UK immigration figures by citizenship 2023

In the year ending December 2023, approximately 1.03 million people from outside the European Union migrated to the United Kingdom, compared with 126,000 people from European Union countries, and 61,000 British nationals.

Number of immigrants entering the United Kingdom from 4th quarter 1991 to 4th quarter 2023, by citizenship (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	British	EU	Non-EU
Q4 1991	110	53	167
Q4 1992	93	44	131
Q4 1993	86	44	135
Q4 1994	109	50	156
Q4 1995	84	61	167
Q4 1996	94	72	152
Q4 1997	90	71	166
Q4 1998	104	82	206
Q4 1999	115	66	272
Q4 2000	99	63	316
Q4 2001	110	58	313
Q4 2002	98	61	357
Q4 2003	100	66	344
Q4 2004	89	130	370
Q2 2005	88	149	359
Q4 2005	98	152	317
Q2 2006	93	152	320
Q4 2006	83	170	343
Q2 2007	77	192	326
Q4 2007	74	195	305
Q2 2008	81	184	306
Q4 2008	85	198	307
Q2 2009	88	183	292
Q4 2009	96	191	303
Q1 2010	97	191	318
Q2 2010	96	189	311
Q3 2010	92	195	326
Q4 2010	93	189	322
Q1 2011	92	203	317
Q2 2011	88	211	327
Q3 2011	81	198	334
Q4 2011	78	207	314
Q1 2012	74	197	296
Q2 2012	74	327	238
Q3 2012	76	322	232
Q4 2012	79	334	230
Q1 2013	75	350	224
Q2 2013	75	373	222
Q3 2013	78	410	233
Q4 2013	76	402	234
Q1 2014	80	414	236
Q2 2014	82	420	236
Q3 2014	81	441	239
Q4 2014	81	457	241
Q1 2015	83	457	240
Q2 2015	83	454	241
Q3 2015	81	453	240
Q4 2015	78	481	238
Q1 2016	78	490	235
Q2 2016	74	521	237
Q3 2016	70	496	238
Q4 2016	70	465	237
Q1 2017	72	447	239
Q2 2017	78	399	241
Q3 2017	78	425	251
Q4 2017	84	411	257
Q1 2018	76	399	261
Q2 2018	81	407	269
Q3 2018	85	397	284
Q4 2018*	74	421	330
Q1 2019	74	429	346
Q2 2019	61	413	347
Q3 2019	66	376	351
Q4 2019	71	349	368
Q1 2020	80	347	388
Q2 2020	72	333	331
Q3 2020	53	293	260
Q4 2020	52	316	294
Q1 2021	44	287	297
Q2 2021	62	279	368
Q3 2021	96	249	534
Q4 2021	108	172	611
Q1 2022	110	138	721
Q2 2022	108	121	848
Q3 2022	94	114	984
Q4 2022	88	116	1,030
Q1 2023	87	128	1,033
Q2 2023	84	129	1,025
Q3 2023	64	117	1,038
Q4 2023	61	126	1,031

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Release date

May 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q4 1991 to Q4 2023

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

*Change in methodology from this quarter, for data prior to this date please see House of Commons Library

Figures relate to the year ending in the relevant quarter. Please note the irregular time intervals; (annual between Q4 1991 and Q4 2008, bi-annual between Q2 2005 and Q4 2009, and quarterly between Q1 2010 and Q1 2020)

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