Foreign - born population of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia Foreign - born population of the United Kingdom This article is about foreign - born groups in the United Kingdom. For ethnic groups in the United Kingdom regardless of birthplace, see Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom. This article needs to be updated. In particular : Please add 2011 Census data to the `` Countries of origin '' section. Probably more reliable than `` UN estimates ''. Some of the articles about the migrant groups disagree with the numbers in the table ( e.g. DPRK and ROK ). Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( March 2017 ) The foreign - born population of the United Kingdom includes immigrants from a wide range of countries who are resident in the United Kingdom. In the period January 2010 to December 2010, there were 19 foreign - born groups that consisted of at least 100,000 individuals residing in the UK ( people originating from Australia, Bangladesh, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United States and Zimbabwe ). Contents 1 Size of the foreign - born population 2 Countries of origin 3 Institute for Public Policy Research analysis 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Size of the foreign - born population At the time of the UK census conducted in April 2001, 8.3 percent of the country 's population were foreign - born. This was substantially less than that of major immigration countries such as Australia ( 23 percent ), Canada ( 19.3 percent ) and the USA ( 12.3 percent ). In 2005, the foreign - born population was estimated at 9.1 percent, compared to a European Union average of 8.6 percent. The 2011 census recorded 7,337,139 foreign - born residents in England, corresponding to 13.8 percent of the population. The foreign - born population of Wales was recorded as 167,871 ( 5.5 percent ), Scotland 's as 369,284 ( 7 percent ) and Northern Ireland 's as 119,186 ( 6.6 percent ), making the total foreign - born population of the UK 7,993,480. Figures for each census since 1951 are given in the table below. A 2010 estimate for the whole of the UK shows that 4.76 million people ( 7.7 percent ) were born outside the EU and 2.24 million ( 3.6 percent ) were born in another EU member state. The Office for National Statistics produces annual estimates of the size of the UK population by country of birth, based on the Annual Population Survey. The estimates for 2015 show that one in seven ( 13.6 percent ) of the usual resident population were born abroad, that is 8,570,000 people. Census Foreign - born population Percentage increase over previous decade Percentage of total population 1951 2,118,600 4.2 1961 2,573,500 21.5 4.9 1971 3,190,300 24.0 5.8 1981 3,429,100 7.5 6.2 1991 3,835,400 11.8 6.7 4,896,600 27.7 8.3 2011 7,993,480 63.0 12.7 Countries of origin The table below lists the places of birth of UK residents according to the 2001 Census, as reported by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The table also lists population estimates of the foreign - born population for the top 60 foreign countries of birth in the period January 2010 to December 2010, published by the Office for National Statistics. In 2001, the five most common foreign countries of birth were the Republic of Ireland, India, Pakistan, Germany and the United States respectively. In 2010, the most common foreign countries of birth were India, Poland ( up from 18th in 2001 ), Pakistan, the Republic of Ireland and Germany respectively. The United States dropped to eighth place behind South Africa and Bangladesh, despite growth in the size of the US - born population. The period between 2001 and 2010 saw significant change in the UK 's foreign - born population. In particular, the 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union have led to mass migration from Bulgaria, Latvia, Romania, Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania. The number of Poland - born people resident in the UK increased from 60,711 in 2001 to an estimated 532,000 in the year to December 2010, whilst the population born in Lithuania increased from 4,363 to an estimated 87,000. The most significant decrease in a foreign - born population resident in the UK between 2001 and 2010 is in the number of those originating from the Republic of Ireland. Whereas in 2001, 533,901 people born in the Republic of Ireland were resident in the UK, this is estimated to have declined to 405,000 by 2010. Country of birth Population ( 2001 census ) Population ( 2015 UN Estimate ) Corresponding article ( s ) United Kingdom 53,923,642 56,254,898 British people, Cornish people, English people, Manx people, Northern Irish people, Scottish people, Welsh people Republic of Ireland 537,108 503,288 Irish migration to Great Britain India 467,634 776,603 Indians in the United Kingdom Pakistan 321,167 540,495 Pakistanis in the United Kingdom Germany 266,136 322,220 Germans in the United Kingdom United States 158,434 212,150 Americans in the United Kingdom Bangladesh 154,362 230,143 Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom Jamaica 146,401 172,829 Jamaicans in the United Kingdom South Africa 141,405 218,732 South Africans in the United Kingdom Kenya 129,633 151,073 Kenyans in the United Kingdom Australia 107,871 135,786 Australians in the United Kingdom Italy 107,244 151,790 Italians in the United Kingdom Hong Kong 96,445 119,990 Hong Kongers in the United Kingdom France 96,281 149,872 French in the United Kingdom Nigeria 88,378 216,268 Nigerians in the United Kingdom Cyprus 77,673 84,815 Cypriots in the United Kingdom Canada 72,518 86,415 Canadians in the United Kingdom Sri Lanka 67,938 138,752 Sri Lankans in the United Kingdom Poland 60,711 703,050 Poles in the United Kingdom New Zealand 58,286 67,276 New Zealanders in the United Kingdom Ghana 56,112 102,837 Ghanaians in the United Kingdom Uganda 55,213 65,447 Ugandans in the United Kingdom Spain 54,482 91,179 Spaniards in the United Kingdom Turkey 54,079 100,956 Turks in the United Kingdom China 51,078 182,628 Chinese in the United Kingdom Malaysia 49,886 75,182 Malaysians in the United Kingdom Zimbabwe 49,524 132,942 Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom Somalia 43,532 110,775 Somalis in the United Kingdom Iran 42,494 91,087 Iranians in the United Kingdom Singapore 40,474 45,351 Singaporeans in the United Kingdom Netherlands 40,438 68,489 Dutch in the United Kingdom Philippines 40,118 139,570 Filipinos in the United Kingdom Japan 37,535 40,127 Japanese in the United Kingdom Portugal 36,555 98,967 Portuguese in the United Kingdom Greece 35,169 39,700 Greeks in the United Kingdom Tanzania 32,630 38,691 Tanzanians in the United Kingdom Iraq 32,236 80,939 Iraqis in the United Kingdom Serbia 31,244 ( including Kosovo ) 9,008 Serbs in the United Kingdom Malta 30,178 31,758 Maltese in the United Kingdom Mauritius 27,078 45,123 Mauritians in the United Kingdom Egypt 24,700 33,686 Egyptians in the United Kingdom Vietnam 23,347 32,429 Vietnamese in the United Kingdom Sweden 22,525 35,055 Swedes in the United Kingdom Belgium 21,668 29,142 Barbados 21,601 20,271 Barbadians in the United Kingdom Zambia 21,529 30,897 Trinidad and Tobago 21,283 25,364 Trinidadians in the United Kingdom Guyana 20,872 23,458 Guyanese in the United Kingdom Austria 19,503 21,698 Austrians in the United Kingdom Denmark 18,695 24,972 Sierra Leone 17,048 25,281 Sierra Leoneans in the United Kingdom Thailand 16,257 47,389 Thais in the United Kingdom Switzerland 16,010 21,458 Brazil 15,215 56,055 Brazilians in the United Kingdom Russia 15,160 42,491 Russians in the United Kingdom Afghanistan 14,875 68,256 Afghans in the United Kingdom Norway 13,798 18,236 Hungary 13,159 56,166 Hungarians in the United Kingdom Yemen 12,508 19,405 Yemenis in the United Kingdom Morocco 12,348 23,519 Moroccans in the United Kingdom Malawi 12,340 17,871 Colombia 12,331 27,691 Colombians in the United Kingdom South Korea 12,310 6,767 Koreans in the United Kingdom Czech Republic 12,220 41,605 Czechs in the United Kingdom Ukraine 11,913 23,414 Ukrainians in the United Kingdom Israel 11,892 19,608 Israelis in the United Kingdom Gibraltar 11,830 11,955 Gibraltarians in the United Kingdom Finland 11,322 14,325 Sudan 10,671 19,758 Sudanese in the United Kingdom Algeria 10,670 26,826 Algerians in the United Kingdom Lebanon 10,459 17,128 Lebanese in the United Kingdom Burma ( Myanmar ) 9,924 13,064 Burmese in the United Kingdom Grenada 9,783 10,009 Libya 9,141 17,684 Saudi Arabia 8,789 36,148 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,569 20,971 Congolese in the United Kingdom Saint Lucia 8,265 9,836 Montserrat 7,983 7,828 Montserratians in the United Kingdom Ethiopia 7,775 16,654 Ethiopians in the United Kingdom Romania 7,631 89,402 Romanians in the United Kingdom Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,091 8,008 Croatia 6,992 9,029 Argentina 6,796 11,339 Dominica 6,739 6,851 Indonesia 6,711 10,344 Bosnia - Herzegovina 6,692 8,469 Taiwan 6,588 N / A Eritrea 6,561 19,031 Eritreans in the United Kingdom Saint Kitts and Nevis 6,519 6,067 Nepal 5,943 54,695 Nepalis in the United Kingdom Angola 5,914 15,712 Kuwait 5,882 14,054 United Arab Emirates 5,406 12,314 Emiratis in the United Kingdom Bulgaria 5,351 51,875 Bulgarians in the United Kingdom Slovakia 5,273 67,781 Chile 5,131 7,673 Chileans in the United Kingdom Mexico 5,049 10,502 Mexicans in the United Kingdom Lithuania 4,363 116,861 Lithuanians in the United Kingdom Latvia 4,275 66,046 Bahrain 4,185 6,261 Syria 4,168 9,950 Syrians in the United Kingdom Peru 4,066 7,787 Peruvians in the United Kingdom Venezuela 3,996 9,834 Gambia 3,924 12,194 Antigua and Barbuda 3,891 3,995 Antiguans in the United Kingdom Fiji 3,464 6,754 Fijians in the United Kingdom Mozambique 3,353 6,368 Congo 3,266 9,561 Cameroon 3,233 11,009 Jordan 3,115 6,321 Tunisia 3,070 6,606 Ecuador 3,035 9,422 Ecuadorians in the United Kingdom Bermuda 2,986 4,602 Seychelles 2,905 3,878 Ivory Coast ( Côte d'Ivoire ) 2,794 8,535 Ivoirians in the United Kingdom Brunei 2,782 5,731 West Bank ( Palestinian territories ) 2,483 N / A Rwanda 2,373 4,781 Saint Helena 2,355 2,917 Albania 2,314 14,688 Albanians in the United Kingdom Botswana 2,051 3,513 Oman 2,024 3,432 Burundi 2,022 4,820 Estonia 2,005 9,361 Bahamas 1,797 2,071 Liberia 1,583 3,844 Iceland 1,552 2,225 Macau 1,490 N / A Macedonia 1,285 3,170 Belize 1,233 1,452 Namibia 1,230 2,649 Slovenia 1,228 2,298 Luxembourg 1,222 2,092 Belarus 1,154 4,734 Netherlands Antilles 1,151 N / A Bolivia 1,143 4,046 Bolivians in the United Kingdom Cuba 1,083 2,665 Qatar 1,062 2,706 Papua New Guinea 1,057 1,199 Falkland Islands 1,044 968 Uruguay 963 1,472 Kazakhstan 871 5,432 Swaziland 863 1,596 Madagascar 789 1,121 Senegal 723 2,135 Cambodia 706 1,304 El Salvador 595 948 Armenia 589 1,790 Armenians in the United Kingdom Azerbaijan 561 3,126 Azerbaijanis in the United Kingdom Togo 553 1,743 Georgia 551 3,388 Georgians in the United Kingdom Dominican Republic 523 1,485 Uzbekistan 521 2,864 Guatemala 499 1,049 Anguilla 498 583 Paraguay 493 816 Panama 492 769 Laos 464 716 Moldova 455 3,417 Honduras 420 683 Guinea - Bissau 381 2,572 Costa Rica 370 777 Cayman Islands 369 914 Lesotho 331 851 N / A Cape Verde N / A 1,279 Central African Republic 312 171 Solomon Islands 309 364 Puerto Rico 306 N / A Mongolia 293 1,821 Mongolians in the United Kingdom Guinea 265 2,529 Suriname 264 476 Benin 239 678 Djibouti 237 486 Monaco 225 430 Nicaragua 223 406 Maldives 200 402 Chad 183 371 Kiribati 179 182 Haiti 164 340 British Virgin Islands 163 292 Tonga 143 298 Gabon 135 393 Vanuatu 135 168 Kyrgyzstan 133 1,132 Samoa 125 233 United States Virgin Islands 124 134 Mali 121 411 São Tomé and Príncipe 102 1,028 Tajikistan 101 455 Burkina Faso 99 237 Turkmenistan 99 784 Niger 96 217 Bhutan 86 463 Comoros 62 154 Guam 61 N / A Turks and Caicos Islands 56 N / A Equatorial Guinea 51 312 Cook Islands 37 N / A Andorra 35 63 American Samoa 30 N / A Mauritania 28 233 Liechtenstein 23 31 North Korea 22 18,697 British Indian Ocean Territory 19 N / A Nauru 14 30 Tuvalu 10 N / A San Marino 9 N / A Norfolk Island N / A Micronesia, Federated States of N / A Niue N / A Pitcairn Islands N / A Palau N / A East Timor 2,008 Aruba 0 678 Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands 0 N / A Northern Mariana Islands 0 N / A Tokelau 0 N / A Vatican City 0 N / A Institute for Public Policy Research analysis In 2005 the Institute for Public Policy Research published an analysis of data from the 2001 Census, revealing the number of people included in the census who were born outside the British Isles, where they lived, and comparing this information against the 1991 Census. 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External links Beyond Black and White : Mapping new immigrant communities Born Abroad : An immigration map of Britain Migration to the United Kingdom from the Americas North America American African Americans Antiguan and Barbudan Bahamian Barbadian Canadian Dominican Grenadian Jamaican Mexican Montserratian Saint Kitts and Nevisian Saint Lucian Saint Vincentian Trinidadian and Tobagonian South America Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Guyanese Peruvian See also British African - Caribbean community British Indo - Caribbean community Latin American migration to the United Kingdom Notes 1. Montserrat is a British overseas territory and not an independent state Migration to the United Kingdom from Africa North Africa Algerian Egyptian Moroccan Sudanese Horn of Africa Eritrean Ethiopian Somali East Africa Kenyan Mauritian Mozambican Tanzanian Ugandan Southern Africa Angola South African Zimbabwean Central Africa Congolese ( DRC ) West Africa Ivoirian Ghanaian Nigerian Sierra Leonean Migration to the United Kingdom from Asia East Asia Chinese in London Hongkonger Mongolian Japanese ( in London ) Korean South Asia Bangladeshi Indian in London Punjabi Nepali Pakistani in London Mirpuri Punjabi Sindhi Sri Lankan Tamil Southeast Asia Burmese Filipino Indonesians Malaysian Singaporean Thai Vietnamese West Asia Afghan Arab Armenian Assyrian Azerbaijanis Emirati Iranian Syrians Iraqi Israeli Kurdish Lebanese Turkish in London Yemeni Migration to the United Kingdom from Europe Central Europe Austrian Czech German Hungarian Polish Eastern Europe Belarusian Russian Ukrainian Northern Europe Baltic Lithuanian Scandinavian Swedish Southeast Europe Albanians Bulgarian Cypriot Greek Kosovan Macedonian Romanian Serbian Turkish Southern Europe Gibraltarian Italian Maltese Portuguese Spanish Iberian Jews Western Europe Dutch French Huguenot Irish Irish Travellers Migration to the United Kingdom from Oceania Australian Fijian New Zealander Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreign-born_population_of_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=803629329 '' Categories : Demographics of the United Kingdom Immigration to the United Kingdom Immigration to the United Kingdom by country of origin Hidden categories : Pages with citations lacking titles Pages with citations having bare URLs Use dmy dates from February 2015 Use British English from February 2015 Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2017 All Wikipedia articles in need of updating Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 3 October 2017, at 17 : 51. 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Question: approximately what percent of london england's citizens were born outside of the united kingdom
Answer: 4.76 million people (7.7 percent) were born outside the EU and 2.24 million (3.6 percent) were born in another EU member state