Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
Ghanaians in the United Kingdom (also British Ghanaians) encompass both Ghana-born immigrants and their descendants living in the United Kingdom. Immigration to the UK accelerated following the independence of Ghana from the British Empire in 1957, with most British Ghanaians having migrated to the UK between the 1960s to the 1980s owing to poor economic conditions at home.
| Total population | |
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| Ghanaian-born residents 95,666 (2011 Census figure) 114,000 (2019 ONS estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, Manchester, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Swansea | |
| Languages | |
| English, French, Twi, Fante, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani, Hausa, others | |
| Religion | |
| Primarily Christianity, minority Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ghanaians |
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The 2011 census recorded 95,666 people born in Ghana living in the UK, up from 56,112 in 2001. The most recent estimate by the Office for National Statistics in 2019 estimated that the Ghanaian-born population accounted for 114,000 residents of the UK. None of these figures account for British-born individuals of Ghanaian descent.
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