Immigration in United Kingdom
United Kingdom recorded 680,906 immigrants in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2024.
United Kingdom, 2019
680,906
Change from 2018
+12.7%
European Union, 2019
4,206,293 immigrantsbep (Source flag bep)
Immigration 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 | – | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | – | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | – | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | – | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | – | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 680,906 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 603,953 immigrantsp (provisional) | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 644,209 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 588,993 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 631,452 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 631,991 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 526,046 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 498,040 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 566,044 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 590,950 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 566,514 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 590,242 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 526,714 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 529,008 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 518,097 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 431,487 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 385,901 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 372,206 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 364,367 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional; b break in time series; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +12.7% from 603,953 immigrants in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 566,514 immigrants, the figure has changed by +20.2%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 4,206,293 immigrants.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Emigration
368,385 emigrants
2019 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
159,348 people
2019 · Eurostat
Net migration
389,911 people
2025 · World Bank
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