English diaspora

English diaspora
Regions with significant populations
47.6 million (67.1% identified with English identity)[1] in
England and Wales
Significant English diaspora in
United States46,550,968[2]
Australia8,385,928[3]
Canada6,263,880[4]
South Africa1,000,000[citation needed]
New Zealand72,204–210,915[5]
India300,000[6]
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity: Predominantly Protestantism (Anglicanism • Methodism • Baptists • Congregationalism • Other Protestants) • Mormonism • Roman Catholicism
Neopaganism (including Wicca) • Irreligious

The English diaspora consists of English people and their descendants who emigrated from England. The diaspora is concentrated in the English-speaking world in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Africa, and to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe, India, Zambia and continental Europe.

  1. ^ "England and Wales identity". Retrieved 3 November 2023. The 2011 England and Wales census reports that in England and Wales 32.4 million White British people associated themselves with an English identity alone and 37.6 million identified themselves with an English identity either on its own or mixed with other identities, being 57.7% and 67.1% respectively of the population of England and Wales
  2. ^ "Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census". United States census. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  3. ^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ "2018 Census totals by topic" (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2019. The 2018 census reported 72,204 identified with English origins and 210,915 were born in England
  6. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64495467

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