United Kingdom
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 is a country in Europe with a population of approximately ~68 million (2024). Its capital is London. This is the complete reference for identifying United Kingdom in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Flag | 🇬🇧 |
| Continent / region | Europe |
| Capital | London |
| Population | ~68 million (2024) |
| ISO codes | GB / GBR |
| Coordinates | 51.50°, -0.13° |
| Bordering countries | Ireland (only land border), Maritime: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway |
Famous for
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the Beatles and British rock, Shakespeare, the BBC, formerly the world's largest empire.
Quiz tips for United Kingdom
Made up of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Only land border is with Ireland (via Northern Ireland).
How United Kingdom appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, United Kingdom is identified through the clue sequence: europe first, then population range (~68 million (2024)), then bordering countries, then capital (London), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, United Kingdom is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Europe.
Neighboring countries
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Reading United Kingdom in MapDash context
The United Kingdom record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how United Kingdom sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for United Kingdom’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of United Kingdom?
The capital of United Kingdom is London.
What continent is United Kingdom in?
United Kingdom is in Europe.
What is the population of United Kingdom?
United Kingdom has a population of approximately ~68 million (2024).
What countries border United Kingdom?
United Kingdom borders Ireland (only land border), Maritime: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway.
What is United Kingdom famous for?
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the Beatles and British rock, Shakespeare, the BBC, formerly the world's largest empire.