South America > Venezuela > Immigration

View full size

immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	3.776		[93rd of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	1,010,000		[37th of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	0.5413
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Net migration rate	-0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[116th 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: List of countries by immigrant population
US visa lottery winners	194 US visa lottery winners		[60th of 178]
DEFINITION: The annual United States Diversity Visa program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the strict eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distr
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

Related links:

• Stay updated with current stat feeds! Subscribe to the Immigration RSS / Atom feeds
•  Subscribe to our popular Immigration factoids RSS / Atom feeds
• Save this page on  del.icio.us / furl / your bookmarks

More facts and figures on Venezuela