British Asian Demographics

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Total UK population

* Asians make up just over 3.5% of the total UK population - about 2,084,000 out of nearly 58,800,000
* Of these nearly 1.8% are Indian - 1,054,000
* 1.25% are Pakistani - 747,000
* And just under 0.5% are Bangladeshi - 283,000
* Or the ratio of Indians : Pakistanis : Bangladeshis = 10 : 7 : 3

Distribution between the constituent parts of the UK

* Well over 96% of all Asians in the UK live in England itself - over 2 million
* Over 43% live in London and the South-East alone
* Less than 4% (under 75,000) live in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined
* About 2.5% (under 49,000) live in Scotland, 1% (22,000) in Wales, and less than 0.1% (2,500) in Northern Ireland

Distribution within England

* Over 60% of all Asians in the UK live in the English regions outside London
* Outside London, the single region with the most Asians is the West Midlands (365,000)
* Followed by the North-West (215,000), Yorkshire and the Humber (210,000), the South-East (163,000), and the East Midlands (157,000)
* The two regions with the lowest number of Asians are the South-West (28,000) and the North-East (30,000)

London population

* 35% of all Asians in the UK live in the London area - 734,000
* 54% of all Bangladeshis live in London, 41% of Indians, but only 19% of Pakistanis
* There are more Bangladeshis than Pakistanis in London: 154,000 compared with 142,000
* There are approximately 3 Indians to every 1 Pakistani or Bangladeshi living in London
* The Indian communities are concentrated in the boroughs of Ealing, Brent and Harrow; Pakistani communities in Walthamstow, Newham and Ealing; and the Bangladeshi communities in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Camden.

http://www.bl.uk/collections/business/asiandemographics.html

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