| COUNTRY | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland |
| POPULATION* (estimated) *the next Census takes place in 2011 |
ca. 56,000,000 | ca. 5,420,000 | ca. 3,125,000 | ca. 1,871,000 |
| CAPITAL CITY and its POPULATION | London (ca. 8,8 million in Greater London) |
Edinburgh (ca. 500,000 in the council area) |
Cardiff (ca. 1,000,000 in the urban zone) |
Belfast (ca. 585,000 in the Metropolitan Area) |
| LANGUAGE | English | English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic | Cymraeg (Welsh), English | English, Irish Gaelic |
| OFFICIAL FLAG |  |
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| PATRON SAINT | St George (celebrated on 23 April) |
St Andrew (30 November) |
St David (1 March) |
St Patrick (17 March) |
| FLOWER SYMBOL(S) OF THE COUNTRY |
rose  |
thistle  |
daffodil  |
shamrock  |
| NATIONAL TREE | oak | Scots pine, heather | oak | oak |
| ANIMAL SYMBOL(S) | lion | lion, unicorn | dragon | Irish elk |
| HIGHEST POINT | Scafell Pike (978 m) | Ben Nevis (1344 m) | Snowdon (1085 m) | Slieve Donard (850 m) |
| LONGEST RIVER | the River Thames (346 km)* | River Tay (188 km) | River Teifi (122 km)* | River Bann (159 km) |
| LARGEST LAKE | Windermere | Loch Ness (by volume); Loch Lomond (by surface area) | Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) | Lough Neagh |
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