UK immigration figures by citizenship 2022

In the year ending December 2022, approximately 925,000 people from outside the European Union migrated to the United Kingdom, 151,000 people from European Union countries, and 88,000 British nationals.

Number of immigrants entering the United Kingdom from 4th quarter 1991 to 4th quarter 2022, by citizenship (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	British	EU	Non-EU
Q4 1991	110	53	167
Q4 1992	93	44	131
Q4 1993	86	44	135
Q4 1994	109	50	156
Q4 1995	84	61	167
Q4 1996	94	72	152
Q4 1997	90	71	166
Q4 1998	104	82	206
Q4 1999	115	66	272
Q4 2000	99	63	316
Q4 2001	110	58	313
Q4 2002	98	61	357
Q4 2003	100	66	344
Q4 2004	89	130	370
Q2 2005	88	149	359
Q4 2005	98	152	317
Q2 2006	93	152	320
Q4 2006	83	170	343
Q2 2007	77	192	326
Q4 2007	74	195	305
Q2 2008	81	184	306
Q4 2008	85	198	307
Q2 2009	88	183	292
Q4 2009	96	191	303
Q1 2010	97	191	318
Q2 2010	96	189	311
Q3 2010	92	195	326
Q4 2010	93	189	322
Q1 2011	92	203	317
Q2 2011	88	211	327
Q3 2011	81	198	334
Q4 2011	78	207	314
Q1 2012	74	197	296
Q2 2012	77	185	282
Q3 2012	79	175	269
Q4 2012	80	184	260
Q1 2013	76	198	246
Q2 2013	77	213	242
Q3 2013	79	241	242
Q4 2013	77	233	248
Q1 2014	79	243	260
Q2 2014	83	256	268
Q3 2014	81	279	289
Q4 2014	81	298	287
Q1 2015	85	305	290
Q2 2015	85	298	288
Q3 2015	88	286	275
Q4 2015	84	302	279
Q1 2016	83	296	288
Q2 2016	77	284	291
Q3 2016	72	267	292
Q4 2016	74	249	298
Q1 2017	74	245	299
Q2 2017	79	226	294
Q3 2017	78	248	314
Q4 2017	81	243	321
Q1 2018	72	230	321
Q2 2018	80	220	328
Q3 2018	86	202	342
Q4 2018*	72	426	327
Q1 2019	73	424	342
Q2 2019	61	409	346
Q3 2019	71	351	348
Q4 2019	82	326	364
Q1 2020	97	324	383
Q2 2020	90	283	326
Q3 2020	68	206	255
Q4 2020	64	221	290
Q1 2021	51	187	293
Q2 2021	67	222	363
Q3 2021	96	237	549
Q4 2021	108	196	638
Q1 2022	110	200	720
Q2 2022	109	193	808
Q3 2022	94	171	917
Q4 2022	88	151	925

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Release date

May 2023

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q4 1991 to Q4 2022

Supplementary notes

*Change in methodology from this quarter, for data prior to this date please see House of Commons Library

Figures relate to the year ending in the relevant quarter. Please note the irregular time intervals; (annual between Q4 1991 and Q4 2008, bi-annual between Q2 2009 and Q2 2009, and quarterly between Q1 2010 and Q1 2020)

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