 A portrait of a Romani woman by English painter Octavius Oakley | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom: ≈ 225,000 – 0.4% (European Commission estimate, 2012)[1][2] England: 99,122 – 0.2% (2021)[3] Scotland: Unavailable  Wales: 1,842 – 0.06% (2021)[3]Northern Ireland: 1,529 – 0.08% (2021)[4] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| North West England and Greater London | |
| Languages | |
| Angloromani, Scottish Cant, Kalá | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Romanipen |
Romani people have been recorded in the United Kingdom since at least the early 16th century. There are estimated to be around 225,000 Romani residing in the UK. This includes the Romanichal, Kale (Welsh Roma), Scottish Lowland Roma and a sizeable population of Roma from Continental Europe, who immigrated into the UK in the late 1990s/early 2000s and after EU expansion in 2004.[5][6] They are considered part of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community.[7]
- ^ "Roma integration in the United Kingdom". European Commission – European Commission.
- ^ "The European Union and Roma – Factsheet: United Kingdom" (PDF).
- ^ a b "2021 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "MS-B01: Ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - United Kingdom : Roma/Gypsies/Travellers".
- ^ Roma / Gypsies / Travellers - Minority Rights Group
- ^ Acton, Thomas; Acton, Jennifer; Cemlyn, Sara; Ryder, Andrew (2016). "Why we need to up our Numbers Game: A non-parametric approach to the methodology and politics of the demography of Roma, Gypsy, Traveller and other ethnic populations" (PDF). Radical Statistics (114). Retrieved 7 January 2024.