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In 2022, the number of visitors to the United States from the United Kingdom rose by roughly *** percent from the previous year, reaching **** million. While this was significantly higher than the visitation rates recorded during 2020 and 2021, when traveling was heavily restricted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it was nevertheless lower than pre-pandemic numbers, which were consistently above **** million between 2013 and 2019.

In 2024, Russia had the largest population among European countries at ***** million people. The next largest countries in terms of their population size were Turkey at **** million, Germany at **** million, the United Kingdom at **** million, and France at **** million. Europe is also home to some of the world’s smallest countries, such as the microstates of Liechtenstein and San Marino, with populations of ****** and ****** respectively. Europe’s largest economies Germany was Europe’s largest economy in 2023, with a Gross Domestic Product of around *** trillion Euros, while the UK and France are the second and third largest economies, at *** trillion and *** trillion euros respectively. Prior to the mid-2000s, Europe’s fourth-largest economy, Italy, had an economy that was of a similar sized to France and the UK, before diverging growth patterns saw the UK and France become far larger economies than Italy. Moscow and Istanbul the megacities of Europe Two cities on the eastern borders of Europe were Europe’s largest in 2023. The Turkish city of Istanbul, with a population of 15.8 million, and the Russian capital, Moscow, with a population of 12.7 million. Istanbul is arguably the world’s most famous transcontinental city with territory in both Europe and Asia and has been an important center for commerce and culture for over 2,000 years. Paris was the third largest European city with a population of ** million, with London being the fourth largest at *** million.

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According to a 2024 survey, about ** percent of adults surveyed in the United States and the United Kingdom experience problems when buying online. The share of Gen Z adults encountering difficulties when buying online was ** percent. The most common problem faced by Gen Z consumers was poor site performance.