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UK IMMIGRATION DATA

Countries of birth

The leading separately named countries and territories of birth in Census 2021, England and Wales.

21 March 2021 · usual residents

Leading countries & territories of birth

England and Wales · top 10 separately named categories

Data 2021 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

ONS via Nomis

Published 13 Dec 2022 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2021-03-21–2021-03-21

Release schedule: Decennial.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

How updates are checked →
ONS · TS012 · birthplace, not nationalityDownload CSV
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Residents by country of birth: observations and uncertainty
PeriodGeographyGroupValue95% uncertainty interval
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesIndia920,361Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesPoland743,083Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesPakistan623,557Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesRomania538,840Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesIreland324,670Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesItaly276,669Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesBangladesh273,042Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesNigeria270,768Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesGermany263,368Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesSouth Africa217,180Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesUnited States203,281Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesChina182,376Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesSpain (including Canary Islands)166,916Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesLithuania164,158Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesPortugal (including Madeira and the Azores)156,295Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesFrance155,322Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesPhilippines155,016Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesSri Lanka144,296Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesJamaica142,154Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesKenya134,944Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesGhana132,577Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesTurkey127,644Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesZimbabwe124,146Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesHong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)121,429Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesAustralia112,971Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesIran109,168Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesSomalia108,921Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesIraq89,394Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesAfghanistan85,693Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesCanada69,096Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesMalaysia61,510Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesNew Zealand49,149Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesSingapore40,924Not reported
Census · 21 March 2021England and WalesCroatia12,827Not reported
Residual groups such as “Other Europe” are excluded from this ranking. Country of birth does not identify citizenship or permission to reside. Counts from TS012 may differ slightly from TS004 because of disclosure control.