British Arabs
Distribution by local authority in the 2011 census. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom: 355,977 – 0.5% (2021/22 Census) England: 320,215 – 0.6% (2021) Scotland: 22,304 – 0.4% (2022) Wales: 11,641 – 0.4% (2021) Northern Ireland: 1,817 – 0.1% (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic, British English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam; (83.7%); minority follows Christianity (4.1%) and other faiths (0.7%) or are irreligious (4.8%) 2021 census, NI, England and Wales only | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
British Arabs (Arabic: عرب بريطانيا) are British citizens of Arab descent. They share a common Arab ethnicity, culture, language and identity from different Arab countries. Arabs also come from non-Arab countries as ethnic minorities (e.g. Khuzestani Arabs and Israeli Arabs).
The 2021 United Kingdom census recorded a population of 355,977 or 0.5% of the population in the United Kingdom, with about 40% of the whole population residing in Greater London. In 2005, the BBC found that the majority of Arab residents in London hailed from Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, the Gulf States, and Iraq. The 2011 census recorded a population of 249,911 in Great Britain, with no specific figure recorded for Northern Ireland as the Arab category was introduced later in Northern Ireland.