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UK Immigration by Country

Name the countries that are the source of the foreign-born populations greater than 100,000 in the United Kingdom.
As of 2020 according to ONS estimates
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Population
Country
847 k
India
746 k
Poland
519 k
Pakistan
370 k
Romania
364 k
Ireland
310 k
Germany
251 k
Bangladesh
Population
Country
240 k
Italy
229 k
South Africa
219 k
Nigeria
211 k
China
175 k
Portugal
169 k
France
168 k
United States
Population
Country
167 k
Philippines
159 k
Spain
155 k
Australia
141 k
Lithuania
122 k
Bulgaria
121 k
Zimbabwe
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100 Recent Comments
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 10, 2026
Note: We can't update this quiz because the data series it is based on was discontinued.

Wikipedia is useless.

It seems that recent data simply doesn't exist.

kevlarkev
+4
Level 65
Mar 11, 2014
I call BS. Turkey wasn't here? With all of those kebab shops?
bruhbruhbro
+1
Level 25
May 6, 2021
they are probably afghan then.
akbadry
+2
Level 52
Sep 5, 2021
A lot of those kebab shops are from Arab countries like Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, etc. not just Turkey
nsoper
+1
Level 68
Jun 5, 2023
mostly not legal immigrants so not on the numbers
TheQuizzler
+7
Level 63
Mar 11, 2014
Man, there a LOT of Poles in the UK! Also surprised at the number of Irish and Jamaicans in the UK. Obviously both have ties to the country historically (and Ireland is of course very close geographically) but it's still surprising considering that the two countries have small populations.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 79
Mar 12, 2014
Ireland seemed like an obvious one. So many cultural and historical ties and Northern Ireland is part of the UK.
Teegthebeeg
+5
Level 53
Apr 1, 2021
Plus the fact that citizens of both countries have always been free to live, work and vote in either, ever since the Free State days.
PitifulExcuse
+2
Level 65
Feb 10, 2025
not quite true. Parliamentary voting rights were a result of the Good Friday Agreement.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Jul 17, 2014
There are also a lot of poles in Pattaya.
riverdale
+5
Level 42
Oct 19, 2018
stripper poles?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jun 20, 2019
no money, no honey
KingWilwin
+1
Level 63
Nov 2, 2024
Part of the reason that Ireland has such a small population is because they all left Ireland and went to the UK and US, especially London, Liverpool and NYC. HUGE Irish communities in lots of the major cities in the UK
Henners
+1
Level 70
Mar 11, 2014
Got all except lithuania!!!
Ozchris
+1
Level 32
Mar 14, 2014
Philippines was a surprise. Oh well, even if I thought of it, I wouldn't of been able to spell it. :)
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
Mar 15, 2014
As I remarked on my US immigrants quiz, nobody should be surprised by the Philippines. Filipinos are everywhere.
samiamco
+4
Level 68
May 18, 2016
It seems Australians are everywhere, too. I've never seen a culture with so much wanderlust! And it's kinda weird, because the Kiwis are relative homebodies.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
May 18, 2016
Given the population ratio I feel like I run into more Kiwis than Aussies abroad, relatively. It should be 4:1 in favor of the Aussies but in my experience it's more like 2:1 or 3:1. Met a lot of Kiwis in South Korea. And just met two at a hostel in Sofia last week.
CaoMaru
+1
Level 49
Aug 6, 2018
^^ Agreed
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Mar 15, 2014
also, wouldn't have*
TheWombat
+6
Level 72
Jun 5, 2014
Mee-OW! Anyway, the Philippines was no big surprise, the NHS would collapse without Filipinos.
aneys
+4
Level 36
Jul 10, 2014
Too much Poles. We must stop :< (yes, I'm Polish)
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Mar 19, 2024
Are there any poles still in poland? ;) Because it seems the other half is in the netherlands, and I would guess a lot in germany aswell. You would think there wouldn't be any left! ;)
quizwhizz
+1
Level 73
Nov 4, 2014
Stunned Romania isn't on here
relessness
+2
Level 46
Mar 8, 2015
It is now!
Dzuljet17
+5
Level 44
Nov 8, 2014
Its very sad that Poland is second :(
CaoMaru
+10
Level 49
Aug 6, 2018
Seems somewhat racist. Why do you think that?
Quasicrystal
+14
Level 51
Sep 12, 2019
Excuse me, what? How is that racist? From his name, it's easy to see he's probably Polish. It's always a good feeling to see your country at the top of the list, and he's just saying he's disappointed it's not. Nothing at all about that was racist in any way. I don't even know how you came to that conclusion.
Tramp
+7
Level 79
May 31, 2023
I don't think seeing your own country at the top of an immigration list is a good thing. It means that huge numbers of people are desperate to leave your country.
Rimpak
+3
Level 36
Sep 12, 2019
India is not a "race".
Sifhraven
+6
Level 76
Mar 1, 2020
I think you are on the right track but got it backwards, I don't think he is proud to be 2nd and sad he isnt 1st
EcceHomo
+17
Level 85
Sep 29, 2020
It's quite possible that Dzuliet17 (female, I am guessing...) is sad that so many young poles leave Poland. In my experience of Polish people coming to the UK, they are the most determined, hard-working people you are likely to meet.
bruhbruhbro
+1
Level 25
May 6, 2021
how is it racist?
FadKrashmor
+1
Level 70
Oct 6, 2023
My guess is that Dzuljet felt sad that many Poles were emigrating to find opportunity? Quite some change over the last ten years it would seem, given economic growth in Poland.
skiesboy
+1
Level 66
Mar 30, 2015
I thought I had put Zimbabwe in my first go.... oh well, glad to see we made it onto the list :)
bruhbruhbro
+1
Level 25
May 6, 2021
nice, my country is not here though :(
zuni
+8
Level 32
Apr 21, 2015
LOL...We Indians are everywhere
anavil1234
+5
Level 45
May 26, 2015
That's true - proud to be british indian
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jun 23, 2015
Like AOL Free Trial discs in the 1990s.
KeiranO90
+1
Level 70
Oct 21, 2015
Is the polish figure per city?
AlfieJMD
+2
Level 39
Apr 7, 2016
There's so many polish people because of the connections between the countries in the war. Polish people would come to the UK to help work in exchange for the UK helping Poland in the war.
relessness
+6
Level 46
May 9, 2016
Not really, it's more that 2 million people left Poland after they joined the EU in 2004. And they tended to move to the countries with the strongest economies i.e. Germany and the U.K.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jan 31, 2019
The Netherlands aswell, you hear polish everywhere
CotCat
+1
Level 69
May 7, 2021
When UK helped Poland in the war?
CoolHwhip
+19
Level 43
May 17, 2016
This quiz is UKIP's worst nightmare.

Personally I think it's great to see so many different nationalities and cultures enriching us.

MacZidane
+2
Level 66
May 17, 2016
Coming over here, stealing our quizzes ;-)
Gyrenaica
+1
Level 34
May 17, 2016
Bah. missed Romania, Philippines and Somalia.
Moosefight
+1
Level 59
May 17, 2016
Realized half way through that the picture was luggage and not cold on the cob.
Warrenator
+9
Level 58
May 17, 2016
Where's UKIP when you need them?
anavil1234
+15
Level 45
May 17, 2016
What? That is so sad! Do you want no diversity in this country? If this was a joke, it wasn't very funny!
roleybob
+5
Level 73
Sep 20, 2018
Then you’re in luck because diversity =/= those things
TWM03
+1
Level 72
Sep 11, 2019
I suspect that would depend on the sorts of crimes you look at.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 76
Mar 1, 2020
I think (don't know if it is similar in all countries) The first initial generation usually are extremely hardworking, it is often the next generation that is born, that can have a tendency to get into trouble. They are inbetween 2 cultures, with a lot more freedom and opportunities than their parents.

It is hard to explain this in text in a different language, hope it comes across as intended.

In unpolished words what I often see; first gen very hard working and often very humble (depending on country of origin) moreso than people from the country they migrated to. Next gen often very spoilt, can get away with a lot. Though youth in general seem to feel a lot more entitled than a few generations ago (or even 25 years). It has nothing to do with "race" just mix of 2 cultures. Similar aged people in the country of origin life a very different life and usually get into trouble less.

Nothing of this is about how the amount of crime compares between immigrants and non immigr

TheWombat
+14
Level 72
May 18, 2016
UKIP are just where you left them - down the pub, ranting about bloody immigrates.
999uuu1
+1
Level 43
Jan 10, 2024
dead, where they belong
anavil1234
+9
Level 45
May 17, 2016
I'm one of those 793,000 Indians in the UK!
slyguy217
+1
Level 22
May 17, 2016
why isnt syria on this list
Jacktheguy
+6
Level 93
May 17, 2016
The numbers aren't big enough.
roleybob
+4
Level 73
Nov 9, 2018
SG - do you not understand how this quiz works?
freshbut
+1
Level 28
May 17, 2016
i said republic of ireland and didn't get it right.....
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 66
May 18, 2016
Oddest group of countries I have ever seen... :)
relessness
+8
Level 46
Oct 11, 2016
If you think about it, they are are all either old colonies or countries in the EU.
TWM03
+1
Level 72
Sep 12, 2018
... or China.
relessness
+8
Level 46
Nov 10, 2018
Tbf a lot of the Chinese immigrants come from Hong Kong
CaptainHumanLogic
+2
Level 39
May 19, 2016
HOW DID I MISS IRELAND
sleekcollins
+1
Level 67
Sep 12, 2016
Same here. I'll join you in the corner to cry.
yorksguy1865
+1
Level 34
Dec 15, 2017
Its great travelling through our cities and seeing all the different supermarkets and what have you. I had a teacher in school that used to called Bradford 'Bradistan'... Supermarket on one of the main streets into my city called 'Islam Foods', I wonder what they sell there lol!
Fede2597
+1
Level 44
Sep 10, 2018
There are a lot more Italian citizens in the UK, over 200.000
TWM03
+1
Level 72
Sep 11, 2019
Well then perhaps some of them are Italian citizens but were born in the UK.
FadKrashmor
+1
Level 70
Jul 2, 2022
The ONS figures are very debatable. I thought I knew that there were far more people of French nationality in the UK. The question is who has been counted. And of course the number of illegal immigrants is very difficult to count.
ALA02
+1
Level 66
Feb 5, 2019
Can’t belived I missed Ireland and my Grandma is Irish and she emigrated here...
PrettyTiedUp
+2
Level 71
Sep 11, 2019
I'm quite surprised Turkey isn't on here. There are a lot of Turkish barbers and takeaway shops around my way - lovely people.
GeoGuy8
+1
Level 66
Sep 11, 2019
Somehow I missed Kenya?
ghtiddy
+1
Level 56
Feb 17, 2020
I forgot Ireland...
boopuffyboo
+1
Level 50
May 18, 2020
Doh, got Latvia and Zimbabwe first try yet forgot Kenya! Was trying to think for ages what other African countries the UK colonised lol
JSWTW21
+3
Level 40
Oct 26, 2020
8.4% of the population based on these numbers :/
CardinalV
+6
Level 65
May 5, 2021
why the frown?
Arthurotuna
+3
Level 39
Mar 5, 2021
Is that joke? In the UK living 500 thousand Turkish migrant. Add Turkey please
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Mar 28, 2021
Only 63,000 from Turkey, which ranks #39.
mf3
+2
Level 90
Mar 28, 2021
OK, the quiz has been reset. I guess a lot of the Sri Lankans returned home after the war there ended. But where did all the Jamaicans go?
ruftytufty
+4
Level 77
Mar 29, 2021
Some died presumably. The high point of all Caribbean immigration to the UK was the 50s, so people of working age then would be pretty old by now.
ing
+1
Level 73
Mar 29, 2021
Yeah, but they presumably reproduced all this time. You're guessing that they died faster than they reproduced?
DaveM
+8
Level 76
Mar 30, 2021
It's where they were born......
csrt2006
+1
Level 55
Apr 5, 2021
It's where they were born not where there heritage was 70 years ago. Anyone born in the UK to foreign born parents is much more likely to be British.
CardinalV
+1
Level 65
May 5, 2021
this one's p funny
dogmeat
+1
Level 69
May 5, 2021
The source document given has 5 other countries over the 100K threshold.
bruhbruhbro
+1
Level 25
May 6, 2021
where did you even get this information? lol
QuizApe
+2
Level 72
Aug 13, 2021
I expected Turkey to be on this list. There are a lot of Turks and Turkish businesses in North London. Also some sources claim that the UK's Turkish population is above 100,000.
DrunkytheSnowman
+1
Level 55
Apr 10, 2022
But how many came from Turkey and how many are just descended from Turkish immigrants.
JJT12
+1
Level 52
Jun 30, 2022
I'm suprised that Bulgaria isn't higher up, because I know 4 bulgarians in my school; coincidentally they are all in my class.
zackvampeta2021
+1
Level 34
Aug 5, 2022
romania..

didn't expat thaht

Grg123456
+1
Level 42
Oct 20, 2022
baffled why Hungary isn't on the list since even according to the linked source there are 116K hungarian born people in the UK and in reality there are way more
LentoBean
+1
Level 22
May 31, 2023
How come US doesn't work for United States of America?

otherwise, great quiz. Very original!

:)

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 2, 2023
19/20, just missed Zimbabwe. The 2nd quiz in a row where I've only missed Zimbabwe. This is starting to get personal
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 2, 2023
Took me a while to get a lot of these
rabble
+2
Level 68
Jun 10, 2024
"‘More than a third of UK births now involve at least one foreign-born parent"

"In London, a majority of births (just under 60%) are now to non-UK born mothers, and such births now approach 80% in the London boroughs of Brent and Newham"

Hey, we're living in interesting times! I wonder if they'll be incentivized to vote for certain parties based on personal reward?!

TangoSierra
+1
Level 32
May 29, 2025
*sighs* *opens comments*
TheSinnohman
+2
Level 66
Jun 26, 2025
Post this quiz to instantly make a Reform UK voter turn to dust.

As a British person, the average Brit is painfully closed-minded and boring. I'm glad to see people from so many other different places coming here to help prop up our failing economy and make this sad little island a richer, more interesting, more diverse place to live.

Eggsforhire
+1
Level 44
Apr 7, 2026
As a full blooded Englishman, I find it painful to see our way of life dying due to mass migration and the self-righteous people natives that are pushing for said migration.

I yearn for a Britain of old, where you would walk the streets and see kids playing happily, high-street shops bustling and people dressed well that would speak to you with perfect etiquette. No shady barbershops littering the town, no knife crime, no calls to prayer booming everyday... people could actually find good work too, there were always jobs available. A truly civilised country full of hard working men and women living in a time when we didn't need mass migration to artificially prop up the economy. Now this country is a shell of its former self. Gad Saad coined the term 'sui*idal empathy' and I think that phrase is the answer to a lot of questions as to why this country is currently on its knees.

RoboquizM86
+1
Level 61
Oct 12, 2025
Never thought of Lithuania as being one, learn something new everyday!
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