NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of United Kingdom countries by population

Rank	Name	Population
1	England - South East - Greater London - North West - East - West Midlands - Yorkshire and the Humber - South West - East Midlands - North East	49,138,831 8,000,550 7,172,036 6,729,800 5,388,154 5,267,337 4,964,838 4,928,458 4,172,179 2,515,479
2	Scotland	5,062,011
3	Wales	2,903,085
4	Northern Ireland	1,685,267
	United Kingdom	58,789,194

source: the 2001 census (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/)

Country Information, a world portal on countries, politics and governments (192 words)
	In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory.
	Strict definitions tend to place it as meaning only the state [1], though general use is wider than this [2].
	There are dozens of other, non sovereign territories which constitute a geographical country, but are not sovereign states.

List of countries by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (467 words)
	This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 1 July 2005 (rounded to the nearest 1,000).
	The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
	^ Consists of the bailiwicks of Guernsey (with a population as of the 2001 census of 62,101) and Jersey (with a population as of the 2001 census of 87,186)

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