Where do Britons around the world live? The table below lists countries in order of the estimated number who live there permanently in 2006. It also shows the combined estimated total of permanent and part-time Britons (those who spend three months or more of the year there), and pensioners registered with the Department for Work and Pensions.
BRITISH POPULATIONS ABROAD |
|
Country |
Full-time |
Full & part-time |
Pensioners |
Australia |
1,300,000 |
1,310,000 |
245,311 |
Spain |
761,000 |
990,000 |
74,636 |
United States |
678,000 |
685,000 |
132,083 |
Canada |
603,000 |
609,000 |
157,435 |
Ireland |
291,000 |
320,000 |
104,650 |
New Zealand |
215,000 |
217,000 |
46,560 |
South Africa |
212,000 |
214,000 |
38,825 |
France |
200,000 |
261,000 |
33,869 |
Germany |
115,000 |
126,600 |
33,034 |
Cyprus |
59,000 |
65,000 |
11,742 |
UAE |
55,000 |
60,000 |
288 |
Pakistan |
47,000 |
47,000 |
5,771 |
Singapore |
45,000 |
56,000 |
309 |
Switzerland |
45,000 |
49,000 |
5,449 |
Netherlands |
44,000 |
48,000 |
7,811 |
Israel |
44,000 |
44,000 |
3,995 |
Thailand |
41,000 |
51,000 |
1,163 |
Portugal |
38,000 |
49,000 |
6,257 |
China (inc HK) |
36,000 |
36,000 |
1,305 |
Turkey |
34,000 |
38,000 |
904 |
India |
32,000 |
32,000 |
5,115 |
Kenya |
29,000 |
32,000 |
646 |
Belgium |
28,000 |
31,000 |
4,660 |
Barbados |
27,000 |
34,000 |
4,933 |
Italy |
26,000 |
34,000 |
33,989 |
Saudi Arabia |
26,000 |
26,000 |
142 |
Jamaica |
25,000 |
31,000 |
23,275 |
Japan |
23,000 |
23,000 |
366 |
Greece |
18,000 |
24,000 |
3,182 |
Sweden |
18,000 |
19,000 |
2,052 |
Nigeria |
16,000 |
16,000 |
2,689 |
Norway |
15,000 |
16,000 |
1,546 |
Philippines |
14,000 |
18,000 |
1,045 |
Egypt |
14,000 |
14,000 |
182 |
Malaysia |
13,000 |
16,000 |
493 |
Indonesia |
11,000 |
14,000 |
104 |
Trinidad/Tobago |
11,000 |
13,000 |
1,379 |
Denmark |
11,000 |
12,000 |
1,694 |
Bahrain |
11,000 |
11,000 |
64 |
Gaza & W Bank |
11,000 |
11,000 |
n/a |
Brazil |
11,000 |
14,000 |
558 |
Bangladesh |
9,200 |
10,000 |
3,534 |
Malta |
9,000 |
12,000 |
3,597 |
Mexico |
8,500 |
11,000 |
333 |
Austria |
8,500 |
9,300 |
4,937 |
Argentina |
8,300 |
8,300 |
276 |
Qatar |
8,100 |
8,100 |
30 |
Oman |
7,800 |
7,800 |
63 |
Malawi |
7,400 |
7,400 |
90 |
Jordan |
7,200 |
7,200 |
93 |
Venezuela |
7,200 |
7,200 |
52 |
Kuwait |
7,100 |
7,100 |
46 |
Czech Republic |
6,800 |
7,500 |
195 |
Brunei |
6,400 |
6,400 |
18 |
Macao (China) |
6,300 |
6,300 |
13 |
Zimbabwe |
6,100 |
6,100 |
2,921 |
Russia |
6,100 |
6,100 |
118 |
Ghana |
5,900 |
5,900 |
854 |
Zambia |
5,800 |
5,800 |
201 |
Poland |
5,600 |
6,200 |
1,602 |
Luxembourg |
5,500 |
6,000 |
253 |
Tanzania |
5,500 |
5,500 |
69 |
Hungary |
5,200 |
5,800 |
678 |
Chile |
5,200 |
5,200 |
194 |
Botswana |
5,000 |
5,000 |
140 |
Costa Rica |
4,800 |
4,800 |
49 |
Peru |
4,600 |
4,600 |
98 |
Romania |
4,500 |
5,000 |
29 |
Sri Lanka |
4,400 |
4,400 |
652 |
Bahamas |
4,100 |
5,200 |
258 |
Vietnam |
3,800 |
3,800 |
13 |
Gibraltar |
3,600 |
3,600 |
990 |
Colombia |
3,600 |
3,600 |
94 |
Libya |
3,600 |
3,600 |
3 |
South Korea |
3,400 |
3,400 |
12 |
Yemen |
3,400 |
3,400 |
3,386 |
Iran |
2,900 |
2,900 |
16 |
Antigua/Barbuda |
2,800 |
3,500 |
454 |
Finland |
2,800 |
3,000 |
621 |
Nepal |
2,700 |
2,700 |
28 |
Grenada |
2,500 |
3,100 |
1,583 |
Uganda |
2,500 |
2,500 |
72 |
Morocco |
2,400 |
3,000 |
97 |
Ecuador |
2,400 |
2,400 |
43 |
Azerbaijan |
2,400 |
2,400 |
4 |
Swaziland |
2,300 |
2,300 |
100 |
Guyana |
2,200 |
2,200 |
488 |
Lebanon |
2,200 |
2,200 |
58 |
Syria |
2,200 |
2,200 |
28 |
Iraq |
2,000 |
9,200 |
7 |
Sierra Leone |
2,000 |
2,000 |
120 |
Belize |
2,000 |
2,000 |
65 |
Guatemala |
1,900 |
1,900 |
10 |
Dominica |
1,800 |
1,800 |
1,170 |
Seychelles |
1,800 |
1,800 |
100 |
Neth Antilles |
1,800 |
1,800 |
33 |
Namibia |
1,700 |
1,700 |
50 |
Serbia/ Mont. |
1,600 |
1,600 |
467 |
Mauritania |
1,600 |
1,600 |
n/a |
St Lucia |
1,500 |
1,500 |
1,471 |
Gambia |
1,500 |
1,500 |
88 |
Tunisia |
1,400 |
1,400 |
26 |
Mozambique |
1,400 |
1,400 |
7 |
St Vincent/Gren |
1,300 |
1,300 |
865 |
Ethiopia |
1,300 |
1,300 |
35 |
Sudan |
1,300 |
1,300 |
5 |
Ivory Coast |
1,200 |
1,200 |
2 |
Dominican Rep |
1,100 |
1,400 |
40 |
Brit Virgin Isl |
1,000 |
1,000 |
49 |
Panama |
1,000 |
1,000 |
22 |
Cambodia |
1,000 |
1,000 |
7 |
Macedonia FYR |
950 |
950 |
54 |
Honduras |
950 |
950 |
12 |
Iceland |
940 |
940 |
62 |
Papua New Guinea |
940 |
940 |
18 |
Falklands |
930 |
930 |
41 |
Ukraine |
900 |
900 |
270 |
Afghanistan |
900 |
5,900 |
2 |
Croatia |
890 |
980 |
324 |
St Kitts & Nevis |
880 |
1,100 |
557 |
Bulgaria |
800 |
10,000 |
73 |
Kazakhstan |
770 |
770 |
1 |
Estonia |
750 |
830 |
51 |
Mauritius |
740 |
920 |
490 |
Slovakia |
740 |
810 |
26 |
Uruguay |
690 |
690 |
40 |
Angola |
650 |
650 |
n/a |
Algeria |
630 |
630 |
7 |
Bermuda |
600 |
600 |
601 |
Bosnia-Herceg |
540 |
540 |
27 |
Fiji |
500 |
500 |
85 |
Bolivia |
470 |
470 |
26 |
Burma |
460 |
460 |
6 |
Nicaragua |
410 |
410 |
9 |
El Salvador |
390 |
390 |
9 |
DR Congo |
390 |
390 |
1 |
Latvia |
370 |
370 |
129 |
Lesotho |
350 |
350 |
7 |
Mongolia |
340 |
340 |
2 |
Slovenia |
330 |
360 |
111 |
Paraguay |
330 |
330 |
23 |
Monaco |
320 |
320 |
321 |
Cameroon |
300 |
300 |
12 |
Madagascar |
300 |
300 |
7 |
Lithuania |
290 |
320 |
51 |
Vanuatu |
270 |
270 |
23 |
Anguilla |
260 |
260 |
152 |
Senegal |
220 |
220 |
10 |
Andorra |
210 |
210 |
211 |
Georgia |
200 |
200 |
1 |
Tajikistan |
200 |
200 |
1 |
Tonga |
190 |
190 |
11 |
Albania |
190 |
190 |
10 |
Montserrat |
160 |
160 |
159 |
Cuba |
160 |
160 |
6 |
Uzbekistan |
130 |
130 |
2 |
Cayman Islands |
110 |
110 |
114 |
Djibouti |
110 |
110 |
112 |
Somalia |
1-100 |
1-100 |
93 |
US Virgin Isles |
1-100 |
1-100 |
91 |
St Helena |
1-100 |
1-100 |
79 |
Liechtenstein |
1-100 |
1-100 |
32 |
Belarus |
1-100 |
1-100 |
21 |
Taiwan |
1-100 |
1-100 |
20 |
Turks & Caicos |
1-100 |
1-100 |
20 |
Samoa |
1-100 |
1-100 |
11 |
Faroe Islands |
1-100 |
1-100 |
10 |
Norfolk Island |
1-100 |
1-100 |
8 |
Solomon Islands |
1-100 |
1-100 |
8 |
Cook Islands |
1-100 |
1-100 |
7 |
Puerto Rico |
1-100 |
1-100 |
7 |
Togo |
1-100 |
1-100 |
7 |
Cape Verde |
1-100 |
1-100 |
5 |
Liberia |
1-100 |
1-100 |
5 |
New Caledonia |
1-100 |
1-100 |
5 |
Benin |
1-100 |
1-100 |
4 |
Fr. Polynesia |
1-100 |
1-100 |
3 |
Guinea |
1-100 |
1-100 |
3 |
Kiribati |
1-100 |
1-100 |
3 |
Moldova |
1-100 |
1-100 |
3 |
Surinam |
1-100 |
1-100 |
3 |
Armenia |
1-100 |
1-100 |
2 |
Burkina Faso |
1-100 |
1-100 |
2 |
Cent African Rep |
1-100 |
1-100 |
2 |
Congo |
1-100 |
1-100 |
2 |
Greenland |
1-100 |
1-100 |
2 |
Guam (US) |
1-100 |
1-100 |
2 |
Bhutan |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Chad |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Haiti |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Maldives |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Niger |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Rwanda |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
San Marino |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Turkmenistan |
1-100 |
1-100 |
1 |
Tuvalu |
1-100 |
1-100 |
0 |
North Korea |
1-100 |
1-100 |
n/a |
Source: IPPR |
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