White British is an ethnicity classification used in the 2011 United Kingdom Census. As a result of the 2011 census the estimated White British population was 51,745,135 (81.9% of the UK total population) (NB. This total remains an estimated figure as it is incorporates 2001 census data for Scotland, as the ethnicity data for Scotland for 2011 is still awaiting publication).
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