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Census 2021 · official figures · checked 20 October 2026

People born in Ghana in England and Wales

Residents 132,577 2.2 per 1,000 residents

Where people born in Ghana live in England and Wales, by region – as a number and per 1,000 residents.

Where people born in Ghana live

England and Wales: 132,577 people born in Ghana (2.2 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
Where people born in Ghana live
Regions and nations
London7.565,905
East of England2.113,034
West Midlands2.012,171
South East England1.816,713
East Midlands1.68,060
Yorkshire and the Humber1.15,744
North West England0.856,308
South West England0.533,027
North East England0.30791
Wales0.27824
Northern Ireland0.12231
Scotland––

Scotland: Scotland's Census 2022 does not publish single countries of birth as a downloadable table.

People from Ghana in other countries

Other countries of origin in the United Kingdom

All figures for the regions and nations of the United Kingdom →