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Asia > Sri Lanka > Immigration

SRI LANKAN IMMIGRATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population 1.774 [130th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants 368,000 [72nd of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world >0.5%
International migration stock > % of population 1.88 % ... [137th of 205]
International migration stock, total 368,227.8 ... [74th of 205]
Net migration -159,700 ... [143rd of 180]
Net migration rate -1.16 migrant(s)/1,000 populati [166th of 219]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 106 ... [131st of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 108,139 ... [18th of 77]
Refugees 717,760 [8th of 110]
Refugees > Outflow 113,000 [12th of 76]
Refugees > US acceptance rates 60 [18th of 49]
Refugees > US applications 10 [40th of 64]
Refugees > US applications approved 6 [33rd of 53]
Refugees > US applications denied 7 [31st of 41]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs
500,000-600,000 (both Tamils and non-Tamils displaced due to long-term Tamil conflict renewed in 2006) (2006)
US visa lottery winners 1,418 US visa lottery winners [24th of 178]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva.; Nationmaster.com calculations based on USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) data; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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