1996, UK migration
In 1996, 318,000 people moved to the UK and 264,000 moved away.
- Net migration
- 55,000
People moving for a year or more. All UK, every nationality, including British citizens.
- British citizens
- 94,000 moved to the UK and 156,000 moved away.
- Method
- An ONS estimate from the International Passenger Survey, plus ONS adjustments for asylum seekers, moves to and from Ireland and people who changed their plans. The ONS changed its method in 1991, so years either side are not directly comparable. Its current series starts in the year ending June 2012, and its older survey-based figures, which run on to 2019 in Table 2.00, are not directly comparable with it. It changed its method again in mid-2021, and says comparisons across that change should be treated with caution.
- Note
- The ONS rounds each figure to the nearest thousand on its own, so arrivals minus departures can be 1,000 away from net.
- Latest year
- In 2025 (first estimate), 813,000 people moved to the UK and 642,000 moved away. The ONS puts net migration that year at 171,000. That year uses the ONS's current method, so the two years are not directly comparable.
- Source
- ONS, Long-term international migration, Table 2.00 (1964 to 2019), published 26 November 2020
2025 from ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
ONS figures for every year from 1964 to 2025.
Since you were born
From 1996 to 2011, 8,117,000 people moved to the UK and 5,370,000 moved away.
These add up each year's ONS estimate. The ONS's current series starts in the year ending June 2012, so the years after 2011 cannot be added on. The same person can count more than once.
Every year
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