The official population is 59,553,800 (1st July 2003 estimates by UK National Statistics) the third largest in the European Union (behind Germany and metropolitan France) and the 21st-largest in the world. Its overall population density is one of the highest in the world.
The Whites constitute 92.1% (54.85 million people), Asian or Asian British 4% (2.38 million people), Black or Black British 2% (1.19 million people), Mixed 1.2% (0.71 million people), Chinese 0.4% (0.24 million people) and others 0.3% (0.18 million people).