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Total UK population will come around 60 million, of which around 92 % of the population are white British.
South Asians population in UK would come around 4 % of the total population of UK. The largest south Asians population in Britain are people of Indian descent. Indians in UK would make around 1.8 % of UK population.
The other largest south Asians population in UK are Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. Pakistanis in UK will make around 1.3 % population of UK and Bangladeshis will make around 0.5% of UK population.
In 80's followed by the ethnic violence in Sri Lanka, Tamil Sri Lankans started migrating to UK. Tamil Sri Lankans might make around 0.2 % of UK population. The people from other south Asian countries would make around another 0.2% of UK population.
Most of the south Asians lives in England, where around 35 % of the south Asians live in London, rest of the south Asians live in west Midlands, south east, north west and in Yorkshire and Humberside.
Indian 1.1 millionPakistanis 0.7 million
Bangladeshis 0.3 million
Sri Lankan Tamils 0.1 million
Other south Asians 0.1 million
The above UK population statistics are rough estimation based on the national statistics. These figures may not be accurate.
