What country do you represent?

United Kingdom
What continent is your country located on? Europe
Who are your neighboring countries? (List All) If an island, list neighboring
islands too. Ireland
Which natural resources exist within your countrys borders? coal, petroleum,
natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum,
potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
What percentage of your land is listed as arable land (farmable land)?
25.1 %
What are some of your countrys environmental issues?
continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; by 2005 the government reduced
the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85%
of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste,
increasing to 33% by 2015
What ethnic groups are present within your country?
white 87.2%, black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British:
Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011
est.)
What languages are spoken in your country?
English
What religions are practiced in your country?
Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%,
Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7% (2011 est.)
What is your countrys
a. population growth rate? 0.54%
b. birthrate? 12.17
c. net migration? 2.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population
d. infant mortality rate? 4.38 deaths/1,000 live births
e. fertility rate? 1.89 children born/woman
f. obesity adult prevalence rate? 29.8%
g. Literacy rate?
99%
h. GDP (purchase power parity)? 9.1%
i. GDP real growth rate? 2.5%

j. Per capita GDP? $41,200

k. Labor force? 32.94 million
l. Unemployment rate?
5.4%
m. Percentage of population living under the poverty line? 15%
n. Inflation rate?
0.1%
o. Industrial production growth rate?
Does your country have a budget surplus or deficit? -4.5%
List your countrys top five agricultural products.
1. Cereals
2. Oilseed
3. Potatos
4. Vegetables
5. Cattle

List your countrys top five industries.

1. machine tools
2. electric power equipment
3. automation equipment
4. railroad equipment
5.shipbuilding
How much money does your country make on exports?
$442 billion
List your countrys top five export partners.
1. U.S
2. Germany
3. Netherlands
4. France
5.Ireland

How much money does your country spend on imports?

$617.1 billion
List your countrys top five import partners.
1. Germany

2.China
3.Netherlands
4. U.S
5. France

What is your countrys balance of trade (subtract imports from exports)?

175.1 billion
What is your countrys external debt?
$9.219 trillion
How much electricity does your country
a. Produce? 335 billion kWh
b. Consume? 319.1 billion kWh
How much crude oil does your country
a. Produce? 787,200 bbl/day
b. Import? 1.221 million bbl/day
How many telephone mainlines are in use in your country?
33.24 million
How many mobile cellular device lines are in use in your country?
78.5 million
How many internet users are there in your country?
57.3 million
How many airports are there in your country?
460
What surprised you about your country? Write a brief paragraph.
In doing this research I was Surprised about the number of telephone users. There
are 33.24 million main lines in the U.K but 78.5 million mobile lines. The
difference of the lines surprised me; so many more people have mobile phones
than main lines.