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Map of the Irish Diaspora in the World Map of the Italian diaspora in the world Istrian Italians leave Pola in 1947 during the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus. Italian diaspora – occurred mainly between the 1890s and 1930s due to the economic crises and poverty in Italy, with emigrant numbers reaching into the tens of million.
Pictured at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada, on April 15, 2015 The Mexican diaspora is the world's second-largest diaspora; [2] pictured is Mexican day celebrations in Germany. A diaspora (/ d aɪ ˈ æ s p ər ə / dy-ASP-ər-ə) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin.
These are lists of countries by foreign-born population and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).. According to the United Nations, in 2019, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia and France had the largest number of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest.
People of the African immigrant diaspora are the most educated population group in the United States—50 percent have bachelor's or advanced degrees, compared to 23 percent of native-born Americans. [125] [126] The largest African immigrant communities in the United States are in New York, followed by California, Texas, and Maryland. [124]
[25] [26] The second-largest community, around 1.6 million, lives in the United Kingdom, followed by the United States (especially New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey) in third place. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Pakistan has the 6th largest diaspora in the world. [27]
The largest Bangladeshi diaspora population is in Saudi Arabia. There are also significant migrant communities in various Arab states of the Persian Gulf, particularly the United Arab Emirates and Oman, where Bangladeshis are mainly classified as foreign workers. The United Kingdom is home to the largest Bangladeshi community in Europe. [44]
This number constitutes about 11 percent of the total population of the Philippines. [21] It is one of the largest diaspora populations, spanning over 100 countries. [22] The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) tend to be young and gender-balanced.
The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora , as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe , North America , Oceania and South Africa .