§ Lord O'HAGANasked 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.
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§ Lord GORONWY-ROBERTSAs 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.
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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 112WA
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