One of the nations that makes up the United Kingdom is England It is situated on more than 100 smaller nearby islands as well as the island of Great Britain, which it occupies roughly 62% of. In addition to the English Channel to the south, the North Sea to the east, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west, it shares land boundaries with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. Ireland is to the west and continental Europe is to the southeast. Population as of the 2021 census was 56,490,048. The capital and largest city is London