FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4689
You asked
Please I want to make an FOI request that states the population of all Nigerians in the UK.
We said
Thank you for your request.
The number of people that stated Nigeria as their country of birth in the 2021 Census was 270,768 - that is 0.5% of the population of England and Wales.
The number that wrote in Nigerian as their ethnic group was 271,390. Which is 0.5% in England and Wales.
This information is available from our website:
Demography and migration: Census 2021 in England and Wales
Ethnic group, national identity, language, and religion: Census 2021 in England and Wales
The figures provided are for England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland carry out their own censuses.
Their contact details are:
NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND
Tel: 0131 3144299
Email: statisticscustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
Website: www.nrscotland.gov.uk
NORTHERN IRELAND STATISTICS & RESEARCH AGENCY
Tel: 02890 255156
Email: census@nisra.gov.uk
Website: www.nisra.gov.uk/census
We will publish some UK Census data but the publication is dependent on the availability of Scotland's Census data as they delayed their census until 2022.
Please contact census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk if you have any queries about the data provided.