames: 334 km
- Trent: 298 km
- Great Ouse: 240 km
- Wye: 215 km
- Tay: 193 km
- Tweed: 156 km
- Swale: 118 km
- Blackwater: 91 km
- Ness: 10 km
Also on the map: Oich.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Ben Nevis: 1,345 m (its highest point)
- Snowdon: 1,085 m
Mountain ranges: Cambrian Mountains and Grampian Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: British Isles, Orkney Islands, Outer Hebrides and Shetland Islands.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): savanna 44.2%, farmland 19.7%, grassland 15.5%, mixed forest 6.1%, farmland with natural plants 4.3%, towns and cities 4.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 48.3%, plains 38.7%, mountains 13%.
Forests covered 13.5% of its land in 2024, up from 11.5% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
The United Kingdom shares land borders with Ireland on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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