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Asylum Seekers	42.7		[5th of 28]
Asylum Seekers > 1980-89	174.3		[4th of 16]
DEFINITION: Total number of asylum seekers between the years 1980 and 1989.
SOURCE: OECD
Asylum Seekers > 1990-99	277.1		[7th of 18]
DEFINITION: Total number of asylum seekers between the years 1980 and 1989.
SOURCE: OECD
Asylum seekers acceptance rates > 1980-89	36%		[8th of 16]
DEFINITION: % of asylum seekers accepted between the years 1980 and 1989.
SOURCE: OECD
Asylum seekers acceptance rates > 1990-99	61.8%		[2nd of 18]
DEFINITION: % of asylum seekers accepted between the years 1990 and 1999.
SOURCE: OECD
Foreign population	17.4		[5th of 27]
DEFINITION: Foreign population as % of total population; data for 2000
SOURCE: OECD
immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	18.76		[23rd of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: OECD
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	6,106,000		[7th of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	3.272
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Immigration to the United States > Immigration summary 1830 to 2000	717		[4th of 9]
DEFINITION:		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Immigration to the United States > Origin > #/year	24,200		[8th of 10]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Immigration to the United States
Net migration rate	5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[20th 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: Immigration to the United States
New citizenships	214.6 thousand		[2nd 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	159,000		[25th of 110]
DEFINITION: Refugees (number in each country, 1990-99)
SOURCE: OECD
Refugees > Convention on refugees	4 Jun 1969 a
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	293		[3rd of 18]
DEFINITION: Number of refugees accepted by each country between the years 1990 and 1999.
SOURCE: United Nations Treaty Collection

Interesting facts on Canadian Immigration

• Canada is immigrant-friendly. It confers the most new citizenships per capita and per $ GDP, and the second-most new citizenships overall.

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