1931 Census of England and Wales, General Tables Comprising: Population, Institutions, Ages and Marital Conditions, Birthplace and Nationality, Welsh Language, Table 30 : " Birthplace and Nationality".

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BIRTHPLACE.	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL	19,133,010	20,819,367
BRITISH ISLANDS	18,808,859	20,467,044
ENGLAND: County of Enumeration	12,657,982	13,401,286
ENGLAND: Elsewhere in England except Monmouthshire	4,488,685	5,303,931
WALES: County of Enumeration	945,707	962,589
WALES: Elsewhere in Wales and Monmouthshire	341,289	390,565
SCOTLAND	180,766	185,720
IRELAND: Northern Ireland	34,720	35,336
IRELAND: Irish Free State	139,685	163,991
IRELAND: Part not stated	3,835	3,522
ISLE OF MAN	6,838	8,080
CHANNEL ISLANDS	9,352	12,024
DOMINIONS, COLONIES, ETC.	109,166	116,518
Residents	104,083	112,334
Residents	5,083	4,184
EUROPE	7,260	7,190
Gibraltar	2,395	2,996
Malta	3,985	4,015
Cyprus	880	179
ASIA	50,604	51,038
Indian Empire	42,452	44,511
Ceylon	2,253	2,311
Malaya	2,184	2,261
Other Colonies in Asia	3,715	1,955
AFRICA	13,762	15,274
Union of South Africa	10,764	13,040
Other Colonies in Africa	2,998	2,234
AMERICA	20,833	22,500
Canada	15,309	16,692
Newfoundland	394	470
West Indies	4,301	4,294
Other Colonies in America	829	1,044
AUSTRALASIA	16,707	20,516
Australia	12,612	15,707
New Zealand	3,979	4,642
Other Colonies in Australasia	116	167
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AT SEA, OR UNSTATED BIRTHPLACE	214,985	235,805
Residents	204,785	228,145
Residents	10,200	7,660
FOREIGN COUNTRIES	152,089	155,449
EUROPE	118,962	120,280
Austria	1,942	2,166
Belgium	4,644	5,435
Czecho-Slovakia	1,223	722
Denmark	3,132	2,341
Finland	712	330
France	9,979	19,184
Germany	12,897	15,138
Greece	1,469	740
Hungary	618	571
Italy	12,215	7,795
Jugo Slavia	388	206
Netherlands	4,894	3,311
Norway	2,431	1,737
Poland	22,719	21,195
Portugal	552	573
Roumania	2,381	2,229
*Russia	17,769	18,364
Spain	2,406	1,908
Sweden	2,758	1,790
Switzerland	5,488	6,877
Turkey	1,072	1,075
*Other Countries in Europe	7,273	6,593
ASIA	7,913	4,483
China	3,672	2,301
Japan	1,604	725
Other Countries In Asia	2,637	1,457
AFRICA	3,442	3,116
Egypt	2,700	2,442
Other Countries In Africa	742	674
AMERICA	21,696	27,489
United States	16,396	21,024
Argentine	1,678	2,065
Brazil	1,020	1,234
Chile	894	1,113
Mexico	320	395
Other Countries in America	1,388	1,658
AUSTRALASIA	78	111
BORN AT SEA	1,668	2,304
Birthplace not stated	61,226	78,022
NATIONALITY of Foreign Born, Born at Sea or of unstated Birthplace: British by naturalisation	89,380	112,685
NATIONALITY of Foreign Born, Born at Sea or of unstated Birthplace: British by birth	25,058	39,798
NATIONALITY of Foreign Born, Born at Sea or of unstated Birthplace: Aliens, including Foreign Born of unstated nationality; [or] Nether nationality nor birthplace stated	100,567	83,322

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Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

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