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Of the 43.9m people identified in the 2001 Census as born in England and resident in Britain, 42.9m live in England itself. About 400,000 are in Scotland and 590,000 in Wales. In national terms, the number of people born in England has gone up. But as a proportion of the total population, the percentage has decreased slightly, reflecting the increasing significance of immigration from abroad. One area of Scotland � Edinburgh Morningside � has more than 10,400 people living there who were born in England. A further 20 areas of Wales have more than 10,000 England-born people apiece. | | Concentrations of people born in England Map on right shows country as if areas with roughly equal populations were the same size. So, densely populated London takes up much more space than sparsely populated Scottish Highlands. |
| At-a-glance |
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44.97m people born in England live in Britain � 98% of them in England itself. 77% of Britain's population was born in England � down from 78.15% in 1991. 97.88% of the residents in Seaham, County Durham, are England-born - the highest proportion of any area in Britain. 69% of London's population is England-born, down 5% on 1991. |
Click column titles to sort table by that column. | | | | | | | | Distribution of people born in England |
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| TOTAL NUMBERS | AS % OF ALL PEOPLE |
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Sort by: | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % |
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| Whole of Britain | 42,897,376 | 43,967,372 | 2.49 | 78.15 | 77.00 | -1.15 | | | | East Midlands | 3,635,576 | 3,790,155 | 4.25 | 91.97 | 90.84 | -1.13 | | East of England | 4,604,673 | 4,845,731 | 5.24 | 91.08 | 89.93 | -1.15 | | London | 5,001,705 | 5,010,969 | 0.19 | 74.88 | 69.87 | -5.01 | | North East | 2,429,613 | 2,374,051 | -2.29 | 95.52 | 94.38 | -1.14 | | North West | 6,240,863 | 6,169,753 | -1.14 | 92.77 | 91.68 | -1.09 | | Scotland | 354,275 | 408,948 | 15.43 | 7.09 | 8.08 | 0.99 | | South East | 6,711,683 | 7,041,745 | 4.92 | 89.48 | 88.02 | -1.46 | | South West | 4,219,105 | 4,464,653 | 5.82 | 91.54 | 90.59 | -0.95 | | Wales | 539,739 | 589,828 | 9.28 | 19.04 | 20.32 | 1.28 | | West Midlands | 4,636,293 | 4,693,489 | 1.23 | 90.02 | 89.11 | -0.91 | | Yorks & Humber | 4,523,851 | 4,578,050 | 1.20 | 93.54 | 92.21 | -1.33 |
| | | | | | | | | Areas with highest proportion of English-born |
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| TOTAL NUMBERS | AS % OF ALL PEOPLE |
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| Area | Regions | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % |
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| Seaham | North East | 40,295 | 37,955 | -5.81 | 98.29 | 97.88 | -0.41 | | Southwick | North East | 38,392 | 36,470 | -5.01 | 98.31 | 97.56 | -0.75 | | Barnsley E | Yorks & Humber | 58,334 | 34,631 | -40.63 | 97.52 | 97.37 | -0.15 | | Houghton | North East | 46,189 | 46,160 | -0.06 | 98.08 | 97.35 | -0.73 | | South Hylton | North East | 43,267 | 38,737 | -10.47 | 98.05 | 97.29 | -0.76 | | Sedgefield E | North East | 39,855 | 38,136 | -4.31 | 97.97 | 97.20 | -0.77 | | Wentworth W | Yorks & Humber | 40,793 | 40,357 | -1.07 | 97.66 | 97.18 | -0.48 | | Knowsley N | North West | 54,184 | 50,294 | -7.18 | 97.56 | 97.17 | -0.39 | | St. Helens Sutton | North West | 36,303 | 33,442 | -7.88 | 97.12 | 97.09 | -0.03 | | Peterlee | North East | 42,192 | 40,408 | -4.23 | 97.19 | 97.08 | -0.11 |
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