In 2020/21 there were approximately 696,000 Polish nationals living in the United Kingdom, the highest non-British population at this time. Indian and Irish were the joint second-largest nationalities at approximately 370,000 people.
Non-British population of the United Kingdom in 2020/21, by nationality
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Number of people in thousands
Poland
696
India
370
Republic of Ireland
370
Italy
342
Romania
342
Portugal
268
Spain
206
Pakistan
181
Nigeria
178
United States of America
166
Lithuania
153
France
149
Germany
135
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