Poland is the most common overseas country of birth for people living in the UK for the first time.
There
were an estimated 831,000 Polish-born residents in 2015 - a jump of
almost three quarters of a million compared to the number in 2004 when
the country joined the EU.
It meant Poland overtook India, which had 795,000 people last year, as the most common non-UK nation of birth
Polish was
also the most common non-British nationality, with an estimated 916,000
residents, figures released by the Office for National Statistics
revealed
Figures are compiled both by both country of birth and nationality, which can be subject to change.
Overall, one in eight (13.3 %) of the people living in the UK were born abroad last year - compared to one in 11 in 2004.
There
was a 'statistically significant increase' in the non-UK born
population of the UK between 2014 and 2015, rising from 8.3 million to
8.6 million, the Office for National Statistics said.
In 2015, 1
in 12 (8.7 %) of the 'usual resident population' of the UK had
non-British nationality, which compares with 1 in 20 (5 %) in
2004.
There
was a 'statistically significant' increase in the non-British national
population between 2014 and 2015, increasing from 5.3 million to 5.6
million.
Within
that number, there were 3.2 million EU citizens, a rise of 300,000, or
7.5 % on 2014. The number of Romanian and Bulgarian nationals
living in the UK increased by 28 per cent to just under 300,000.
The total number of EU nationals living in the UK has almost tripled since 2004, when it was 1.1 million.
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