The largest clusters of immigrants were in Cardiff
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Wales has the lowest proportion of immigrants in Britain, according to new figures.
The BBC's Born Abroad research shows 77,312 people who were born outside the British Isles live in Wales.
This represents 2.66% of all residents, which is lower than any other British nation or region and compares to 7.5% for the UK as a whole.
Born Abroad is an in-depth study of people born outside the British Isles, and where they now live.
The figures have been collated and calculated from the 2001 Census by Sheffield University and published by the Institute of Public Policy Research.
They show that the number of people born abroad who live in Wales has risen by 23.9% between 1991 and 2001, which represents a 0.46% rise in terms of the overall population.
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Top 10 places of birth outside British Isles of people living in Wales
Germany
India
Pakistan
Italy
South Africa
Bangladesh
Hong Kong
USA
Other Far East
Australia
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This is the slowest rate of change compared with other parts of Britain, and compares with 6.35% in London, where 24.81% of the population are immigrants.
The largest clusters of immigrants are in the Cardiff area, while the south Wales valleys have some of the lowest numbers.
In Cardiff's Cathays area, 13.03% of the population were immigrants in 2001, while there were 8.88% in Penarth and 7.51% in Radyr, also in Cardiff.
This compares to 0.8% in Rhondda North, 0.83% in Rhondda South and 0.94% in Ebbw Vale.
Between 1991 and 2001, there have been decreases in the number of people born abroad in 11 areas, including Cardiff South, Meirionydd Urban, Caernarfon Rural, Preseli Rural and South Pembrokeshire.
More than 15,000 of people born abroad came from Germany and India - the high number of German immigrants is partly due to children of soldiers stationed at British military bases in Germany.
Meanwhile, the number of Italians in Wales has fallen by 36 over the 10-year period.
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