See soorce fer Breetish fowk

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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Breetish fowk
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| population = '''Breetish''' <br /> 65,600,000<!-- figure identified on talk page combining domestic Britons and official numbers of expats --> <br /> '''[[Breetish diaspora]]''' <br /> est 140,000,000<ref name="Richards 2004 255">{{harvnb|Richards|2004|p=255}}.</ref>
| genealogy = 
| popplace = 
{{flag|Unitit Kinrick}} <br /> 62,436,000<ref name="Eurostat">{{citation | url = http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=tps00001&tableSelection=1&footnotes=yes&labeling=labels&plugin=1 | title = Eurostat Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table | publisher = Eurostat | date = 1 January 2011 | accessdate = 10 September 2011}}</ref> <small>(Breetish citizens o ony race or [[ethnicity]])</small>
|region1= {{USA}}
|pop1= 40,234,652 [[#1|1]] <br /> 678,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref1=<ref>See: [[Breetish American]] – The [[Unitit States]] [[American Community Survey]] reportit in 2009 that 40,234,652 Americans identife'd thairsels as haein Inglis, Scots, Welsh an Ulster-Scots ancestry. 1,172,050 reportit tae hae Breetish ancestry. [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-state=dt&-context=dt&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G2000_B04003&-CONTEXT=dt&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-currentselections=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T001&-geo_id=01000US&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en 2009 American Community Survey.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212040246/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-state=dt&-context=dt&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G2000_B04003&-CONTEXT=dt&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-currentselections=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T001&-geo_id=01000US&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |date=2020-02-12 }}</ref><ref name="Brits Abroad: Country-by-country" />
|region2= {{CAN}}
|pop2= 12,134,745 [[#1|1]] <br /> 609,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref2=<ref>[[Statistics Canada]] reported in 2006 that 6,570,015 Canadians identified themselves as having English ancestry, 4,719,850 Scottish, 440,965 Welsh and 403,915 from the [[British Isles]] (other than English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish). See: <br /> {{citation | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 | title = Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories | author = Statistics Canada | authorlink = Statistics Canada | publisher = statcan.ca | work = [[Canada 2006 Census]] | year = 2006 | accessdate = 27 May 2009 | archive-date = 2009-11-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091101151108/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|region3= {{AUS}}
|pop3= 10,000,000 [[#1|1]] <br /> 1,300,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref3=<ref name="BritsAbroad" /><ref>The [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] reported in 2006 that 6,283,600 Australians identified themselves as having English ancestry, and 1,501,200 as having Scottish ancestry. See: <br /> {{citation | url = http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/5a47791aa683b719ca257306000d536c!OpenDocument | title = Australians overall claim more than 250 ancestries, speak 400 languages at home | author = Australian Bureau of Statistics|authorlink=Australian Bureau of Statistics | publisher = abs.gov.au | work = 2006 Australian Census | date = 27 June 2007 | accessdate = 27 May 2009}}</ref>
|region5= {{NZL}}
|pop5= 2,425,278 [[#1|1]] <br /> 217,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref5=<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/quickstats-about-culture-identity/quickstats-about-culture-and-identity.htm?page=para017Master | title = QuickStats About Culture and Identity | date = 4 February 2009 | accessdate = 18 May 2009 | publisher = stats.govt.nz | author = [[Statistics New Zealand]] | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080219232357/http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/quickstats-about-culture-identity/quickstats-about-culture-and-identity.htm?page=para017Master | archivedate = 2008-02-19 | deadurl = yes | url-status = live }}</ref>
|region4={{HKG}}
|pop4= 3,400,000 [[#4|4]]
|ref4=<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmfaff/117/11712.htm#note212]</ref>
|region6= {{ESP}}
|pop6= 761,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref6=<ref name="Brits Abroad: Country-by-country">{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6161705.stm | title = Brits Abroad: Country-by-country | publisher = news.bbc.co.uk | date = 11 December 2006 | accessdate = 24 May 2009 | work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|region7= {{CHI}}
|pop7= 700,000 [[#1|1]] 
|ref7=<ref name="british">{{citation | url = http://www.biografiadechile.cl/detalle.php?IdContenido=1673&IdCategoria=91&IdArea=488&TituloPagina=Historia%20de%20Chile | title = Historia de Chile, Británicos y Anglosajones en Chile durante el siglo XIX | accessdate = 15 September 2009 | publisher = biografiadechile.cl | archive-date = 2020-11-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003642/http://www.biografiadechile.cl/detalle.php?IdContenido=1673 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|region8= {{IRL}}
|pop8= 291,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref8=<ref name="BritsAbroad">{{citation | title = Brits Abroad| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/| publisher=[[BBC News]] | date=11 December 2006 | accessdate=13 April 2009}}</ref>
|region9= {{ARG}}
|pop9= 250,000 [[#1|1]]
|ref9=<ref name="nytimes">{{citation | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9A02E5D61039F930A15755C0A963948260 | title = Fare of the country: A bit of Britain in Argentina | first = Lydia | last = Chavez | date = 23 June 1985 | accessdate = 21 May 2009 | publisher = nytimes.com}}</ref>
|region11= {{flagicon|UK}} [[Breetish owerseas territories]]
|pop11= 247,899 [[#3|3]]
|ref11=<ref>See the airticle entitled [[Breetish owerseas territories]].</ref>
|region12= {{flag|Sooth Africae}}
|pop12= 212,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref12=<ref name="BritsAbroad" />
|region13= {{flag|Fraunce}}
|pop13= 200,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref13=<ref name="BritsAbroad" /><ref name="nytimes"/>
|region14= {{flag|Germany}}
|pop14= 115,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref14=<ref name="autogenerated7">{{citation | url = http://local.live.com/?v=2&cid=8383590E124DC654!157&encType=1 | title = The most popular British emigration destinations | publisher = local.live.com | date = 13 April 2007 | accessdate = 24 May 2009}}</ref>
|region15= {{flag|Cyprus}}
|pop15= 59,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref15=<ref name="autogenerated7" />
|region16= {{flag|Unitit Arab Emirates}}
|pop16= 55,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref16=<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/news-comment/the-other-special-relationship-the-uae-and-the-uk |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=2017-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628214043/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/news-comment/the-other-special-relationship-the-uae-and-the-uk |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|region17= {{flag|Pakistan}}
|pop17= 47,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref17=<ref name="autogenerated2">{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/asia.stm | title = Brits Abroad: Asia | publisher = news.bbc.co.uk | date = 11 December 2006 | accessdate = 24 May 2009 | work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|region18= {{flag|Swisserland}}
|pop18= 45,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref18=<ref name="autogenerated6">{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/europe.stm | title = Brits Abroad: Europe | publisher = news.bbc.co.uk | date = 11 December 2006 | accessdate = 24 May 2009 | work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|region19= {{flag|Netherlands}}
|pop19= 44,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref19=<ref name="autogenerated6" />
|region20= {{flag|Israel}}
|pop20= 44,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref20=<ref name="autogenerated1">{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/mid_east.stm | title = Brits Abroad: Middle East | publisher = news.bbc.co.uk | date = 11 December 2006 | accessdate = 24 May 2009 | work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|region21= {{flag|Thailand}}
|pop21= 41,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref21=<ref name="autogenerated3">{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/asia_pac.stm | title = Brits Abroad: Asia-Pacific | publisher = news.bbc.co.uk | date = 11 December 2006 | accessdate = 24 May 2009 | work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|region22= {{POR}}
|pop22= 41,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref22=<ref name="autogenerated6" />
|region23= {{flag|Cheenae}}
|pop23= 36,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref23=<ref name="autogenerated3" />
|region24= {{NOR}}
|pop24= 34,279 [[#1|1]]
|ref24=<ref>{{cite web | title = Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and sex | date = 1 January 2009 | work = ssb.no | publisher = Statistics Norway | url = http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/arkiv/tab-2009-04-30-05-en.html | accessdate = 16 December 2011 | archive-date = 2011-11-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111115112242/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/arkiv/tab-2009-04-30-05-en.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|region25= {{TUR}}
|pop25= 34,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref25=<ref name="autogenerated6" />
|region26= {{IND}}
|pop26= 32,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref26=<ref name="autogenerated2" />
|region27= {{KEN}}
|pop27= 29,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref27=<ref>{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/africa.stm | title = Brits Abroad: Africa | publisher = news.bbc.co.uk | date = 11 December 2006 | accessdate = 24 May 2009 | work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|region28= {{BRB}}
|pop28= 27,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref28=<ref name="Cari">{{citation | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/caribbean.stm | title = Brits Abroad: Caribbean | publisher = news.bbc.co.uk | date = 11 December 2006 | accessdate = 24 May 2009 | work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|region29= {{flag|Saudi Arabie}}
|pop29= 26,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref29= 
|region30= {{flag|Jamaica}}
|pop30= 25,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref30=<ref name="Cari" />
|region31= {{flag|Greece}}
|pop31= 24,000 [[#2|2]]
|ref31=<ref name="Brits Abroad: Country-by-country" />
|region32= {{flag|Denmark}}
|pop32= 22,000
|region33= {{flag|Romanie}}
|pop33= 17,000
|region34= {{flag|Japan}}
|pop34= 15,496 [[#2|2]]
|ref34=
|region35= {{flag|Iceland}}
|pop35= 2,000
| languages=
  {{flatlist |
* [[Cornish leid|Cornish]]
* [[Inglis leid|'''Inglis''']]
* [[Guernésiais]]
* [[Erse leid|Erse]]
* [[Jèrriais]]
* [[Llanito]]
* [[Manx leid|Manx]]
* [[Scots leid|Scots]] (includin [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]])
* [[Scots Gaelic leid|Scots Gaelic]]
* [[Welsh leid|Welsh]]
  }}
|religions=[[Protestantism]], [[Anglicanism]], [[Roman Catholicism]]<br> an aw [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], [[Judaism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Agnosticism]] an [[atheism]].<ref>See the article entitled [[Releegion in the Unitit Kinrick]].</ref>
|footnotes= <div style="font-size:110%;">
<cite id=1>1. People who identify of full or partial British ancestry born in to that country.</cite><br />
<cite id=2>2. British-born people who identify of British ancestry only.</cite><br />
<cite id=3>3. British citizens by way of residency in the [[British overseas territories]]; however, not all have ancestry from the United Kingdom.</cite><br />
<cite id=4>4. British citizens or nationals.</cite>
</div>
}}
'''Breetish fowk''' (referred tae as '''Britons''' an aw, informally as '''Brits''', or [[archaism|archically]] as '''Britishers''') are [[citizenship|ceetizens]] or natives o the [[Unitit Kinrick]], [[Croun dependencies]], [[Breetish owerseas territories]], an thair stryndants.<ref>Cfr. [[Interpretation Act 1978]], Sched. 1. By the [[British Nationality Act 1981]], s. 50 (1), the [[United Kingdom]] includes the [[Channel Islands]] and the [[Isle of Man]] for the purposes o naitionality law.</ref><ref name="Dic62">{{Harvnb|Macdonald|1969|p=62}}:{{quote box|'''British''', ''brit'ish, adj.'' of Britain or the Commonwealth. <br /> '''Briton''', ''brit'ὁn, n.'' one of the early inhabitants of Britain: a native of Great Britain.}}</ref><ref>{{citation | title = British | author = [[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]]|edition=Fourth | url = http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/british | publisher = dictionary.reference.com | year = 2004 | accessdate = 19 February 2009}}:{{quote box|'''Brit·ish''' ''(brĭt'ĭsh) adj''.
* Of or relating to Great Britain or its people, language, or culture.
* Of or relating to the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth of Nations.
* Of or relating to the ancient Britons.
''n. (used with a pl. verb)''
* The people of Great Britain.}}</ref> [[Breetish naitionality law]] govrens modren Breetish citizenship an naitionality, which can be acquired, for instance, bi strynd frae Breetish naitionals. Whan uised in a historical context, Breetish fowk refers tae the [[Britons (historical)|auncient Britons]], the [[Indigenous fowks|indigenous]] indwallers o [[Great Breetain]] sooth o the [[Firth o Forth|Forth]].<ref name="Dic62" />

== Sources ==

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