Persons of Working Age by Country of Birth
| Country of Birth, 3-way Classification | 01 Jan 2017 to 31 Dec 2019 | 01 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| UK & Ireland |
3,956,246
|
3,923,882
|
| European Union |
177,341
|
185,548
|
| Rest of the World |
358,381
|
393,552
|
| Date | Source |
|---|---|
| 2017 - 2019 | UK Data Service - Study Number SN8657 |
| 2020 - 2022 | UK Data Service - Study Number SN9119 |
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| Date | Acknowledgments |
|---|---|
| 2017 - 2022 | Donald Houston (University of Birmingham). Role: author. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes. |
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Country of birth in this dataset is intended to capture the impact of Brexit on EU-UK migration of people of working age (16-64 years). Respondents to the Annual Population Survey are asked what country they were born in. People not born in the UK or Republic of Ireland are classified as either born in the European Union (EU) or outside the EU (non-EU). The EU is defined as the countries that were in the EU when the UK left the EU single market – which granted freedom of movement to live, work or study in any EU Me...
mber State – at the end of December 2020. Those born in the Republic of Ireland are not included in the born in the EU category for the purposes of these data on the basis that the Common Travel Area agreement between the UK and Republic of Ireland maintains the mutual right to live, work and study in either country without an immigration visa. In order to best reflect the impact of Brexit on EU-UK migration, country of birth rather than nationality was used because many EU nationals applied for British citizenship following Brexit. Neither country of birth or nationality perfectly captures people who lost the freedom of movement between the UK and the EU following Brexit, since some people born outside the UK have British citizenship and some people born in the UK do not. Data labelled as born in the EU is the population aged 16-64 years born in the EU (excluding the UK and the Republic of Ireland). Data labelled as born outside the EU is the population aged 16-64 years born outside the EU. The population that falls neither in the EU or non-EU categories are, by definition, born in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. (Donald Houston, University of Birmingham)