What is the racial makeup of the UK?

67.081 million United Kingdom (June 2020 est.) White 87.2%, Black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011 est.)
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What is the breakdown of ethnicity in the UK?

The most recent Census in 2011 highlights that in England and Wales, 80 per cent of the population were white British. Asian (Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, other) 'groups' made up 6.8 per cent of the population; black groups 3.4 per cent; Chinese groups 0.7 cent,Arab groups 0.4 per cent and other groups 0.6 per cent.
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What percentage of the UK is black or ethnic?

Black British citizens, with African and/or African-Caribbean ancestry, are the largest ethnic minority population, at three percent of the total population.
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What percentage of UK is non white?

Ethnicity of the non-UK born population

In 2011, 7.5 million people living in England and Wales (13% of the total population) were born outside the UK. Amongst the 56 million residents in England and Wales, 86% were White, 8% were Asian/Asian British and 3% were Black/African/Caribbean/Black British.
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What percentage of the UK is Black 2020?

67.081 million United Kingdom (June 2020 est.) White 87.2%, Black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011 est.)
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What percent of London is Black?

London was more ethnically diverse than other regions

Those identifying as White British accounted for 43.4% of London's population compared with 78.4% for England and Wales overall. Excluding White British, the most common ethnic groups in London were Other White (14.6%), Black African (7.9%), and Indian (7.0%).
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What is the whitest city in England?

Cities across the UK regions with high White British populations include Swansea (91.5%), Kingston Upon Hull (89.7%), Plymouth (92.2%), Darlington (93.7%), Belfast (96.4% - NI classification "white"), Norwich (84.7%), Liverpool (84.8%) and Chelmsford (90.0%).
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What percentage of Scotland is black?

The group (also referred to as African-Scottish, Afro-Scottish, or Black Scottish) represent approximately 0.7 percent of the total population of Scotland.
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Which city in England has the largest black population?

the regions with the highest percentages of the Black population were London (13.3%) and the West Midlands (3.3%) – the lowest were the North East (0.5%) and Wales (0.6%)
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What percent of France is Black?

In fact, it is illegal for the French government to collect information about the racial and ethnic origin of its multicultural population on the national census, though approximately 5 percent of the country is black.
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What percentage of the UK is Black 2019?

1.9 million people (3.3%) were from Black ethnic groups, with just under 1 million of those identifying with the Black African ethnic group (1.8%), and 0.6 million with the Black Caribbean ethnic group (1.1%)
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What percentage of the UK is Indian?

The Indian population in the England and Wales is the largest ethnicity after white with around 1.4m people, equating to around 2.5% of the total population.
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What percentage of Ireland is Black?

The preliminary results of the 2011 census recorded 58,697 people of Black African ethnicity and 6,381 people of any other Black background resident in the Republic out of a total population of 4,525,281, meaning that 1.42 per cent of the population self-identified as Black.
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What percentage of Wales is Black?

The 2011 census showed Wales to be less ethnically diverse than any region of 'England and Wales': 93.2 per cent classed themselves as White British (including Welsh, English, Scottish or Northern Irish), 2.4 per cent as "Other White" (including Irish), 2.2 per cent as Asian (including Asian British), 1 per cent as ...
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What race is Ireland?

Main ethnic groups: White Irish 3,854,200 (82 per cent), Other White 446,700, Other Asian 79,300, Black Irish or Black African 57,900, Irish Travellers 31,000, Chinese 19,400, Other Black 6,800 (2016 Census).
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What race is the biggest?

The White population remained the largest race or ethnicity group in the United States, with 204.3 million people identifying as White alone.
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How many Muslims live in the UK?

There are over 3.3 million Muslims currently living in the UK, 90% of which are from ethnic minority backgrounds. 50% of Muslims are considered to be living in poverty, compared to 18% of the entire country, with levels of full-time employment almost half of that of the total UK population .
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What is the most multicultural town in the UK?

Edinburgh – The Most Integrated Multicultural City in the UK.
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Where is the least diverse place in the UK?

Across the English regions and Wales, Wales was the least diverse area, followed by the South West and North East. Over 95 per cent of the population identified as White in these areas.
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What percentage of Scotland is White?

91.8% of people identified as 'White: Scottish' or 'White: Other British' 4.2% of people identified as Polish, Irish, Gypsy/Traveller or 'White: Other' the population in Asian, African, Caribbean or Black, Mixed or Other ethnic groups doubled to 4%
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How many Chinese are in the UK?

Chinese immigrants to the United Kingdom currently has more than 400,000, around 0.7% of the United Kingdom population.
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