Country rankings
British Diaspora Countries
Australia has the highest British Residents 2006 (1,300,000), followed by Spain (761,000) and United States (678,000). Tuvalu has the lowest (100).
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190 of 235 countriesBritish Residents 2006
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 190 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
1,750
Middle half 275 – 7.7K
Average
30,468
190 countries
Highest
1,300,000
Australia
Lowest
100
Tuvalu
Data
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190 countries · # = rank by British Residents 2006
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 1,300,000 | Asia Pacific | Anglo-Celtic Australian, Cornish Australian, English Australian, Scottish Australian, Welsh Australian |
| 2 | Spain | 761,000 | Europe | Britons in Spain |
| 3 | United States | 678,000 | North America | British American, Cornish American, English American, Welsh American, Scottish American, Scotch-Irish American |
| 4 | Canada | 603,000 | North America | British Canadians, English Canadian, Scottish Canadian, Welsh Canadian, Cornish Canadian |
| 5 | Ireland | 291,000 | Europe | Anglo-Irish people |
| 6 | India | 250,000 | South Asia | Anglo-Indian |
| 7 | New Zealand | 215,000 | Asia Pacific | British New Zealander, Scottish New Zealander |
| 8 | South Africa | 212,000 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 9 | France | 200,000 | Europe | Britons in France |
| 10 | Germany | 115,000 | Europe | British migration to Germany |
| 11 | Portugal | 60,000 | Europe | — |
| 12 | Cyprus | 59,000 | Europe | — |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 55,000 | Mid East | Britons in the United Arab Emirates |
| 14 | Pakistan | 47,000 | Asia | Britons in Pakistan |
| 15 | Switzerland | 45,000 | Europe | — |
| 15 | Singapore | 45,000 | Asia Pacific | Eurasians in Singapore |
| 17 | Netherlands | 44,000 | Europe | — |
| 17 | Israel | 44,000 | Mid East | — |
| 19 | Thailand | 41,000 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 20 | China | 36,000 | Asia Pacific | Britons in China, Britons in Hong Kong, Shanghailander |
| 21 | Turkey | 34,000 | Mid East | Britons in Turkey |
| 22 | Kenya | 29,000 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 23 | Belgium | 28,000 | Europe | — |
| 24 | Barbados | 27,000 | Caribbean | — |
| 25 | Italy | 26,000 | Europe | British in Italy |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 26,000 | Mid East | — |
| 27 | Jamaica | 25,000 | Caribbean | White Jamaicans |
| 28 | Japan | 23,000 | Asia Pacific | Britons in Japan |
| 29 | Sweden | 18,000 | Europe | — |
| 29 | Greece | 18,000 | Europe | — |
| 31 | Nigeria | 16,000 | Africa | British Nigerian, British diaspora in Africa |
| 32 | Norway | 15,000 | Europe | — |
| 33 | Egypt | 14,000 | Africa | Britons in Egypt |
| 33 | Philippines | 14,000 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 35 | Malaysia | 13,000 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 36 | Indonesia | 11,000 | Asia Pacific | Indo people |
| 36 | Brazil | 11,000 | South America | English Brazilian, Scottish Brazilian |
| 36 | Denmark | 11,000 | Europe | — |
| 36 | Palestine | 11,000 | Mid East | — |
| 36 | Bahrain | 11,000 | Mid East | — |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11,000 | Caribbean | — |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 9,200 | Asia | — |
| 43 | Malta | 9,000 | Europe | — |
| 44 | Mexico | 8,500 | North America | British Mexican |
| 44 | Austria | 8,500 | Europe | — |
| 46 | Argentina | 8,300 | South America | English Argentine, Welsh Argentine, Scottish Argentine |
| 47 | Qatar | 8,100 | Mid East | — |
| 48 | Oman | 7,800 | Mid East | — |
| 49 | Malawi | 7,400 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 50 | Venezuela | 7,200 | South America | — |
| 50 | Jordan | 7,200 | Mid East | — |
| 52 | Kuwait | 7,100 | Mid East | — |
| 53 | Czechia | 6,800 | Europe | — |
| 54 | Brunei | 6,400 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 55 | Macau | 6,300 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 56 | Russia | 6,100 | Europe | — |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 6,100 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 58 | Ghana | 5,900 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 59 | Zambia | 5,800 | Africa | — |
| 60 | Poland | 5,600 | Europe | — |
| 61 | Tanzania | 5,500 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 5,500 | Europe | — |
| 63 | Chile | 5,200 | South America | British Chilean, English Chilean, Scottish Chilean, Welsh Chilean |
| 63 | Hungary | 5,200 | Europe | — |
| 65 | Botswana | 5,000 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 4,800 | North America | — |
| 67 | Peru | 4,600 | South America | British Peruvian |
| 68 | Romania | 4,500 | Europe | — |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 4,400 | Asia | Burgher people |
| 70 | Bahamas | 4,100 | Caribbean | — |
| 71 | Vietnam | 3,800 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 72 | Colombia | 3,600 | South America | — |
| 72 | Libya | 3,600 | Africa | — |
| 72 | Gibraltar | 3,600 | Europe | Gibraltarians |
| 75 | South Korea | 3,400 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 75 | Yemen | 3,400 | Mid East | — |
| 77 | Iran | 2,900 | Mid East | — |
| 78 | Finland | 2,800 | Europe | — |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,800 | Caribbean | — |
| 80 | Nepal | 2,700 | Asia | — |
| 81 | Uganda | 2,500 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 81 | Grenada | 2,500 | Caribbean | — |
| 83 | Morocco | 2,400 | Africa | — |
| 83 | Ecuador | 2,400 | South America | — |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 2,400 | Asia | — |
| 86 | Eswatini | 2,300 | Africa | — |
| 87 | Syria | 2,200 | Mid East | — |
| 87 | Lebanon | 2,200 | Mid East | — |
| 87 | Guyana | 2,200 | South America | — |
| 90 | Iraq | 2,000 | Mid East | — |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 2,000 | Africa | — |
| 90 | Belize | 2,000 | North America | — |
| 93 | Guatemala | 1,900 | North America | — |
| 94 | Seychelles | 1,800 | Africa | — |
| 94 | Dominica | 1,800 | Caribbean | — |
| 96 | Namibia | 1,700 | Africa | — |
| 97 | Serbia | 1,600 | Europe | — |
| 97 | Mauritania | 1,600 | Africa | — |
| 99 | Gambia | 1,500 | Africa | British diaspora in Africa |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 1,500 | Caribbean | — |
| 101 | Mozambique | 1,400 | Africa | — |
| 101 | Tunisia | 1,400 | Africa | — |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 1,300 | Africa | — |
| 103 | Sudan | 1,300 | Africa | — |
| 105 | Ivory Coast | 1,200 | Africa | — |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 1,100 | Caribbean | — |
| 107 | Cambodia | 1,000 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 107 | Panama | 1,000 | North America | — |
| 107 | British Virgin Islands | 1,000 | Caribbean | — |
| 110 | Honduras | 950 | North America | — |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 950 | Europe | — |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 940 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 112 | Iceland | 940 | Europe | — |
| 114 | Falkland Islands | 930 | South America | Falkland Islanders |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 900 | Asia | — |
| 115 | Ukraine | 900 | Europe | — |
| 117 | Croatia | 890 | Europe | — |
| 118 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 880 | Caribbean | — |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 800 | Europe | — |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 770 | Asia | — |
| 121 | Estonia | 750 | Europe | — |
| 122 | Slovakia | 740 | Europe | — |
| 122 | Mauritius | 740 | Africa | — |
| 124 | Uruguay | 690 | South America | — |
| 125 | Angola | 650 | Africa | British Angolans |
| 126 | Algeria | 630 | Africa | — |
| 127 | Bermuda | 600 | North Atlantic | White Bermudian, Black Bermudian |
| 128 | Fiji | 500 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 129 | Bolivia | 470 | South America | — |
| 130 | Myanmar | 460 | Asia Pacific | Anglo-Burmese |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 410 | North America | English settlement in Nicaragua |
| 132 | DR Congo | 390 | Africa | — |
| 132 | El Salvador | 390 | North America | — |
| 134 | Latvia | 370 | Europe | — |
| 135 | Lesotho | 350 | Africa | — |
| 136 | Mongolia | 340 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 137 | Paraguay | 330 | South America | — |
| 137 | Slovenia | 330 | Europe | — |
| 139 | Monaco | 320 | Europe | — |
| 140 | Madagascar | 300 | Africa | Britons in Madagascar |
| 140 | Cameroon | 300 | Africa | — |
| 142 | Lithuania | 290 | Europe | — |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 270 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 144 | Anguilla | 260 | Caribbean | — |
| 145 | Senegal | 220 | Africa | — |
| 146 | Andorra | 210 | Europe | — |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 200 | Asia | — |
| 147 | Georgia | 200 | Europe | — |
| 149 | Albania | 190 | Europe | — |
| 149 | Tonga | 190 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 151 | Cuba | 160 | Caribbean | — |
| 151 | Montserrat | 160 | Caribbean | — |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 130 | Asia | — |
| 154 | Djibouti | 110 | Africa | — |
| 154 | Cayman Islands | 110 | Caribbean | — |
| 156 | Niger | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | North Korea | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Taiwan | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | Chad | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Somalia | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Guinea | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Benin | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Rwanda | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Haiti | 100 | Caribbean | — |
| 156 | Togo | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Belarus | 100 | Europe | — |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 100 | Asia | — |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 100 | Asia | — |
| 156 | Liberia | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 100 | Caribbean | — |
| 156 | Moldova | 100 | Europe | — |
| 156 | Armenia | 100 | Asia | — |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | Bhutan | 100 | Asia | — |
| 156 | Maldives | 100 | Asia | — |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 100 | Africa | — |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | Samoa | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | Guam | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | Kiribati | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | United States Virgin Islands | 100 | Caribbean | — |
| 156 | Faroe Islands | 100 | Europe | — |
| 156 | Greenland | 100 | North America | — |
| 156 | Liechtenstein | 100 | Europe | — |
| 156 | San Marino | 100 | Europe | — |
| 156 | Cook Islands | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
| 156 | Tuvalu | 100 | Asia Pacific | — |
What correlates with British Residents 2006?
Pearson r against 1,393 other country metrics sharing at least 114 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest British Residents 2006?
- Australia has the highest British Residents 2006, at 1,300,000, followed by Spain (761,000) and United States (678,000).
- Which country has the lowest British Residents 2006?
- Tuvalu has the lowest British Residents 2006, at 100.
- What is the median British Residents 2006 across countries?
- The median is 1,750 across the 190 countries with data.
- Where does this british diaspora countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Brits Abroad - BBC UK; British diaspora - Wiki.





























































































































































































