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Hinduism is the third-largest religious group in the United Kingdom, after Christianity and Islam; the religion is followed by over one million people representing around 1.6% of the total population. [6] According to the 2021 United Kingdom census Hindus are primarily concentrated in England, particularly in Greater London and the South East ...
Hinduism in England is the third largest religion in the country, with over 1,020,533 followers as of the 2021 census. This represents over 1.8% of the English population, up from 1.5% in 2011 and 1.1% in 2001. Hindus are predominantly in the cities of London and Leicester, where they make up greater proportions of the population.
Distribution of British Indians by local authority, 2021 census Population pyramid of Asian or Asian British Indians in 2021 (in England and Wales) In the 2021 Census , 1,864,318 people in England and Wales were recorded as having Indian ethnicity, accounting for 3.1% of the population. [ 49 ]
The Hindu population around the world as of 2020 is about 1.2 billion, making it the world's third-largest religion after Christianity and Islam, of which nearly 1.1 billion Hindus live in India. [7] [8] India contains 94% of the global Hindu population. [9] [10] According to a statistical study, an estimated 100 million Hindus live outside of ...
The 2021 United Kingdom census is the 23rd official census of the United Kingdom. Beginning in 1801, [1] they have been recorded every 10 years. The 2021 censuses of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland took place on 21 March 2021, and the census of Scotland took place 364 days later on 20 March 2022. [2] The censuses were administered by the ...
Religion in the United Kingdom is mainly expressed in Christianity, which dominated the land since the 7th century.Results of the 2021 Census for England and Wales showed that Christianity is the largest religion (though makes up less than half of the population), followed by the non-religious, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
In the 2017 general election, 52 ethnic minority MPs were elected, including 32 Labour MPs, 19 Conservatives and one Liberal Democrat, according to think tank British Future [14] and the House of Commons Library. [4][15] In the 2019 general election, this figure rose to 66, with 23 Conservative, 41 Labour and two Liberal Democrat non-white MPs.
26 October 2020 Incumbent: 3 years, 331 days Mahé, British Seychelles: Indo-Seychellois of Bhojpuri descent [54] [55] 31 Rishi Sunak (born 1980) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Head of government United Kingdom: 25 October 2022 5 July 2024 1 year, 254 days Southampton, England, United Kingdom: British Indian of Punjabi descent [56] [57] 32