Where did you retire and why

[Kinnock]

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

I am sorry to burst you bubble, but the facts are: 

Rank	Country	Number of UK expats
1	Australia	1,300,000
2	Spain	761,000
3	United States	678,000
4	Canada	603,000
5	Ireland	291,000
6	New Zealand	215,000
7	South Africa	212,000
8	France	200,000
9	Germany	115,000
10	Cyprus	59,000
11	UAE	55,000
12	Pakistan	47,000
13	Singapore	45,000
14	Switzerland	45,000
15	Israel	44,000
16	The Netherlands	44,000
17	Thailand	41,000
18	China and Hong Kong	36,000
19	Turkey	34,000
20	India	32,000

 

 

As you can see Philippines are not even among the top 20, but Thailand is 17.

 

These numbers look very low for everywhere except maybe Australia?  The figures are based on a survey, not official data.

 

I guess many "ex-pats" on tourist visas and/or maintaining a UK address for pension or banking purposes, will make any figures for ex-pats highly inaccurate.

 

Only 41,000 in Thailand?  There must be more than that in Pattaya alone?