Southeast Asians in the United Kingdom
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Southeast Asians living in the United Kingdom have been present in the country for several centuries, arriving from Southeast Asia, and primarily originating from countries and territories such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
See also: British Asians, Central Asians in the United Kingdom, and East Asians in the United Kingdom
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Total population | |
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Malaysian – 49,886 Singaporean – 40,474 All figures except the Filipino and Thai communities are from the 2001 UK Census, with that country as a reported birthplace (i.e. doesn't include British born people of Southeast Asian origin) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
London, Belfast, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh | |
Languages | |
Tagalog/Filipino – 70,342 Thai – 27,366 Vietnamese – 15,168 Malay – 12,576 All other Southeast Asian languages – 11,914 Number of speakers in England & Wales as a main language, of all usual residents aged 3 and over, from the 2011 census[2] | |
Religion | |
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Non-religious, others | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Asians |
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