British people

British people, or Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown dependencies, and their descendants. British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the ancient Britons, the indigenous Brittonic-Pictish Celtic inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh, and Bretons.

The total population of the British is 65,600,000. The population of the British diaspora is 140,000,000. The region with the most significant population is the United Kingdom, with 57,678,000 British citizens of any race or ethnicity.

The British Overseas Territories has 247,899 British people. The United States has 40,234,652-72,065,000 people who identify of full or partial British ancestry born into that country, and 678,000 UK-born people who identify of British ancestry only. Canada has 12,134,745 people who identify of full or partial British ancestry born into that country. It has 609,000 British citizens or nationals. Australia has 9,031,100 people who identify of full or partial British ancestry born into that country. It has 1,300,000 British citizens or nationals.

Their languages are Cornish, English, Guernésiais, Irish, Jèrriais, Llanito, Manx, Scots (including Ulster-Scots), Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and immigrant languages.

Their religion is multiple denominations.