International Immigrants

By admin • Oct 26th, 2008 • Category: Destinations

Three percent of the world population in 2000 were born in a territory different to where hey now live: one hundred and seventy-four million people have moved to a new territory.The United States receives the highest number of international immigrants (people born in another territory and no longer resident there), however Andorra has highest proportion of immigrants living within its borders.

Four out of every five people in Andorra are international immigrants. In the Philippines and Guyana, territories experiencing some of the lowest immigration, only one person

in every 500 is an international immigrant.

HIGHEST AND LOWEST LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION

Rank	Territory Andorra	Value
1	Qatar	68
2	Monaco	68
3	United Arab Emirates	66
4 5	Gaza Strip & West Kuwait	49 46
6 7 8	Luxembourg Hong Kong (China) Jordan	41 39 37
10	Bahrain	36

immigrants as a % of resident population

Rank 190 192 193 194	Territory Myanmar Philippines Guyana Indonesia	Value 0.23 0.20 0.20 0.18
195	Peru	0.17
196	DPR Korea	0.16
197 198	Afghanistan Morocco	0.16 0.09
199	China	0.04
200	Viet Nam	0.03

immigrants as a % of resident population

According to a leading survey published by NY in 2008 , The net flow of immigration in all countries is verified .

Country	Net Flow
USA	+ 1,299,000
Spain	+ 569,000
Italy	+ 225,000
Afghanistan	+ 222,000
Canada	+ 208,000
United Kingdom	+ 201,000
Germany	+ 200,000
Russia	+ 183,000
France	+144,000
Australia	+ 119,000
Mexico	-797,000
China	-380,000
India	-270,000
Iran	-250,000
Pakistan	-248,000
Indonesia	-200,000
Philipines	-180,000