Population of Nigerians living in UK by cities

Reference: FOI-2023-1669

You asked

I am requesting for the population of all Nigerians living in the UK by Cities as at 2023. 

We said

Thank you for your freedom of information request. The most up to date country of birth data is from Census 2021. 

Although the UK censuses historically take place on the same day they are run separately by each National Statistics Office (Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA), National Records of Scotland (NRS), and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for both England and Wales.  

Scotland's Census was delayed until March 2022. We are working with National Records Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency to ensure we continue to produce UK-wide population statistics, but these are not available yet. Contact details for NRS and NISRA are as follows: 

NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND  

• Tel:    0131 3144299  
• Email: statisticscustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk  
• Website: www.nrscotland.gov.uk 

NORTHERN IRELAND STATISTICS & RESEARCH AGENCY 

• Tel:   02890 255156 
• Email: census@nisra.gov.uk  
• Website: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census

Detailed census statistics for cities and towns are not readily available because in census terms, villages, towns and cities do not have statutory boundaries, so ONS constructs tables for built-up areas (previously known as 'urban areas') to cover the built-up places people recognise as 'villages, towns' and 'cities'. The name has changed to 'Built-up areas' to help avoid previous inconsistency in terminology with the rural-urban definition and provide a name that more accurately describes the geography. 

In August, we released characteristics of built-up areas (BUAs) in England and Wales, which you may find useful.

The associated download named 'Census_2021_Country_of_Birth_Nigeria_England_and_Wales' was extracted from our create a custom dataset tool, shows how many people recorded Nigeria as their country of birth by Local Authority in England and Wales.

The create a custom dataset tool empowers users to find and download multiple combinations of data they are most interested in. Navigation instructions are provided in the associated downloads. 

If you have any queries about this information, please contact Census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk.