London Dec.20, 2003

NRIs and PIOs in Britain constitute 2.2 million, or some 3.86 percent of the UK population:

A majority of them - 40 percent - live in the Greater London area. There are a number of cities and counties where Indians account for between 10 and 18 percent of the population.

PIOs are the largest ethnic minority in Britain, with Gujaratis and Punjabis making up nearly 90 percent of the regional identity

Asian IN UK

Asians make up just over 3.5% of the total UK population - about 2,084,000 out of nearly 58,800,000
Of these nearly 1.8% are Indian - 1,054,000
1.25% are Pakistani - 747,000
And just under 0.5% are Bangladeshi - 283,000
Or the ratio of Indians : Pakistanis : Bangladeshis = 10 : 7 : 3

Distribution between the constituent parts of the UK

Well over 96% of all Asians in the UK live in England itself - over 2 million
Over 43% live in London and the South-East alone
Less than 4% (under 75,000) live in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined
About 2.5% (under 49,000) live in Scotland, 1% (22,000) in Wales, and less than 0.1% (2,500) in Northern Ireland