People from Nepal living in the UK belong to many different Nepalese ethnic groups or castes and may have different languages although all speak Nepali as a mother tongue.

[5] The 2011 UK Census recorded 48,497 people born in Nepal living in England, 1,011 in Wales,[6] 1,268 in Scotland[7] and 105 in Northern Ireland.

[8] Office for National Statistics estimates suggest that 62,000 Nepalese-born people were resident in the UK in 2016.

[9] At the time of the 2011 census, the regions with the largest Nepalese-born populations were London and South East England, with 19,051 and 19,111 people respectively.

[6] In particular there are significant communities in Aldershot[10] and Folkestone[11] due to links with the British Army.