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Middle East > Syria > Immigration

SYRIAN IMMIGRATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population 5.173 [75th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants 985,000 [38th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world 0.5279
International migration stock > % of population 5.17 % ... [88th of 205]
International migration stock, total 984,586.9 ... [38th of 205]
Net migration -30,000 ... [108th of 180]
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 populati [131st of 219]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 26,089 ... [44th of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 16,401 ... [44th of 77]
Refugees > Outflow 6,000 [44th of 76]
Refugees > US acceptance rates 100 [6th of 49]
Refugees > US applications 4 [53rd of 64]
Refugees > US applications approved 4 [39th of 53]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed 0 [39th of 39]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs
305,000 (most displaced from Golan Heights during 1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2006)
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)
700,000 - 1.2 million (Iraq), 434,896 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA))
to Sweden 16,200 [15th of 24]
US visa lottery winners 64 US visa lottery winners [87th of 178]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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