Romanians in the United Kingdom
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Romanians in the United Kingdom refers to Romanian immigrants in the United Kingdom, both citizens and non-citizens, along with British citizens of Romanian ancestry. The number of Romanian-born people resident in the UK has risen from 83,168 at the time of the 2011 United Kingdom census to 538,840 in England and Wales alone in 2021.
Total population | |
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Romanian-born residents in the United Kingdom: 557,554 – 0.8% (2021/22 Census)[note 1] England and Wales: 538,840 – 0.9% (2021)[1] Scotland: 12,102 – 0.2% (2022)[2] Northern Ireland: 6,612 – 0.3% (2021)[3] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
London, Birmingham, Northampton | |
Languages | |
British English and Romanian | |
Religion | |
Romanian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Protestant, Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
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Romanians constitute the fourth largest group of immigrants in England and Wales as of 2021, only behind those from Pakistan, Poland, and India. The decadal growth of 576% was the highest of any immigrant group and was driven by the relaxation of work restrictions.[4] Furthermore, as of late 2022, given the big rise of Romanian immigrants to the United Kingdom, the Romanian language became the third most spoken foreign language in the UK after English and Polish.[5]