United Kingdom Countries List

The United Kingdom is made up of four countries, Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland since 1922. All of these countries are beautiful and different in their own ways. Have you been to the UK? Which country did you go in? 

Let's talk aboutt some of the key facts about these countries. 

Name	Flag	Capital	Legislature	Executive	Legal systems	Jurisdiction
England		London	None	None	English law	England and Wales
Northern Ireland		Belfast	Northern Ireland Assembly	Northern Ireland Executive	Northern Ireland law, Irish land law	Northern Ireland
Scotland		Edinburgh	Scottish Parliament	Scottish Government	Scots law	Scotland
Wales		Cardiff	Senedd	Welsh Government	English law, Welsh law	England and Wales
United Kingdom		London	UK Parliament	UK Government	UK law	United Kingdom

Statistics (2021)

Name	Population		Land area		Pop. density (per km2)	Gross value added
	Numbers	%	km2	%		£ (billion)	%	£ per capita
England	56,536,000	84.3%	130,310	53.7%	434	1,760	86.3%	31,138
Northern Ireland	1,905,000	2.8%	13,793	5.7%	141	46	2.2%	24,007
Scotland	5,480,000	8.2%	77,901	32.1%	70	150	7.3%	27,361
Wales	3,105,000	4.6%	20,737	8.5%	150	70	3.4%	22,380
Extra-Regio*						15	0.7%
United Kingdom	67,026,000	100%	242,741	100%	276	2,040	100%	30,443

* Extra-regio comprises activity that cannot be assigned to regions.

The UK Parliament makes legislation for England. The UK Government, the Greater London Authority, combined authorities, and the councils of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly exercise executive power in England. The former flag of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Banner, is still used in some sport-related contexts. The Irish Tricolour, the flag of the Republic of Ireland, has occasionally been mistakenly used in Great Britain to represent Northern Ireland. Due to the NI power-sharing arrangement, executive power is sometimes conferred in the Secretary of State when the Assembly is suspended.