A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 108 : " Number of Foreigners of Various Nationalities and Proportion of Total Foreigners".
Where Born. | Number. | Per Cent. of Total Foreigners in England and Wales. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1901. | 1911. | 1891. | 1901. | 1911. | |
Russia (including Russian Poland) | 45,074 | 82,844 | 95,541 | 22.8 | 33.5 | 33.5 |
Germany | 50,599 | 49,133 | 53,324 | 25.5 | 19.8 | 18.7 |
France | 20,797 | 20,467 | 28,827 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 10.1 |
Italy | 9,909 | 20,332 | 20,389 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
United States | 19,740 | 16,668 | 13,637 | 10.0 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
Austria | 4,935 | 9,685 | 13,230 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
Switzerland | 6,617 | 8,357 | 10,267 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
Holland | 6,350 | 6,851 | 7,643 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Sweden | 4,624 | 5,515 | 5,953 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Norway | 6,267 | 6,207 | 5,697 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
Belgium | 3,917 | 4,314 | 4,657 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Denmark | 3,113 | 3,363 | 4,557 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
Balkan States | 734 | 3,296 | 3,722 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Spain | 2,244 | 2,781 | 3,635 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
Turkey | 1,241 | 1,589 | 2,651 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
Hungary | 738 | 1,109 | 1,542 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
China | 767 | 387 | 1,319 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Greece | 997 | 1,045 | 1,278 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Portugal | 658 | 413 | 740 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Africa | 1,062 | 462 | 1,035 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
America (except United States) | 6,486 | 1,643 | 3,223 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
Asia (except China) | 1,037 | 858 | 1,741 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
At sea | }207 | 439{ | 230 | }0.1 | 0.2{ | 0.1 |
Not stated | 222 | 0.1 | ||||
Total | 198,113 | 247,758 | 285,060 | 100 | 100 | 100 |