Size of The Foreign-born Population
At the time of the most recent UK census, conducted in April 2001, 8.3 per cent of the country's population were foreign-born. This was substantially less than that of major immigration countries such as Australia (23 per cent), Canada (19.3 per cent) and the USA (12.3 per cent). Figures for each census since 1951 are given in the table below. In 2005, the foreign-born population was estimated at 9.1 per cent, compared to a European Union average of 8.6 per cent.
In 2010, there were 7.0 million foreign-born residents in the UK, corresponding to 11.3 per cent of the total population. Of these, 4.76 million (7.7 per cent) were born outside the EU and 2.24 million (3.6 per cent) were born in another EU member state.
| Census | Foreign-born population |
Percentage increase over previous decade |
Percentage of total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 2,118,600 | 4.2 | |
| 1961 | 2,573,500 | 21.5 | 4.9 |
| 1971 | 3,190,300 | 24.0 | 5.8 |
| 1981 | 3,429,100 | 7.5 | 6.2 |
| 1991 | 3,835,400 | 11.8 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 4,896,600 | 27.7 | 8.3 |
| 2010 | 7,354,000 | 50.2 | 11.9 |
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