Total population | |
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White British 49,997,686 (2011)
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Regions with significant populations | |
United Kingdom | |
England | 41,540,791 (73.5%) (2021)[1] |
Scotland | 4,863,000 (91.8%) (2011)[2] |
Wales | 2,814,427 (90.9%) (2021)[1] |
Northern Ireland (including all White people reporting at least one of British/Irish/Northern Irish/English/Scottish/Welsh national identities) | 1,765,971 (92.8%) (2021)[3] |
Languages | |
Predominantly English Also: Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Scots, Ulster Scots, Cornish, Manx, British Sign Language | |
Religion | |
Christian (49.0%) Irreligious (43.9%) Jewish (0.4%) Muslim (0.2%) Others (0.6%) Unspecified (5.8%) Figures for England and Wales (2021) only[4] |
White British is an ethnicity classification used for the native white population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population was 49,997,686, 81.5% of Great Britain's total population. For the United Kingdom entirely, due to different reporting measures within Northern Ireland which includes all those who identified as British with those who identified as Irish, an amalgamated total of 52,320,080 including those who identified as White Irish in Great Britain is given making up 82.8% of the population.[1][2][5]