Polish population of the United Kingdom
This Commons Library briefing paper is a short statistical portrait of the UK's Polish population. It covers the size, age structure, and geographic distribution of the Polish population, and includes statistics on Polish family structure and employment.
Immigration
Briefing
The number of Polish nationals living in the UK increased from around 69,000 in 2004 (when Poland joined the European Union) to around 853,000 in 2014.
In Q1 20016:
- There were around 908,000 people born in Poland, and 984,000 nationals of Poland living in the UK.
- Around 69% of people born in Poland were aged 25-49 compared with around 34% of the UK population as a whole.
- A larger percentage of the Polish nationals were aged under 20 than people who were born in Poland. Around 23% of Polish nationals were aged under 20, compared with 14% of people born in Poland.
- The regions with the largest numbers of Polish born migrants were London (177,000), the South East (123,000) and the North West (97,000).
- The countries and regions with the smallest numbers of Polish born migrants were the North East (19,000), Northern Ireland (24,000), and Wales (27,000).
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