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Middle East > Iran > Immigration

IRANIAN IMMIGRATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population 2.861 [105th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants 1,959,000 [21st of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world 1.05
International migration stock > % of population 2.87 % ... [113rd of 205]
International migration stock, total 1,958,703 ... [21st of 205]
Net migration -1,378,713 ... [170th of 180]
Net migration rate -4.29 migrant(s)/1,000 populati [198th of 219]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 974,296 ... [2nd of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 99,428 ... [22nd of 77]
Refugees 1,931,300 [1st of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees 28 Jul 1976 a
Refugees > Outflow 85,000 [15th of 76]
Refugees > US acceptance rates 73.3 [11th of 49]
Refugees > US applications 2,727 [9th of 64]
Refugees > US applications approved 2,000 [3rd of 53]
Refugees > US applications denied 595 [9th of 41]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed 535 [7th of 39]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)
662,355 (Afghanistan), 54,000 (Iraq) (2006)
to Sweden 54,000 [5th of 24]
US visa lottery winners 1,431 US visa lottery winners [23rd 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; United Nations Treaty Collection; 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; Wikipedia: Demographics of Sweden ; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, iran (islamic rep. of), iran (islamic republic of), Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Islamic Rep. of Iran

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