United Kingdom     [91]
(Independent )
ISO COUNTRY CODE: GB
LAND AREA: 244111 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
1	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	18

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 58784000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 241 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 5%
  URBAN POP: 89% (1994), versus 86% (1960), Annual Growth: 0.4%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 76.7 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.931

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$1070.0 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 2.0%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 2.3%
  GDP/Capita: $13132  GDP/Capita PPP: $18620
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $6795, 1970 $8463, 1980 $10161, 1990 $12933

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 2390,000 ha, 9.9% of land area, 0.0 ha/capita
  ANNUAL CHANGE IN FOREST COVER: 0.5%
  ARABLE LAND: 24.8% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 1.2,000 cu.m/cap/year

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Ministry of the Environment                                             
The Nature Conservancy                                                  

World Wide Fund for Nature (U.K.)                                       
Friends of the Earth                                                    
Greenpeace