Breetish fowk (referred tae as Britons an aw, informally as Brits, or archically as Britishers) are ceetizens or natives o the Unitit Kinrick, Croun dependencies, Breetish owerseas territories, an thair stryndants.[23][24][25] Breetish naitionality law govrens modren Breetish citizenship an naitionality, which can be acquired, for instance, bi strynd frae Breetish naitionals. Whan uised in a historical context, Breetish fowk refers tae the auncient Britons, the indigenous indwallers o Great Breetain sooth o the Forth.[24]
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Breetish fowkTot population |
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Breetish 65,600,000 Breetish diaspora est 140,000,000[1] |
Regions wi signeeficant populations |
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Unitit Kinrick 62,436,000[2] (Breetish citizens o ony race or ethnicity) |
Unitit States | 40,234,652 1 678,000 2[3][4] |
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Canadae | 12,134,745 1 609,000 2[5] |
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Australie | 10,000,000 1 1,300,000 2[6][7] |
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Hong Kong | 3,400,000 4[8] |
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New Zealand | 2,425,278 1 217,000 2[9] |
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Spain | 761,000 2[4] |
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Chile | 700,000 1[10] |
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Ireland | 291,000 2[6] |
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Argentinae | 250,000 1[11] |
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Breetish owerseas territories | 247,899 3[12] |
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Sooth Africae | 212,000 2[6] |
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Fraunce | 200,000 2[6][11] |
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Germany | 115,000 2[13] |
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Cyprus | 59,000 2[13] |
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Unitit Arab Emirates | 55,000 2[14] |
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Pakistan | 47,000 2[15] |
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Swisserland | 45,000 2[16] |
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Netherlands | 44,000 2[16] |
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Israel | 44,000 2[17] |
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Thailand | 41,000 2[18] |
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Portugal | 41,000 2[16] |
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Cheenae | 36,000 2[18] |
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Norawa | 34,279 1[19] |
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Turkey | 34,000 2[16] |
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Indie | 32,000 2[15] |
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Kenyae | 29,000 2[20] |
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Barbados | 27,000 2[21] |
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Saudi Arabie | 26,000 2 |
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Jamaica | 25,000 2[21] |
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Greece | 24,000 2[4] |
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Denmark | 22,000 |
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Romanie | 17,000 |
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Japan | 15,496 2 |
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Iceland | 2,000 |
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Releegion |
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Protestantism, Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism an aw Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Agnosticism an atheism.[22] |
1. People who identify of full or partial British ancestry born in to that country.
2. British-born people who identify of British ancestry only.
3. British citizens by way of residency in the British overseas territories; however, not all have ancestry from the United Kingdom.
4. British citizens or nationals.
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See: Breetish American – The Unitit States American Community Survey reportit in 2009 that 40,234,652 Americans identife'd thairsels as haein Inglis, Scots, Welsh an Ulster-Scots ancestry. 1,172,050 reportit tae hae Breetish ancestry. 2009 American Community Survey. Archived 2020-02-12 at Archive.today Statistics Canada reported in 2006 that 6,570,015 Canadians identified themselves as having English ancestry, 4,719,850 Scottish, 440,965 Welsh and 403,915 from the British Isles (other than English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish). See:
Statistics Canada (2006), "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories", Canada 2006 Census, statcan.ca, archived frae the original on 1 November 2009, retrieved 27 Mey 2009 The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported in 2006 that 6,283,600 Australians identified themselves as having English ancestry, and 1,501,200 as having Scottish ancestry. See:
Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 Juin 2007), "Australians overall claim more than 250 ancestries, speak 400 languages at home", 2006 Australian Census, abs.gov.au, retrieved 27 Mey 2009 See the article entitled Releegion in the Unitit Kinrick.
Cfr. Interpretation Act 1978, Sched. 1. By the British Nationality Act 1981, s. 50 (1), the United Kingdom includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man for the purposes o naitionality law. Macdonald 1969, p. 62:
British, brit'ish, adj. of Britain or the Commonwealth.
Briton, brit'ὁn, n. one of the early inhabitants of Britain: a native of Great Britain.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (2004), British (Fourth ed.), dictionary.reference.com, retrieved 19 Februar 2009:
Brit·ish (brĭt'ĭsh) adj.
- Of or relating to Great Britain or its people, language, or culture.
- Of or relating to the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth of Nations.
- Of or relating to the ancient Britons.
n. (used with a pl. verb)
- The people of Great Britain.