Il Regno Unito, ufficialmente Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord (in inglese: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; abbreviato in UK, ), è uno stato membro dell'Unione europea situato nell'Europa occidentale con una popolazione di circa 64,5 milioni di abitanti. La capitale e sede del governo è Londra. Spesso viene impropriamente chiamato Gran Bretagna o Inghilterra, quando in realtà con il termine Gran Bretagna si indica un territorio geografico (l'isola maggiore) e con il termine Inghilterra si indica solo una delle quattro nazioni che compongono il regno.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign state in Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain—a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-southwest. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of , the UK is the 80th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also is the 22nd-most populous country, with an estimated 64.5 million inhabitants.