People > Immigration > Destination countries of nationalities and ethnic groups Stats: compare key data on Canada & United States
Definitions
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African diaspora, population:
Amount of people of African descent in each country. Only the top 15 countries are listed.
- Amerindians: Percentage of each country's total population that is Amerindian. Amerindian should not be confused with Native American, as the former are indigenous to all of the Americas, not just the United States.
- Arab population: Arab population in each country. France is the only European country with over 1 million Arabs.
- Colombians: Colombian population in each country.
- Gautemalans: Estimates of number of migrants from Guatemala by country of residence.
- German ancestry: Residents who claim German ancestry. Estimates are based on national censuses.
- Hispanic and Latino: Percentage of each country's total population considered Hispanic/Latino.
- Jewish > Percent Jewish: Percentage of population that is Jewish.
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Jews > Enlarged Jewish population:
Jewish population by country. The enlarged Jewish community includes Jews, non-Jews with Jewish ancestry and non-Jewish members of Jewish households.
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Jews > Enlarged Jewish population per thousand people:
Jewish population by country. The enlarged Jewish community includes Jews, non-Jews with Jewish ancestry and non-Jewish members of Jewish households.
. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year. - Jews > Percent Jewish: Proportion of country’s population that is Jewish.
- Lebanese: Number of residents who are Lebanese-born or of Lebanese descent.
- Percent of population of African descent: Percentage of each country's population that is of African descent. These numbers include people mixed with African descent as well.
- Russians: Number of residents who are ethnic Russians and maintain a feeling of Russian national identity.
- Whites: Percentage of white population in each country out of total population. The term "white" shouldn't be considered the same as "Caucasian" for these numbers. Although Indians are considered Caucasians, they aren't considered white in regards to these percentages.
- Jews > Total Jews: Amount of Jewish residents.
- Jews from Russia in 1880: Number of Jews emigrating from Russia between 1880-1928 by country of destination.
- Jews > Total Jews per thousand people: Amount of Jewish residents. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Blacks: Percentage of each country's total population that is of African descent.
- Asians: Percentage of each country's total population that is of Asian descent.
- Multi-ethnic: Percentage of each country's total population that is multi-ethnic. These numbers reflect mulattos, douglas and other biracial peoples.
- Other races: Percentage of population other than Amerindians, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, Latinos, Multi-ethnics and whites in each country out of total population.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: African diaspora (Largest 15 African diaspora populations); Amerindian population worldwide. CIA World Factbook 2010; Wikipedia: Arab people (Arab diaspora) (Intra-Regional Labour Mobility in the Arab World , International Organization for Migration (IOM) Cairo); Wikipedia: Colombian diaspora (Regions with significant populations); http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/Global_Migrant_Origin_Database_Version_4.xls, Migration, Globalisation & Poverty; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_diaspora#Distribution; Wikipedia: Anglo-America (Ethnic distribution,); http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13992-statistics and http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box52/a467cg01.html; https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Rv2hLhme008J:www.jewishdatabank.org/Reports/World_Jewish_Population_2010.pdf+world+jewish+population+2010&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShFmlEo2XYeBjYVUGgz_STm8ZXvaFqIMHdpfxUC8uWpDuLqb9l7GvJbF2piXHqxgDaGkOY3jfCA_RkpUlKLSByoSQC3cLV-5LcpxgXggqUIYwzK9hdfmwVv4Sz0BdeFMxJ_-2To&sig=AHIEtbT5tVUek4PSi_N_5f0Dwe-11sBzMg, Number 2 - 2010. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sergio DellaPergola. p. 60.; https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Rv2hLhme008J:www.jewishdatabank.org/Reports/World_Jewish_Population_2010.pdf+world+jewish+population+2010&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShFmlEo2XYeBjYVUGgz_STm8ZXvaFqIMHdpfxUC8uWpDuLqb9l7GvJbF2piXHqxgDaGkOY3jfCA_RkpUlKLSByoSQC3cLV-5LcpxgXggqUIYwzK9hdfmwVv4Sz0BdeFMxJ_-2To&sig=AHIEtbT5tVUek4PSi_N_5f0Dwe-11sBzMg, Number 2 - 2010. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sergio DellaPergola. p. 60. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html, Jewish Population of the World. 2012.; Wikipedia: Lebanese people (Diaspora); Wikipedia: African diaspora (Estimated population and distribution); Wikipedia: Russian diaspora (Statistics); White population worldwide. CIA World Factbook 2010; http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond-the-pale/eng_captions/39-4.html; http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13992-statistics and http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box52/a467cg01.html. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Black population worldwide. CIA World Factbook 2010; Asian population worldwide. CIA World Factbook 2010; Multi-ethnic population worldwide. CIA World Factbook 2010; CIA World Factbook 2010