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Human Development Report 2009

CEducation and employment of international migrants in OECD countries (aged 15 years and above)
Stock of international migrants aged 15 years and above in OECD countries (thousands)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005
1 Norway 123.3
2 Australia 291.9
3 Iceland 22.7
4 Canada 1,064.1
5 Ireland 788.1
6 Netherlands 583.4
7 Sweden 201.5
8 France 1,135.6
9 Switzerland 427.2
10 Japan 565.4
11 Luxembourg 31.3
12 Finland 257.2
13 United States 840.6
14 Austria 383.1
15 Spain 757.6
16 Denmark 159.5
17 Belgium 350.8
18 Italy 2,357.1
19 Liechtenstein 3.5
20 New Zealand 413.1
21 United Kingdom 3,241.3
22 Germany 3,122.5
23 Singapore 106.6
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 388.4
25 Greece 685.8
26 Korea (Republic of) 975.3
27 Israel 162.7
28 Andorra 3.4
29 Slovenia 78.4
30 Brunei Darussalam 8.9
31 Kuwait 37.1
32 Cyprus 140.5
33 Qatar 3.3
34 Portugal 1,260.2
35 United Arab Emirates 14.4
36 Czech Republic 242.5
37 Barbados 88.4
38 Malta 98.0
39 Bahrain 7.2
40 Estonia 36.0
41 Poland 2,112.6
42 Slovakia 361.5
43 Hungary 331.5
44 Chile 207.9
45 Croatia 488.9
46 Lithuania 134.4
47 Antigua and Barbuda 24.3
48 Latvia 54.8
49 Argentina 322.3
50 Uruguay 74.4
51 Cuba 924.6
52 Bahamas 30.1
53 Mexico 8,327.9
54 Costa Rica 75.7
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 64.8
56 Oman 2.6
57 Seychelles 8.1
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 233.3
59 Saudi Arabia 34.1
60 Panama 139.8
61 Bulgaria 604.4
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.0
63 Romania 1,004.6
64 Trinidad and Tobago 274.2
65 Montenegro .. 1
66 Malaysia 214.3
67 Serbia 1,044.4
68 Belarus 151.1
69 Saint Lucia 24.5
70 Albania 524.1
71 Russian Federation 1,524.4
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 175.7
73 Dominica 25.7
74 Grenada 46.4
75 Brazil 544.1
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 569.9
77 Colombia 691.7
78 Peru 415.1
79 Turkey 2,085.5
80 Ecuador 503.7
81 Mauritius 91.4
82 Kazakhstan 415.7
83 Lebanon 335.5
84 Armenia 79.4
85 Ukraine 773.0
86 Azerbaijan 30.1
87 Thailand 269.7
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 616.0
89 Georgia 84.7
90 Dominican Republic 695.3
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.8
92 China 2,068.2
93 Belize 42.6
94 Samoa 71.5
95 Maldives 0.4
96 Jordan 63.9
97 Suriname 7.1
98 Tunisia 427.5
99 Tonga 40.9
100 Jamaica 789.7
101 Paraguay 20.1
102 Sri Lanka 316.9
103 Gabon 10.8
104 Algeria 1,313.3
105 Philippines 1,930.3
106 El Salvador 835.6
107 Syrian Arab Republic 130.2
108 Fiji 119.0
109 Turkmenistan 4.9
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 15.5
111 Indonesia 339.4
112 Honduras 275.6
113 Bolivia 76.8
114 Guyana 303.6
115 Mongolia 4.3
116 Viet Nam 1,518.1
117 Moldova 41.4
118 Equatorial Guinea 12.1
119 Uzbekistan 45.2
120 Kyrgyzstan 34.1
121 Cape Verde 87.9
122 Guatemala 485.3
123 Egypt 308.7
124 Nicaragua 221.0
125 Botswana 4.1
126 Vanuatu 1.7
127 Tajikistan 8.9
128 Namibia 3.1
129 South Africa 351.7
130 Morocco 1,505.0
131 Sao Tome and Principe 11.6
132 Bhutan 0.7
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 264.2
134 India 1,952.0
135 Solomon Islands 1.8
136 Congo 68.7
137 Cambodia 239.1
138 Myanmar 61.2
139 Comoros 17.6
140 Yemen 31.9
141 Pakistan 669.0
142 Swaziland 1.8
143 Angola 196.2
144 Nepal 23.9
145 Madagascar 76.6
146 Bangladesh 285.7
147 Kenya 198.1
148 Papua New Guinea 25.9
149 Haiti 462.9
150 Sudan 42.1
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 70.2
152 Ghana 165.6
153 Cameroon 58.5
154 Mauritania 15.2
155 Djibouti 5.4
156 Lesotho 0.9
157 Uganda 82.1
158 Nigeria 261.0
159 Togo 18.4
160 Malawi 14.9
161 Benin 14.4
162 Timor-Leste 11.1
163 Côte d'Ivoire 62.6
164 Zambia 34.9
165 Eritrea 48.0
166 Senegal 133.2
167 Rwanda 14.8
168 Gambia 20.9
169 Liberia 41.0
170 Guinea 21.3
171 Ethiopia 124.4
172 Mozambique 85.7
173 Guinea-Bissau 30.0
174 Burundi 10.6
175 Chad 5.8
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 100.7
177 Burkina Faso 8.3
178 Mali 45.2
179 Central African Republic 9.8
180 Sierra Leone 40.2
181 Afghanistan 141.2
182 Niger 4.8
Other UN member states
Iraq 335.5
Kiribati 1.7
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 1.2
Marshall Islands 5.3
Micronesia (Federated States of) 6.5
Monaco 12.3
Nauru 0.5
Palau 2.1
San Marino 2.8
Somalia 125.1
Tuvalu 0.9
Zimbabwe 77.4

Notes :
1 - Data for Montenegro are included with those from Serbia.

Sources :
OECD (2009a). "OECD Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries." http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?lang=en. Accessed March 2009.
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