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UN: Singapore international migrant stock crosses 40%
October 7th, 2010 | Author: Online Press
Singapore’s “international migrant stock” (foreigners) has crossed 40 per cent by the middle of this year, according to the United Nations.
The UN’s Singapore country profile puts the international migrant stock in the city-state at 1.96 million and says migrants make up 40.7 per cent of the population.
That’s higher than the figures in the authoritative, advance census release issued by the Singapore Department of Statistics.
The Key Population Trends 2010 report released in August put the total population at 5.07 million, of whom 541,000 were permanent residents and 1.305 million were non-residents or foreigners.
If we add the permanent residents to the foreigners, then the non-citizens totalled 1.846 million.
Hong Kong has an international migrant stock of more than 2.7 million (38.8 per cent of the total population) and Malaysia over 2.3 million (8.5 per cent), according to the UN.
The proportion is much higher in the Gulf – 68.8 per cent in Kuwait (about 2.1 million), over 76 per cent in the United Arab Emirates (nearly 3.3 million), 86.6 per cent in Qatar (1.3 million) – but not in Saudi Arabia: 27.8 per cent (almost 7.3 million).
To see any of the UN country profiles, click on this link. It will take you to the page on Afghanistan, from which you can navigate to other countries.
According to the UN, the international migrant stock is 13.5 per cent in the United States, 21.3 per cent in Canada, 21.9 per cent in Australia, 22.4 per cent in New Zealand and 10.4 per cent in the United Kingdom.
If you look at numbers, not percentages, however, the United States has the largest international migrant stock: over 42 million. Germany has 10.7 million (13.1 per cent), Canada 7.2 million, Australia 4.7 million, New Zealand more than 962,000 and the United Kingdom over 6.4 million.
Aphijit
October 7th, 2010 | Author: Online Press
Singapore’s “international migrant stock” (foreigners) has crossed 40 per cent by the middle of this year, according to the United Nations.
The UN’s Singapore country profile puts the international migrant stock in the city-state at 1.96 million and says migrants make up 40.7 per cent of the population.
That’s higher than the figures in the authoritative, advance census release issued by the Singapore Department of Statistics.
The Key Population Trends 2010 report released in August put the total population at 5.07 million, of whom 541,000 were permanent residents and 1.305 million were non-residents or foreigners.
If we add the permanent residents to the foreigners, then the non-citizens totalled 1.846 million.
Hong Kong has an international migrant stock of more than 2.7 million (38.8 per cent of the total population) and Malaysia over 2.3 million (8.5 per cent), according to the UN.
The proportion is much higher in the Gulf – 68.8 per cent in Kuwait (about 2.1 million), over 76 per cent in the United Arab Emirates (nearly 3.3 million), 86.6 per cent in Qatar (1.3 million) – but not in Saudi Arabia: 27.8 per cent (almost 7.3 million).
To see any of the UN country profiles, click on this link. It will take you to the page on Afghanistan, from which you can navigate to other countries.
According to the UN, the international migrant stock is 13.5 per cent in the United States, 21.3 per cent in Canada, 21.9 per cent in Australia, 22.4 per cent in New Zealand and 10.4 per cent in the United Kingdom.
If you look at numbers, not percentages, however, the United States has the largest international migrant stock: over 42 million. Germany has 10.7 million (13.1 per cent), Canada 7.2 million, Australia 4.7 million, New Zealand more than 962,000 and the United Kingdom over 6.4 million.
Aphijit
