You asked

​I would be grateful if you could provide details of the number of people with UK residency who were born in:

  •         China

  •         Japan

  •         France

  •         Italy

  •         Germany

  •         Spain

We said

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request regarding the number of people with UK residency who were born in China, Japan, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.

The Population of the UK by country of birth and nationality: individual country dataset provides estimates of the resident UK population broken down by individual country of birth and nationality. The most recent edition of these data is for the period from July 2019 to June 2020.

According to these most recent data:

  • The number of people residing in the UK who were born in China was estimated to be approximately 211,000 (plus or minus 24,000) between July 2019 and June 2020.
  • The number of people residing in the UK who were born in Japan was estimated to be approximately 30,000 (plus or minus 9,000) between July 2019 and June 2020.
  • The number of people residing in the UK who were born in France was estimated to be approximately 169,000 (plus or minus 21,000) between July 2019 and June 2020.
  • The number of people residing in the UK who were born in Italy was estimated to be approximately 240,000 (plus or minus 25,000) between July 2019 and June 2020.
  • The number of people residing in the UK who were born in Germany was estimated to be approximately 310,000 (plus or minus 29,000) between July 2019 and June 2020.
  • The number of people residing in the UK who were born in Spain was estimated to be approximately 159,000 (plus or minus 21,000) between July 2019 and June 2020.

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