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Asylum Seekers	24.5		[8th of 28]
Asylum Seekers > 1980-89	46.6		[9th of 16]
DEFINITION: Total number of asylum seekers between the years 1980 and 1989.
SOURCE: OECD
Asylum Seekers > 1990-99	180.4		[9th of 18]
DEFINITION: Total number of asylum seekers between the years 1980 and 1989.
SOURCE: OECD
Asylum seekers acceptance rates > 1980-89	57.4%		[5th of 16]
DEFINITION: % of asylum seekers accepted between the years 1980 and 1989.
SOURCE: OECD
Asylum seekers acceptance rates > 1990-99	24.5%		[10th of 18]
DEFINITION: % of asylum seekers accepted between the years 1990 and 1999.
SOURCE: OECD
Foreign population	8.8		[9th of 27]
DEFINITION: Foreign population as % of total population; data for 2000
SOURCE: OECD
Foreign population inflow	68.6 thousand		[8th of 17]
DEFINITION: Inflows of foreign population into selected OECD countries in 2000. Data from population registers are not fully comparable because the criteria governing who gets registered differ from country to country. Counts for the Netherlands, Norway and especially Germany include substantial numbers of asylum seekers. For more details on sources, refer to the notes at the end of the Annex to the OECD statistics.
SOURCE: OECD
Foreign population outflow	35.6 thousand		[7th of 13]
DEFINITION: Outflow of foreign population, in thousands of people. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: OECD
immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	6.901		[68th of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: OECD
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	719,000		[45th of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.5%
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Net migration rate	1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[56th of 225]
DEFINITION: The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
New citizenships	62.1 thousand		[7th of 20]
DEFINITION: Thousands of people who acquired nationality in 2000. Statistics cover all means of acquiring the nationality of a country, except where otherwise indicated. These include standard naturalisation procedures subject to age, residency, etc. criteria, as well as situations where nationality is acquired through a declaration or by option (following marriage, adoption, or other situations related to residency or descent), recovery of former nationality and other special means of acquiring the nationality of a country. For more details on sources, refer to the notes at the end of the OECD Annex.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Refugees	59,200		[38th of 110]
DEFINITION: Refugees (number in each country, 1990-99)
SOURCE: OECD
Refugees > Convention on refugees	22 Jul 1953
DEFINITION: Date of ratification of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. "a" denotes accession. "d" denotes succession.
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Refugees > Inflow 1990-99	18		[15th of 18]
DEFINITION: Number of refugees accepted by each country between the years 1990 and 1999.
SOURCE: United Nations Treaty Collection
US visa lottery winners	46 US visa lottery winners		[93rd of 178]
DEFINITION: The annual United States Diversity Visa program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the strict eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distr
SOURCE: OECD

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