PassPeersWhere people born in Afghanistan live
England and Wales: 85,693 people born in Afghanistan (1.4 per 1,000 residents).
12 regions and nations · Census 2021 · Source 1 Source 2 Source 3
Census day 21 March 2021 – before the 2022 arrivals from Ukraine and later visa routes. Scotland's Census 2022 publishes only 14 country groups as downloadable tables, so Scotland is left blank. The national row is England and Wales.
All 12 regions and nations as a table
| Regions and nations | ||
|---|---|---|
| London | 5.4 | 47,706 |
| West Midlands | 1.7 | 9,958 |
| South East England | 0.79 | 7,311 |
| North West England | 0.79 | 5,871 |
| East of England | 0.62 | 3,943 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 0.70 | 3,825 |
| East Midlands | 0.67 | 3,278 |
| South West England | 0.27 | 1,514 |
| North East England | 0.56 | 1,472 |
| Wales | 0.26 | 816 |
| Northern Ireland | 0.04 | 73 |
| Scotland | – | – |
Scotland: Scotland's Census 2022 does not publish single countries of birth as a downloadable table.
People from Afghanistan in other countries
Other countries of origin in the United Kingdom
AlbaniaAlgeriaBangladeshBrazilCameroonChinaColombiaEgyptEritreaEthiopiaGhanaIndiaIranIraqJordanKenyaLebanonMexicoMoroccoNepalNigeriaPakistanPhilippinesPolandRomaniaRussiaSomaliaSouth AfricaSri LankaSudanSyriaTunisiaTürkiyeUkraineVietnamZimbabwe
All figures for the regions and nations of the United Kingdom →