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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.
An excess of people entering a country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population). An excess of people leaving a country is referred to as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change.
In 2006, the number of immigrants totaled record 37.5 million. [111] After 2000, immigration to the United States numbered approximately 1,000,000 per year. Nearly 8 million people immigrated to the United States from 2000 to 2005. [112] Almost half entered illegally. [113] In 2006, 1.27 million immigrants were granted legal residence.
World Migration Report 2010: The Future of Migration: Building Capacities for Change. [11] World Migration Report 2008: Managing Labour Mobility in the Evolving Global Economy. [12] World Migration Report 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration. [13] World Migration Report 2003: Challenges and Responses for People on the Move. [14]
Nearly half (43%) of all international migrants originate in Asia, and Europe was the birthplace of the second largest number of migrants (25%), followed by Latin America (15%). India has the largest diaspora in the world (16 million people), followed by Mexico (12 million) and Russia (11 million). [33]
This table counts the number of people who got legal residence status by country of the world in the 2021 & 2022 fiscal years based on which country they last resided in. Does not include the United States. This table is not based on age or sex. Includes those who are "lawful permanent residents" only in this table. Source: [6]
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, [1] with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.
According to the UK agency’s data, the number of students enrolment in higher education institutions increased by 107.4 percent in the 2021/2022 academic year from 21,305 in the previous year. [82] Long-term net migration (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, [83] with ...