The present day population of the UK is descended from varied ethnic stocks though mainly pre-Celtic, Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Norman. Since 1945, substantial immigration from Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia has been a legacy of ties forged by the British Empire. migration from new EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe since 2004 has resulted in growth in these population groups, but, as of 2008, the trend is reversing and many of these migrants are returning home, leaving the size of these groups unknown. ('Why I left UK to return to Poland', BBC News) As of 2001, 92.1% of the population identified themselves as White, leaving 7.9% (
(#64) ) of the UK population identifying themselves as mixed race or ethnic minority.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
!width="200px"| Ethnic group !! Population !! % of total*
| - |
| align = "left" | White | | 92.1% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Mixed race | | 1.2% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Indian | | 1.8% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Pakistani | | 1.3% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Bangladeshi | | 0.5% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Other Asian (non-Chinese) | | 0.4% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Black Caribbean | | 1.0% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Black African | | 0.8% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Black (others) | | 0.2% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Chinese | | 0.4% |
|---|
| align = "left" | Other | | 0.4% |
|---|
| - |
| colspan="3" align="left" |
| } |
Ethnic diversity varies significantly across the UK. 30.4% of London's population (
(#65) ) and 37.4% of Leicester's (
(#66) ) was estimated to be non-white as of June 2005, whereas less than 5% of the populations of North East England, Wales and the South West were from ethnic minorities according to the 2001 census. (
(#67) ) As of 2007, 22% of primary and 17.7% of secondary pupils at maintained schools in England were from ethnic minority families. (http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000744/UPDATEDSFR30_2007.pdf Schools and Pupils in England, January 2007) (
(#68) ) Britain's immigrant population will almost double in the next two decades to 9.1 million, a report said on 31 January 2008. (Britain to have '9.1m immigrants by 2030', Telegraph)
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