Two charts: a line graph shows the number of people granted UK citizenship (in thousands) from 1992 to 2002 and a bar graph illustrates the number of people (in thousands) from Asia, Africa, America, Europe, Australia, and others, receiving UK citizenship in 1996 and 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The given graphs demonstrate the figures for immigrants who became

UK

citizens from 1962 to 2002 and

also

provide information about their origin in 1996 and 2002.

Overall

, a steady rise can be seen in the number of citizens through these 40 years.

Moreover

, Asians were the major proportion of immigrants in both 1996 and 2002

while

African and European people who immigrated to the

UK

in 2002 were considerably more than in 1996.

According to

the line graph, 20,000 people around the world were granted

UK

citizenship in 1962. The figure for these people increased to about 37,000 and

then

it experienced a 4,000 fall for the next 10 years. After 1982, a sharp increase happened to more than 110,000 in 2002. Based on the bar graph,

although

just about 5,000 Americans and others immigrated to the

UK

in the reported years, Asians moved to

this

country 10 times more.

Furthermore

, the number of European and African immigrants which were 9,000 in 1996, increased noticeably in 2002 to 25 and 27000.