Non-UK-born population

Non-UK-born population: observations and uncertainty
Period	Geography	Group	Value	95% uncertainty interval
Mid-2022	United Kingdom	All	11,457,000	Not reported
Mid-2023	United Kingdom	All	12,411,000	Not reported
Mid-2024	United Kingdom	All	13,115,000	Not reported

What this measures

Non-UK-born usual residents of the United Kingdom

Calculation

ONS rolls census populations forward with deaths and migration. Published Table 9, rounded to 1,000.

Limitations & comparability

Provisional official statistics in development. Migration by nationality is used as a proxy for migration by country of birth. Birthplace does not identify citizenship or immigration status. This modelled UK total must not be confused with England and Wales Census 2021 figures.

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.

Office for National Statistics

Long-term international migration, May 2026 release: Tables 1, 2 and 9

Original source ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-16

Data 2022–2024 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

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

Office for National Statistics

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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