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Europe > Switzerland > Immigration

SWISS IMMIGRATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Asylum Seekers 20.8 [10th of 28]
Asylum Seekers > 1980-89 100 [7th of 16]
Asylum Seekers > 1990-99 282.7 [6th of 18]
Asylum seekers acceptance rates > 1990-99 38.5% [9th of 18]
Foreign population 19.3 [4th of 27]
Foreign population inflow 87.4 thousand [7th of 17]
Foreign population outflow 55.8 thousand [4th of 13]
immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population 22.89 [19th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants 1,660,000 [25th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world 0.8897
Immigration to the United States > Immigration summary 1830 to 2000 > 1880 89 [9th of 9]
International migration stock > % of population 22.32 % Time series [26th of 205]
International migration stock, total 1,659,686 Time series [25th of 205]
Net migration 40,000 Time series [49th of 180]
Net migration rate 2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 populati Time series [43rd of 225]
New citizenships 28.7 thousand [10th of 20]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 48,030 Time series [35th of 151]
Refugees > Convention on refugees 21 Jan 1955
Refugees > Inflow 1990-99 82 [10th of 18]
US visa lottery winners 183 US visa lottery winners [61st of 178]

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SOURCES: OECD; OECD; OECD; Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population ; Wikipedia: Immigration to the United States ; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations Treaty Collection; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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