You asked
Please could you provide the total number of people of Sudanese origin living in the UK; also, the number of people of Sudanese origin living in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester.
Thank you for your help.
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.
We produce estimates based on two different definitions of 'origin': country of birth and nationality. The latest available data relating to the UK population by country of birth and nationality are for July 2018 to June 2019. These data contain separate country of birth and nationality estimates for the nations of Sudan, and South Sudan.
As you will see in Table B of the downloadable file in the link, the number of people living in the UK who were born in Sudan was estimated to be 35,000 with a Confidence Interval (CI) of plus or minus 9,000. Of this number, we estimated that 15,000 (plus or minus 8,000) were living in London, 2,000 (plus or minus 2,000) were living in Greater Manchester, and 1,000 (plus or minus 3,000) were living in Birmingham. During the same period, the number of people living in the UK who were born in South Sudan was estimated to be 1,000 (plus or minus 1,000).
As you will see from Table D of the downloadable file in the link, we estimated that the number of Sudanese nationals living in the United Kingdom was 20,000 (plus or minus 7,000). Of this number, we estimated that 6,000 (plus or minus 5,000) were living in London, and 3,000 (plus or minus 2,000) were living in Greater Manchester. During the same period, we estimated that the number of South Sudanese nationals living in the UK was 1,000 (plus or minus 1,000).
We were unable to provide estimates for all areas of your enquiry. This is either for confidentiality reasons, or because no one who responded to our surveys matched the required description. For more information, please consult the 'Contents and Notes' page of the UK population by country of birth and nationality dataset.
We do not produce estimates of the population by country of birth and nationality for Edinburgh and Glasgow. For more information on the number of people of Sudanese origin living in Scotland, please contact the National Records of Scotland.
Please do not hesitate to contact us directly on pop.info@ons.gov.uk if you require anything further.