DIFFERENCES IN INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
Table 5.6 shows data on international migration flow in the world as well as separately for the developed and developing countries.
TABLE 5.6: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS AND THEIR PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION BY DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND MAJOR AREA, 1990- 2005
Development group and major area |
Number of international migrants (millions) |
Increment (millions) |
Percentage distribution of international migrants |
|
1990 |
2005 |
1990-2005 |
1990 |
2005 |
World |
154.8 |
190.6 |
35.8 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
More developed regions |
82.4 |
115.4 |
33.0 |
53.2 |
60.5 |
Less developed regions |
72.5 |
75.2 |
2.8 |
46.8 |
39.5 |
Least developed countries |
11.0 |
10.5 |
-0.5 |
7.1 |
5.5 |
Africa |
16.4 |
17.1 |
0.7 |
10.6 |
9.0 |
Asia |
49.8 |
53.3 |
3.5 |
32.2 |
28.0 |
Latin America and Caribbean |
7.0 |
6.6 |
-0.3 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
Europe |
27.6 |
44.5 |
16.9 |
17.8 |
23.3 |
Oceania |
49.4 |
64.1 |
14.7 |
31.9 |
33.6 |
|
4.8 |
5.0 |
0.3 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
|
Source: Population Division of United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant
Stock: The 2005 Revision (POP/DB/MIG/Rev.2005). Quoted in United Nations (2009).
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