10 million usual residents of England and Wales (16.8% of the population) were born outside the UK on 21 March 2021.
This is an increase of 2.5 million since 2011, when 7.5 million (13.4%) were born outside the UK.
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India remained the most common country of birth outside the UK in 2021 (920,000 people, or 1.5% of all usual residents) 🇮🇳
The number of people who were born in Romania grew by 576% since the previous census - from 80,000 in 2011 to 539,000 in 2021 🇷🇴
5.9 million usual residents (9.9%) held a non-UK passport 🛂
The most common non-UK passport held was Polish (760,000 or 1.3% of all usual residents) 🇵🇱
545,000 usual residents (0.9% of the population) had an address outside the UK one year before the Census.
This is a decrease from the 2011 Census (612,000 usual residents or 1.1% of the population), likely as a result of #COVID19 pandemic restrictions.
Since 2011, there has been an increase in the number and percentage of people born outside the UK and people with non-UK passports in each region of England and in Wales.
Use our interactive map to compare changes from 2011 to 2021 by local area 🔎
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