United Kingdom

United Kingdom Map

86,803 sq miles (244,820 sq km) in Western Europe, including northern Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France

More than one-half of the days are overcast

59,778,002 (July 2002 est.)

English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%

English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

London

Constitutional monarchy

Anglican and Roman Catholic 67%, Muslim 2.5%, Presbyterian, Methodist, Sikh, Hindu, and Jewish 5%, Not specified 25%

Global Teams is pleased to have a missionary from the United Kingdom in partnership with a British sending agency, CROSSLINKS.