HL Deb 27 April 1976 vol 370 cc109-12WA
Lord O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the total of patrial British subjects domiciled or resident outside the United Kingdom; and the approximate number resident or domiciled in each country.

Lord GORONWY-ROBERTS

As the noble Lord was informed by my noble friend Lord Harris, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, on the 14th April, in United Kingdom law all citizens of Commonwealth countries including the United Kingdom are British subjects. It is estimated that, excluding Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America, for which no figures are available, there are at least 500,000 patrial United Kingdom nationals living abroad. Precise figures are not available since United Kingdom nationals resident overseas are not bound to register with our diplomatic posts. The following table gives the estimated numbers resident in each country. There is no means of knowing how many of these persons are domiciled in their country of residence.

Afghanistan 217
Algeria 1,346
Angola 7
Argentina 14,000
Austria 2,937
Bahamas 1,395
Bahrain 4,500
Bangladesh 530
Barbados 2,000
Belgium 25,000
Benin 24
Bolivia 228
Botswana 1,379
Brazil 7,309
Brunei 1,400
Bulgaria 150
Burma 9
Burundi 48
Cameroon 358
Central African Republic 17
Chad 42
Chile 2,335
China 55
Colombia 894
Congo (Brazzaville) 21
Costa Rica 268
Cuba 130
Cyprus 500
Czechoslovakia 160
Denmark 8,000
Dominican Republic 230
Ecuador 260
Egypt 629
El Salvador 179
Ethiopia 1,151
Fiji 800
Finland 475
France 30.000
Gabon 50
Gambia 238
Germany, Federal Republic (excluding Service personnel) 60,300
Germany, Democratic Republic 100
Ghana 3,000
Greece 4,110
Guatemala 238
Guinea 40
Guyana 592
Haiti 75
Honduras 147
Hungary 153
Iceland 139
India 3,369
Indonesia 1,328
Iran 8,000
Iraq 985
Irish Republic 110,000
Israel 4,000
Italy 22,000
Ivory Coast 172
Jamaica 3,910
Japan 1,254
Jordan 549
Kenya 22,000
Korea 458
Kuwait 2,863
Laos 166
Lebanon 900
Lesotho 501
Liberia 500
Libya 1,833
Luxembourg 1,200
Madagascar 66
Malawi 5,000
Malaysia 3,631
Mali 23
Malta 3,873
Mauritania 43
Mauritius 945
Mexico 712
Mongolia 2
Morocco 809
Mozambique 100
Nepal 372
Netherlands 15,000
Nicaragua 140
Niger 15
Nigeria 5,317
Norway 2,553
Oman 2,500
Pakistan 970
Panama 205
Paraguay 84
Peru 3,000
Philippines 569
Poland 579
Portugal 5,645
Qatar 2,000
Roumania 154
Ruanda 154
Saudi Arabia 8,000
Senegal 136
Sierra Leone 1,560
Singapore 6,900
Somali Democratic Republic 97
Soviet Union 291
Spain 23,429
Sri Lanka 3,631
Sudan 454
Swaziland 1,516
Sweden 4,211
Switzerland 14,902
Syria 140
Tanzania 1,950
Thailand 1,763
Togo 71
Tonga 106
Trinidad and Tobago 2,410
Tunisia 211
Turkey 1,160
Uganda 782
United Arab Emirates 3,200
Upper Volta 45
Uruguay 1,295
Venezuela 1,326
West Indies Associated States 965
Yemen (North) 189
Yemen (South) 102
Yugoslavia 150
Zaire 544
Zambia 27,000