Annex A
Migration: Summary Statistics
WORLD POPULATION & INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
NUMBERS, 2000
|
| Population (bn)
| Migrants (mn) |
% of population |
|
| Asia | 3.7
| 50 | 1.4
|
| Africa | 0.8
| 16 | 2.1
|
| Europe | 0.7
| 56 | 7.7
|
| Latin America & Caribbean | 0.5
| 6 | 2.1
|
| North America | 0.3
| 41 | 13.0
|
| Australasia | —
| 6 | 1.1
|
| Total | 6.1
| 175 | 2.9
|
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TOP 15 COUNTRIES WITH LARGEST NUMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL
MIGRANTS, 2000
|
| (mn)
|
|
| USA | 35.0
|
| Russia | 13.3
|
| Germany | 7.3
|
| Ukraine | 6.9
|
| France | 6.3
|
| India | 6.3
|
| Canada | 5.8
|
| Saudi Arabia | 5.3
|
| Australia | 4.7
|
| Pakistan | 4.2
|
| Ukraine | 4.0
|
| Kazakhstan | 3.0
|
| Cote d'Ivoire | 2.3
|
| Iran | 2.3
|
| Israel | 2.3
|
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TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST % SHARE OF MIGRANTS
|
| %
|
|
| UAE | 73.8
|
| Kuwait | 57.9
|
| Jordan | 39.6
|
| Israel | 37.4
|
| Singapore | 33.6
|
| Oman | 26.9
|
| Estonia | 26.2
|
| Saudi Arabia | 25.8
|
| Latvia | 25.3
|
| Switzerland | 25.1
|
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REFUGEES BY REGION OF ASYLUM, 2001
|
| '000
| % of total |
|
| Asia | 5,770
| 48.0 |
| Africa | 3,284
| 27.3 |
| Europe | 2,228
| 18.5 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 37
| 0.3 |
| North America | 645
| 5.4 |
| Australasia | 65
| 0.5 |
| Total | 12,030
| 100.0 |
|
TOP 10 REFUGEE SENDING COUNTRIES, 2001
|
| '000
|
|
| Afghanistan | 3,809
|
| Burundi | 554
|
| Iraq | 530
|
| Sudan | 489
|
| Angola | 471
|
| Bosnia | 450
|
| Somalia | 439
|
| DR Congo | 392
|
| Vietnam | 370
|
| Palestinian OT | 349
|
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TOP 10 REFUGEE HOST COUNTRIES, 2001
|
| '000
|
|
| Pakistan | 2,198
|
| Iran | 1,868
|
| Germany | 903
|
| Tanzania | 646
|
| USA | 515 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 400
|
| DR Congo | 362
|
| Sudan | 349
|
| China | 295
|
| Zambia | 284
|
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TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS,
2001-02
|
| '000
|
|
| Palestinian OT | 9,000-20,000
|
| Angola | 4,100
|
| Sudan | 4,000
|
| DR Congo | 2,200
|
| Colombia | 2,100
|
| Indonesia | 1,300
|
| Turkey | 1,000
|
| Afghanistan | 900
|
| Sri Lanka | 800
|
| Iraq | 700
|
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| Source:World Migration 2003 (IOM). |
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