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Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of the > Immigration

CONGOLESE IMMIGRATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population 0.9086 [151st of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants 539,000 [59th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world >0.5%
International migration stock > % of population 0.94 % Time series [162nd of 205]
International migration stock, total 538,838 Time series [60th of 205]
Net migration -321,565 Time series [158th of 180]
    Net migration (per capita) -5.588 per 1 million people Time series [112nd of 185]
Net migration rate 1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 populati Time series [54th of 225]
Net migration rate > A note
one million refugees fled into Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DROC) in 1994 as a result of the ethnic fighting in Rwanda; fighting in the DROC between rebels and government forces in October 1996 caused 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997 and additional refugees have returned in subsequent years; fighting between the Congolese government and Uganda- and Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels spawned a regional war in DROC in August 1998, which left 1.8 million Congolese displaced in DROC and caused 300,000 Congolese refugees to flee to surrounding countries (2002 est.)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 204,341 Time series [13th of 151]
    Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (per capita) 3,550.747 per 1 million people Time series [35th of 162]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 430,929 Time series [4th of 77]
    Refugee population by country or territory of origin (per capita) 7.488 per 1 million people Time series [18th of 77]
Refugees 46,450 [44th of 110]
    Refugees (per capita) 0.764433 per 1,000 people [67th of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees 19 Jul 1965 a
Refugees > Outflow 28,000 [25th of 76]
    Refugees > Outflow (per capita) 0.460799 per 1,000 people [41st of 76]
Refugees > US acceptance rates 22 [37th of 49]
Refugees > US applications 246 [18th of 64]
    Refugees > US applications (per capita) 0.00404845 per 1,000 people [31st of 63]
Refugees > US applications approved 54 [21st of 53]
    Refugees > US applications approved (per capita) 0.000888684 per 1,000 people [29th of 52]
Refugees > US applications denied 23 [20th of 41]
    Refugees > US applications denied (per capita) 0.000378514 per 1,000 people [29th of 40]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed 278 [8th of 39]
    Refugees > US applications otherwise closed (per capita) 0.00457508 per 1,000 people [14th of 38]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs 1,400,000 Time series [2nd of 40]
    Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs (per capita) 21.292 per 1,000 people Time series [13th of 40]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)
132,295 (Angola); 37,313 (Rwanda); 17,777 (Burundi); 13,904 (Uganda); 6,181 (Sudan); 5,243 (Republic of Congo)
US visa lottery winners 455 US visa lottery winners [41st of 178]
    US visa lottery winners (per capita) 7.48799 US visa lottery winners [112nd of 176]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population ; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo, congo (drc), congo (kinshasa), congo dr, congo-kinshasa, dem. rep. of the congo, zaire, Congo, Democratic Republic, Congo, Dem. Republic, Congo (Kinsasha), Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dem Rep. of the Congo, DRC Congo, DR Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep.

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