Brits abroad: how many people from the UK live in other EU countries?
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1.3 million people born in the UK live in other EU countries, according to 2017 estimates from the United Nations (UN). Around 900,000 UK citizens were long-term residents in other EU countries in 2010 and 2011, according to census data across the EU collated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
There are two alternative estimates, and neither is perfect
Recent figures on Brits abroad have been compiled by both the UN and the ONS. Both are based mainly on census data gathered from EU countries in 2010 and 2011. The difference between them lies in what’s been done to those numbers.
The ONS looks at both UK-born people and UK citizens. It brings together mainly census figures from across the EU from 2010 and 2011. The figures just cover people who live abroad for at least a year, rather than just short-term emigrants.
The UN looks just at UK-born people. It takes the census figures as a starting point and then ‘ages’ the figures a few years up to 2017, estimating how many peop...
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