The graphs illustrate the number of people granted UK citizenship from 1962 to 2002 and their countries of origin.
Overall, the general trend was of an increase, with the most especially noticeable change in 2002. Turning to Additionally, / It is also worth noticing that among all the origin of those immigrants, Asians contributed the greatest share.
In 1962, approximately 30 thousand people were legally accepted as UK citizens. Afterwards,the number of foreigners immigrating into the UK had a gradual upward trend before the decline in the final of 1980s and hitting a trough of only 40 thousand people in the end of 20th century. A decade later, the immigrations recorded the peak in 2000 and started increasing gradually.
Regarding where they originated, in 1996 the Asian made up the largest proportion, about one-third of the whole population. The figure was higher than the ones for Europeans, Americans and Africans combined, which occupied equally 9 thousand people. Australasians and others just showed up as a tiny minority.
Until 2002, the number of immigrants had been increasing significantly. Asians consistently recorded the highest figures among 4 original nations, accounting for five-seventh of all. It was followed by Africans and Europeans combined with Americans, with 39 thousand and 27 thousand people given UK citizenship respectively. Afterall, Australasia and others were the only nations that decreased, 1 thousand less than the past one in 1996.