United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Motto : "Dieu et mon droit " (French ) "God and my right" Singsing : "God Save the King "Kapitol Landen 51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.5°N 0.117°W /51.5; -0.117 Largest konurbesion (populesion) Greater London Urban Area Tokples bilong gavman Tok Inglis (de facto ) Recognised regional languages Tok Aialan ,Tok Skotlanik Alsta ,Tok Skotlan ,Tok Skotis Gelik ,Tok Wels ,Tok Konwol Nem bilong manmeri Britis ,Briten Gavman Konstistusional monasi (Parliamentary democracy ) - Monas HM King Charles III - Praim Minista Keir Starmer Formation - Acts of Union May 1 ,1707 - Act of Union January 1 ,1801 - Anglo-Irish Treaty April 12 ,1922 EU accession January 1 ,1973 Hekte - Olgeta 244,820 km2 (79th ) 94,526 sq mi - Wara (%) 1.34 Manmeri - mid-2006 estimate 60,587,300[ 1] (22nd ) - 2001 census 58,789,194 - Densiti 246/km2 (48th ) 637/sq mi GDP (PPP )2006 estimate - Olgeta $2.006trillion (6th ) - Long wanwan manmeri $35,051 (11th ) GDP (nominal)2006 estimate - Olgeta $2.373trillion (5th ) - Long wanwan manmeri $38,624 (13th ) Gini (1999)36.8 () HDI (2006) 0.940 () (18th )Karansi Pound sterling (£) (GBP )Taim hap GMT (UTC +0) - Sama (DST ) BST (UTC +1)Intanet kod .uk Telefon kod 44 ^ In the United Kingdom and Dependencies,some other languages have been officially recognised as legitimateautochthonous (regional) languages under theEuropean Charter for Regional or Minority Languages . In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:Cornish :Rywvaneth Unys Breten Veur ha Kledhbarth Iwerdhon ;Irish :Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart Éireann ;Scots :Unitit Kinrick o Graet Breetain an Northren Irland ;Scottish Gaelic :An Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath ;Welsh :Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon .^ This is the royal motto. In Scotland, the royal motto is theLatin phraseNemo Me Impune Lacessit ("No-one provokes me with impunity"). There is also a variant form of the coat-of-arms for use in Scotland; seeRoyal coat of arms of the United Kingdom .^ See#Symbols below. It also serves as theRoyal anthem .^ English is established byde facto usage. InWales , theBwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg is tasked with ensuring that, "in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice, the English andWelsh languages should be treated on a basis of equality".[ 2] [ 3] TheBòrd na Gàidhlig is tasked with "securing the status of theGaelic language as anofficial language ofScotland commanding equal respect to the English language".[ 4] ^ Under theEuropean Charter for Regional or Minority Languages the Welsh, Scottish Gaelic,Cornish ,Irish ,Ulster Scots andScots languages are officially recognised asRegional orMinority languages by theUK Government [ 5] . See alsoLanguages in the United Kingdom .^ CIA Factbook . Official estimate provided by the UKOffice for National Statistics .[ 6] ^ ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 isGB , but.gb is practically unused. The.eu domain is also shared with otherEuropean Union member states.