A total of 15.7% of the population -- equivalent to some 865,995 people -- are expected to be from outside the group classed as “white British” within 40 years, compared with 4.5% or about 227,889 people in 2001.
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Ethnic minorities to quadruple in next 40 years
The number of people from ethnic minorities living in Scotland will almost quadruple by 2051, according to new projections.
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