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This article discusses the Demographics of England.

See List of United Kingdom nations by population for a breakdown of regional population statistics

Contents 1 Population 2 Place of birth 3 Ethnicity 4 Religion 5 Proposed changes to the 2011 Census regarding "Ethnic Group" 6 See also 7 External links 8 References

• male: 23,922,144
• female: 25,216,687
• total: 49,138,831

• England 87.4%
• UK: 90.7%
• EU elsewhere: 2.3%
• Outside EU: 7.0%

• White British: 86.99%
• White Other: 2.66%
• Indian: 2.09%
• Pakistani: 1.44%
• Mixed: 1.31%
• White Irish: 1.27%
• Black Caribbean: 1.14%
• Black African: 0.97%
• Bangladeshi: 0.56%
• Other Asian 0.48%
• Chinese: 0.45%
• Other: 0.44%
• Black Other: 0.2%

• Christian: 71.75%
• No Religion: 14.81%
  • "Jedi"^[1]: 0.7%
• Not Stated: 7.71%
• Muslim: 2.97%
• Hindu: 1.06%
• Sikh: 0.63%
• Jewish: 0.5%
• Other: 0.29%
• Buddhist: 0.28%

Source: UK census - Table KS07 Religion.

There have been widespread calls for the 2011 national census to include extra tick boxes so people can identify their ethnic group in category A as Welsh, English^[2] or Cornish ^[3],^[4](at present the tick boxes only include British, Irish or any other). Although people could record their individual nationalities in the United Kingdom Census 2001, there was no provision for a tick box so that people could clearly identify as part of these ethnic groups. By not having this option in the survey there have been some claims of racial discrimination against these groups. There was some confusion over the new 2001 census codes and the fact that you had to first deny being British, thus elicting a negative response first before a positive identicication as in the case of the Welsh, English and Cornish groups. In addition many people were unaware of the new Census 2001 codes and some were unsure of the legality of them. ^[5]

• National Statistics Socio-economic Classification
• Census 2001 Ethnic Codes
• Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom Census 2001

• Cornish demand tick box for 2011 Census
• English and Cornish 2011 tick box
• Census chiefs set to record Welsh identity tick box
• 418,000 write in 'Welsh' on 2001 Census form
• 44% identify as Cornish rather than English or British

1. ^ Respondents who gave their religion as "Jedi" were counted in the "No Religion" category. Source: Christianity is main religion in Britain (HTML). National Statistics (2004-10-11). Retrieved on November 27, 2006. “No religion includes people who ticked 'None' at the religion question plus those who wrote in Jedi Knight, Agnostic, Atheist and Heathen and those who ticked 'Other' but did not write in any religion.”
2. ^ Government agree English and Welsh 2011 Census tick boxes
3. ^ Fight goes on to include Cornish ethnicity and language in Census 2011 options
4. ^ Mebyon Kernow support Cornish tick box option
5. ^ Over 37,000 claim Cornish ethnicity on the 2001 Census

v • d • e British Census: White British
Native inhabitants	Anglo-Irish • Brython • Cornish • English • Gael • Irish/Irish Traveller • Scottish • Welsh
Immigrants	Australian • French • German/German-Briton • Greek • Italian • Spanish • Polish • Russian