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Foreign-born Population Of Great Britain, 2001





ORIGIN OF FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION

The most common countries of birth for foreign-born British residents in 2001 were:
  • Republic Of Ireland - 498,850 people

  • India - 466,416 people

  • Pakistan - 320,767 people

  • Germany - 262,276 people (although a large portion are thought to be German-born children of British military personnel)

  • The Caribbean - 254,740 people

  • The USA - 155,030 people.

  • ''The Republic Of Ireland was the birthplace of 498,850 people, a decline of 97,433 from 1991, but for the purpose of this survey and in British law they are not considered "foreign", even though they are a separate nation and independent from the United Kingdom . The rationale for this was that there have never been controls placed on the level of migration between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.''


The greatest percentage increases in foreign-born population between the two censuses (frequently from very low bases) were from:


LOCATION OF FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION

The non-native-born population tends to be strongly attracted to London and the South East region - 1.7 million foreign-born live in London, representing 25% of the city's total population, although 52% of Wembley's population was born abroad.


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