Increase in non-European nationals living in Scotland

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About 14% of Glasgow’s inhabitants comes from exterior of the UK.

Scotland has viewed an enlarge in the replacement of non-EU nationals living right here, per new figures from Nationwide Records of Scotland (NRS).

Numbers of non-British nationals living in Scotland rose by 36,000 ideal year.

Till currently the replacement of EU citizens living in Scotland was once greater than those coming from exterior.

But the latest gaze displays a necessary enlarge in the replacement of non-EU nationals while EU nationals interesting right here has remained stable.

NRS has revealed figures which demonstrate that in 2019, 388,000 non-British nationals or 502,000 non-UK born folks lived in Scotland.

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Folks from the EU made up the supreme bulk of migrants to Glasgow, however the ideal year noticed a surge those from exterior the EU

Of all non-British nationals living in Scotland, three in 5 were EU nationals (234,000) and two in 5 were non-EU nationals (154,000).

Polish remained the most well liked non-British nationality, accounting for nearly a quarter (23%) of all non-British nationals living in Scotland.

Overall, 7% of Scotland’s inhabitants were non-British nationals with the greater cities files superhighway hosting the most. The supreme was once Aberdeen with 18%, then Edinburgh with 16% and Glasgow which had 14%.

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EU nationals made up 60% of the non-British inhabitants in Scotland

As for the receive Scotland’s migrants came from, the supreme number was once from Poland, adopted by the Republic of Eire and then Lithuania.

Indian, Romanian and German citizens all numbered 13,000 every in the Scottish inhabitants.

The bulky document ‘Estimates of the Scottish inhabitants by Country of Starting up and Nationality‘ takes its files from the Annual Population Perceive (APS) and comprises estimates for the year to total of December 2019.

It’s designed to name longer timeframe trends and statistically necessary modifications.

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Polish remained the most traditional non-British nationality in Scotland

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