London's population by country of birth (2021)
Last updated: February 2025
Next estimated update: February 2026
What does this indicator show?
The indicator shows the number of Londoners born in each country, according to the Census 2021.
What does it tell us?
London is a global city, with residents from every corner of the world. According to the census, nearly 100 different countries (94) have diasporas of 5,000 people or more living in London.
Overall 5,224,000 Londoners were born in the UK representing 59% of the population.
The most sizeable group of Londoners born outside of the UK are those born in India (323,000). The second most common non-UK born country was Romania with a population of 176,000, the third was Poland with 149,000.
More Londoners were born in Europe than any other - even when we exclude UK-born Londoners. The number of residents of London born in each continent (to the nearest 50,000) is listed below:
- Africa - 600,000
- Asia - 1.2 million
- Europe (excluding UK) - 1.3 million
- North & Central America - 250,000
- Australia & Oceania - 50,000
- South America - 150,000