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Friday, January 13, 2023
The percentage of the foreign-born population differs widely within the OECD and two Asian nations are finding themselves well towards the bottom of the ranking. Japan and South Korea – two countries long known for their at-times negative stance on migration – only boast foreign-born populations of just over 2 percent each. Only Poland and Mexico scored lower among the 37 countries ranked.
The United States has been the main destination country for international migrants since 1970. The number of foreign-born people residing in the country was almost 51 million in 2020. At a considerable distance behind is Germany, which received the second largest number of migrants in the world last year, with 15.8 million people, followed by Saudi Arabia (13.5 million), Russia (11.6 million) and the United Kingdom (9.4 million).
Source: Statista (a), Statista (b)