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Number of non-UK passport holders in England and Wales, Census 2021

Number of non-UK passport holders in England and Wales, Census 2021

Excludes naturalised and UK-born British citizens
Grand Total3,633,1601,754,557501,0655,888,782
Passport heldArrived before 2017Arrived 2017-2021Born in the UKGrand Total
EU Member States2,354,952830,363335,1223,520,437
Republic of Ireland244,05826,94593,722364,725
Rest of Europe85,15879,2587,531171,947
Central and Western Africa115,45270,7268,981195,159
North Africa23,87728,1092,38554,371
South and Eastern Africa78,23446,2444,298128,776
Antarctica and Oceania, including Australasia47,84726,8102,21576,872
Central Asia2,1672,5441694,880
Eastern Asia70,45999,1035,266174,828
Middle East25,79543,5222,84072,157
South-East Asia70,27256,4904,192130,954
Southern Asia354,582314,04724,778693,407
Central and South America80,71957,5983,995142,312
North America79,58872,7985,571157,957
Source: Migration Observatory analysis of England and Wales Census. Note: excludes people holding UK or British Overseas Territories passports

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