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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Usual resident population in Wales by detailed country of birth and area
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[Collapse]Total686,914896,6781,523,9153,107,499
Total[Collapse]United Kingdom647,149842,0681,402,8442,892,065
United Kingdom[Collapse]WalesWales410,219621,5691,171,0282,202,820
[Collapse]EnglandEngland229,078211,800218,206659,084
[Collapse]ScotlandScotland5,7656,4119,79921,975
[Collapse]Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland2,0132,1913,6007,803
[Collapse]Great Britain: Country not specifiedGreat Britain: Country not specified21393595
[Collapse]United Kingdom: Country not specifiedUnited Kingdom: Country not specified5358176288
[Collapse]Europe (non-UK)24,06426,71949,354100,142
Europe (non-UK)[Collapse]EU countries22,36524,27644,83391,472
EU countriesIreland2,6063,0054,3879,998
France4637311,4312,625
Germany2,4713,2415,40011,114
Italy5971,2302,8234,650
Portugal (including Madeira and the Azores)1,0854812,1013,664
Spain (including Canary Islands)5287361,8053,068
Lithuania8105061,2472,562
Poland7,4237,25510,15224,832
Romania2,0852,3484,0848,520
Croatia2468170260
Other EU countries4,2734,67511,23320,179
[Collapse]Rest of Europe1,6992,4434,5218,670
Rest of EuropeTurkey6048301,4472,886
Other Europe1,0951,6133,0745,784
[Collapse]Africa3,7146,54018,51728,760
Africa[Collapse]North AfricaNorth Africa5171,0113,9035,428
[Collapse]Central and Western Africa8721,4824,6627,011
Central and Western AfricaGhana94164566824
Nigeria4729132,5083,891
Other Central and Western Africa3064051,5882,296
[Collapse]South and Eastern Africa2,3074,0189,88816,208
South and Eastern AfricaKenya2393909051,528
Somalia13411,9552,009
South Africa1,0751,7282,9305,733
Zimbabwe4648351,5012,801
Other South and Eastern Africa5161,0242,5974,137
[Collapse]Africa: Country not specifiedAfrica: Country not specified182964113
[Collapse]Middle East and Asia8,76716,36444,19469,328
Middle East and Asia[Collapse]Middle East1,3813,2599,05313,690
Middle EastIran1465851,6362,367
Iraq2847502,1303,164
Other Middle East9511,9245,2878,159
[Collapse]Eastern Asia1,6452,7986,79611,245
Eastern AsiaChina9531,5163,8356,304
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)5369142,2643,715
Other Eastern Asia1563686971,226
[Collapse]Southern Asia3,1996,82621,79031,812
Southern AsiaAfghanistan6298654816
India1,5792,7819,03913,399
Pakistan5439185,6437,103
Bangladesh5201,7014,5306,752
Sri Lanka4557741,2102,435
Other Southern Asia405547141,307
[Collapse]South-East Asia2,5123,3876,44712,349
South-East AsiaPhilippines1,1511,5582,8285,542
Malaysia3134101,1151,836
Singapore2713606561,287
Other South-East Asia7771,0591,8483,684
[Collapse]Central AsiaCentral Asia3094108232
[Collapse]The Americas and the Caribbean2,2413,5696,82612,631
The Americas and the Caribbean[Collapse]North America1,4342,0903,4937,013
North AmericaUnited States9301,4212,2764,625
Canada4846251,1372,249
Other North America204480139
[Collapse]Central AmericaCentral America109199332641
[Collapse]South AmericaSouth America4517151,8032,969
[Collapse]The Caribbean2475651,1982,008
The CaribbeanJamaica105238524865
Other Caribbean1423276741,143
[Collapse]Antarctica and Oceania9791,4182,1804,573
Antarctica and Oceania[Collapse]AustraliaAustralia6449331,4313,008
[Collapse]New ZealandNew Zealand2934186001,307
[Collapse]Other Oceania and AntarcticaOther Oceania and Antarctica4267149258

Metadata

General description

On 2 November 2022, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published 'Demography and migration: Census 2021 in England and Wales', which helped form the Welsh Government's publication 'Demography and migration in Wales (Census 2021)'. This was an update to initial population and household estimates, and included an overview of the non-UK born population as well as characteristics of households and residents in Wales.

This table is based on Census table TS012, 'Country of Birth (detailed)', which provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in Wales and England by their country of birth.

For Census 2021, the ONS made changes to the data (called statistical disclosure control) so that it is not possible to identify individuals. These changes included:
• Swapped records (targeted record swapping), for example, if a household was likely to be identified in datasets because it has unusual characteristics, they swapped the record with a similar one from a nearby small area. Very unusual households could be swapped with one in a nearby local authority.
• Added small changes to some counts (cell key perturbation), for example, change a count of four to a three or a five. This might make small differences between tables depending on how the data are broken down when perturbation is applied.

This causes small changes to cells but does not fundamentally impact the meaning of the data. Where tables are made in different ways, the changes applied will be different, leading to differences between totals and tables not ‘adding-up’ to their totals. To minimise this, the ONS recommends where possible using totals from tables with fewer cells, at higher geographies. For example, if you wanted population by age you should use data from TS007 and if you wanted population by sex you should use data from TS008.

More information about the processes used in statistical disclosure control will be provided in future publications.

A usual resident of Wales is anyone who was living or staying in Wales for 12 months or
longer on Census Day, 21 March 2021, or who had a permanent address in Wales and was staying outside Wales for less than 12 months.

Data collection and calculation

See weblinks

Frequency of publication

No longer updated

Data reference periods

21 March 2021

Users, uses and context

The data presented here are used by central government departments and local authorities for a range of purposes including for resource allocation, planning and monitoring of services, and as denominators for the calculation of various rates and indicators.

Rounding applied

To note the sums of local authorities may not add up the Wales figures due to the statistical disclosure methods applied to the data as described in the general description. Figures across different tables may also not match exactly due to statistical disclosure control methods applied to the data.

Statistical quality

Further information on the statistical disclosure controls (including perturbation) that have been applied to the data can be found here:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/methodologies/qualityandmethodologyinformationqmiforcensus2021#methods-used-to-produce-the-data

Title

Usual resident population in Wales, by country of birth and area

Last update

November 2023 November 2023

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

2021 Census, Office for National statistics

Contact email

stats.popcensus@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

2021 Census; Country of birth; Population

Name

POPU2105