"Figure 1: Estimate of the resident population of the UK by non-UK country of birth, 2004 to 2014","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. EU27 consists of the countries in the EU14, EU8, EU2, Malta, Cyprus, and Croatia (from 1 July 2013). The United Kingdom is not included in this group. Between 2004 and 2006 this grouping was known as the EU24 and included the countries in the EU14, the EU8, Malta, and Cyprus. In 2007 this grouping became the EU26, to include Bulgaria and Romania, who acceded to the EU on 1 January 2007. 2. EU14 consists of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain and Sweden. 3. EU8 consists of the Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004: Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. 4. EU2 consists of the two countries that joined the EU in 2007: Bulgaria and Romania. 5. Non-EU consists of all those countries not in the UK or EU27 groups. This group excludes Croatia from 1 July 2013 when it joined the EU. Estimates for non-EU have also been split geographically to provide estimates for Asia and the Rest of the World." "Unit","Population (thousands)" "","" "Year","EU27","EU14","EU8","EU2","Non-EU","Asia","Rest of the World" "2004","1491","1221","167","-","3767","1735","1774" "2005","1584","1209","276","-","3996","1853","1868" "2006","1778","1246","436","-","4256","1998","1966" "2007","1987","1258","599","42","4421","2128","2033" "2008","2136","1267","701","76","4633","2269","2111" "2009","2215","1272","756","97","4806","2335","2217" "2010","2314","1280","819","136","4920","2438","2227" "2011","2564","1327","1008","148","5097","2612","2228" "2012","2652","1376","1031","166","5170","2641","2226" "2013","2743","1374","1092","189","5178","2671","2195" "2014","3025","1456","1242","235","5252","2749","2213"