Immigration
People moving to the UK for at least 12 months, including returning British nationals.
Estimated 95% uncertainty interval: 789,000–823,000
Immigration
United Kingdom · Year ending December 2012 to Year ending December 2025
Data 2012–2025 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026
Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.
Published 21 May 2026 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026
Source period: 2012-01-01–2025-12-31
Release schedule: Semiannual.
Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.
How updates are checked →View data table · 14 observations
| Period | Geography | Group | Value | 95% uncertainty interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year ending December 2012 | United Kingdom | All | 643,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2013 | United Kingdom | All | 713,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2014 | United Kingdom | All | 778,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2015 | United Kingdom | All | 797,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2016 | United Kingdom | All | 772,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2017 | United Kingdom | All | 752,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2018 | United Kingdom | All | 825,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2019 | United Kingdom | All | 788,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2020 | United Kingdom | All | 662,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2021 | United Kingdom | All | 947,000 | Not reported |
| Year ending December 2022 | United Kingdom | All | 1,398,000 | 1,391,000–1,422,000 |
| Year ending December 2023 | United Kingdom | All | 1,441,000 | 1,432,000–1,454,000 |
| Year ending December 2024 | United Kingdom | All | 1,012,000 | 1,003,000–1,020,000 |
| Year ending December 2025 | United Kingdom | All | 813,000 | 789,000–823,000 |
What this measures
Long-term international migrants, all ages and nationalities
Calculation
Published ONS estimate; people, rounded to the nearest 1,000.
Limitations & comparability
May 2026 release; official statistics in development. Estimates are rounded to the nearest 1,000; published net migration uses unrounded estimates so rounded components may differ by 1,000. British and EU+ methods change from year ending June 2021: comparisons across this break need caution. 2025 estimates are provisional. Nationality is not country of birth or immigration status. 95% simulation uncertainty intervals, where reported, do not capture all sources of error and may understate uncertainty.
May 2026 release; official statistics in development. Estimates are rounded to the nearest 1,000; published net migration uses unrounded estimates so rounded components may differ by 1,000. British and EU+ methods change from year ending June 2021: comparisons across this break need caution. 2025 estimates are provisional. Nationality is not country of birth or immigration status. 95% simulation uncertainty intervals, where reported, do not capture all sources of error and may understate uncertainty.
Long-term international migration, May 2026 release: Tables 1, 2 and 9
Original source ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-16Data 2012–2025 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026
Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.
Published 21 May 2026 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026
Source period: 2012-01-01–2025-12-31
Release schedule: Semiannual.
Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.
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