Can the United Kingdom truly still be considered a superpower?

No. It's not a superpower. It hasn't been since probably before WW2 (or maybe there were 3+ superpowers immediately before WW2. I guess that's plausible). We certainly were not by the time of the Suez Crisis in 1956. read more

The United Kingdom lost its superpower status at the conclusion of the Second World War (note: the term"superpower" is a post WWII term, but when applied retroactively, the UK would have fit the bill from about 1700-1945). read more

The United Kingdom has a population of 60 million. This puts it in the same league as countries such as Ethiopia, which has 64 million people — and Turkey, which has 65 million. Britain's economy isn't too shabby, but is still only the fourth-largest in the world, behind the United States, Japan and Germany. read more