Emigration in United Kingdom
United Kingdom recorded 368,385 emigrants in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest since 2008.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2024.
United Kingdom, 2019
368,385
Change from 2018
+7.0%
European Union, 2019
2,562,378 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Emigration in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | – | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | – | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | – | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | – | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 368,385 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 344,347 emigrantsp (provisional) | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 359,665 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 340,440 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 299,183 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 319,086 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 316,934 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 321,217 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 350,703 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 339,306 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 368,177 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 427,207 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 317,587 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 369,470 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 328,408 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 310,389 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 313,960 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 305,931 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 251,369 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 277,563 emigrantse (estimated) | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; b break in time series; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +7.0% from 344,347 emigrants in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 368,177 emigrants, the figure has changed by +0.1%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 2,562,378 emigrants.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Immigration
680,906 immigrants
2019 · Eurostat
Net migration
389,911 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
159,348 people
2019 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
44,315 applicants
2019 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
2.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
6.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division