Immigration to Spain
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European Union
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and 2.3 million (5.1%) were born in another EU Member State.
Because of its location in the Iberian peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
, the territory comprising modern Spain has always been at the crossroads of human migration, having harboured many waves of historical immigration. The Spanish Empire
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....
, one of the first global empires and one of the largest in the world, spanned all inhabited continents and throughout the years people from these lands emigrated to Spain in varying numbers.
In emigration/immigration terms and after centuries of net emigration, Spain has recently experienced large-scale immigration for the first time in modern history. According to the Spanish government, there were 5,598,691 foreign residents in Spain in January 2010. Of these, well over one million and a half were from Ibero-America
Ibero-America
Ibero-America is a term used since the second half of the 19th century to refer collectively to the countries in the Americas that were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal. Spain and Portugal are themselves included in some definitions, such as that of the Ibero-American Summit and the...
(especially from Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
), three quarters of a million were Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, while immigrants from the European Union amounted more than two million (especially from Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
). Chinese
Chinese people in Spain
Chinese people in Spain form the ninth-largest non-European Union foreign community in Spain. , official figures showed 145,425 Chinese citizens residing in Spain; however, this figure does not include people with origins in other Overseas Chinese communities, nor Spanish citizens of Chinese origin...
are estimated to number 145,425, while South East Asian groups such as Filipinos
Overseas Filipino
An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. This term applies both to people of Filipino ancestry who are citizens or residents of a different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad on a more temporary status.Most overseas Filipinos migrate to...
—whose country was a former Spanish possession—created a small community in Spain. Immigrants from several sub-Saharan African countries have also settled in Spain as contract workers, although they represent only 4.08% of all the foreign residents in the country.
The population of Spain doubled during the twentieth century due to the spectacular demographic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s. The birth rate then plunged by the 1980s, and Spain's population became stagnant, its demographics showing one of the lowest sub replacement fertility rate
Sub-replacement fertility
Sub-replacement fertility is a total fertility rate that leads to each new generation being less populous than the previous one in a given area. In developed countries sub-replacement fertility is any rate below approximately 2.1 children born per woman, but the threshold can be as high as 3.4...
in the world, only second to Japan's..
During the early twenty first century, the average year-on-year demographic growth set a new record with its 2003 peak variation of 2.1%, doubling the previous record reached back in the 1960s when a mean year on year growth of 1% was experienced. This trend is far from being reversed at the present moment and, in 2005 alone, the immigrant population of Spain increased by 700 000 people.
Currently
| Foreign population in Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | % total | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 198,042 | 0.52% | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 241,971 | 0.63% | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 360,655 | 0.91% | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | 542,314 | 1.37% | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | 637,085 | 1.60% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 923,879 | 2.28% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 1,370,657 | 3.33% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 1,977,946 | 4.73% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2,664,168 | 6.24% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 3,034,326 | 7.02% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 3,730,610 | 8.46% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 4,144,166 | 9.27% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 4,519,554 | 10.0% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 5,220,600 | 11.3% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 5,598,691 | 12.0% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 5,708,940 | 12.2% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 5,730,667 | 12.2% | |||||||||||||||||
According to the Spanish government, there were 5.6 million foreign residents in Spain in 2010; independent estimates put the figure 15.1% of total population (Red Cross, World Disasters Report 2006). According to residence permit data for 2010, around 800,000 were Romanian, 710,000 were Moroccan, 410,000 were Ecuadorian, 370,000 were British and 290,000 were Colombian. Other important foreign communities are Bolivian (4.1%), German (3.4%), Italian (3.1%), Bulgarian (2.9%), Chinese (2.6%) and Argentine (2.5%). In 2005, a regularization programme increased the legal immigrant population by 700,000 people. Since 2000 Spain has experienced high population growth as a result of immigration flows, despite a birth rate that is only half of the replacement level. This sudden and ongoing inflow of immigrants, particularly those arriving clandestinely by sea, has caused noticeable social tensions.
According to Eurostat
Eurostat
Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg. Its main responsibilities are to provide the European Union with statistical information at European level and to promote the integration of statistical methods across the Member States of the European Union,...
, in 2010, there were 6.4 million foreign-born residents in Spain, corresponding to 14.0% of the total population. Of these, 4.1 million (8.9%) were born outside the EU and 2.3 million (5.1%) were born in another EU Member State.
Spain currently has the second highest immigration rates within the EU, just after Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, and the second highest absolute net migration in the World (after the USA). This can be explained by a number of reasons including its geographical position, the porosity of its borders, the large size of its underground economy and the strength of the agricultural and construction sectors which demand more low cost labour than can be offered by the national workforce. In fact, booming Spain was Europe's largest absorber of migrants from 2002 to 2007, with its immigrant population more than doubling as 2.5 million people arrived.
Over 920,000 immigrants arrived in Spain during 2007, on top of the 802,971 new arrivals in 2006, 682,711 new arrivals in 2005, and 645,844 new arrivals in 2004.
Although the number of immigrants in Spain, officially, is smaller than that of other countries in the EU, the following data should be taken into consideration:
- Immigrants from countries belonging to the former Spanish EmpireSpanish EmpireThe Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....
(mainly in Central and South America–Latin AmericaLatin AmericaLatin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
–, Asia–the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
– and Africa–Equatorial and Western SaharaWestern SaharaWestern Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...
–) can obtain Spanish nationality after legal and continuous residence of 2 years in Spain, after which naturalized citizens are no longer counted as immigrants.
- In order to avoid statelessnessStatelessnessStatelessness is a legal concept describing the lack of any nationality. It is the absence of a recognized link between an individual and any state....
, Spain automatically grants Spanish nationality to the children of immigrants born in Spain whose parents' nationality of origin is not transferred jus sanguinisJus sanguinisIus sanguinis is a social policy by which citizenship is not determined by place of birth, but by having a parent who are citizens of the nation...
upon their child's birth abroad. Unlike other countries of the EU that do not do it. It is for this reason that although the Latin American immigrants of origin are most numerous, the Romanians or the Moroccans surpassed them in the official statistics.
In the same way the majority of children born in Spain between 2000 and 2010 are children of immigrants despite not counting as such. Considering these data, there are sectors of Spanish society who oppose immigration that affirm the real number of immigrants in Spain is 10–11 million, or about 25% of the total population.
Immigrants from the European Union
Immigrants from the European Union make up a growing proportion of immigrants in Spain. The main countries of origin are Romania, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Germany.The British authorities estimate that the real population of UK citizens living in Spain is much bigger than Spanish official figures suggest, establishing them at about 1,000,000, about 800,000 being permanent residents.
Of these, according to the BBC and contrary to popular belief, only about 21.5% are over the age of 65.
In fact, according to the Financial Times, Spain is the most favoured destination for West Europeans considering to move from their own country and seek jobs elsewhere in the EU.
Major immigration
European UnionEuropean Union
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countries are given in bold.
| Origin | 2011 | 2007 | 2006 | 2001 | Growth 2001–2011 |
% Change | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407,159 | 31,641 | 832,637 | +2,631% | Romanians in Spain Romanians in Spain Romanians in Spain form the largest group of foreigners in the country, having surpassed Moroccans in 2007. , they made up 14.2% of Spain's total foreign population of 5,598,691 people... |
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| 563,012 | 233,415 | 536,505 | +230% | Moroccans in Spain | |||
| 274,722 | 107,326 | 283,554 | +264% | British migration to Spain British migration to Spain British migration to Spain has resulted in Spain being home to one of the largest British-born populations outside of the United Kingdom. Migration from the UK to Spain has increased rapidly since the late 1990s and the British population of Spain in 2006 was estimated to be about 761,000... |
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| 461,310 | 139,022 | 220,054 | +158% | Ecuadorians in Spain | |||
| 265,141 | 87,209 | 184,564 | +212% | Colombians in Spain | |||
| 139,802 | 6,619 | 191,276 | +2,890% | Bolivians in Spain | |||
| 150,490 | 99,217 | 96,625 | +97% | Germans in Spain | |||
| 115,791 | 34,689 | 153,158 | +441% | Italians in Spain | |||
| 101,617 | 12,035 | 160,599 | +1,334% | Bulgarians in Spain Bulgarians in Spain Bulgarians in Spain are one of the largest communities of the Bulgarian diaspora. According to official 2009 data, they numbered 164,353, making them the ninth largest emigrant community in Spain and the second largest among Eastern European emigrant communities.-History:The bulk of Bulgarians in... |
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| 166,223 | 106,652 | 104,681 | 27,574 | 138,649 | +503% | Chinese people in Spain Chinese people in Spain Chinese people in Spain form the ninth-largest non-European Union foreign community in Spain. , official figures showed 145,425 Chinese citizens residing in Spain; however, this figure does not include people with origins in other Overseas Chinese communities, nor Spanish citizens of Chinese origin... |
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| 140,706 | 100,616 | 80,635 | 47,064 | 93,642 | +199% | Portuguese people in Spain | |
| 95,903 | 34,975 | 96,911 | +277% | Peruvians in Spain | |||
| 122,385 | 100,408 | 90,021 | 51,582 | 70,803 | +137% | French people in Spain | |
| 150,252 | 32,429 | 87,583 | +270% | Argentines in Spain | |||
| 72,441 | 17,078 | 89,830 | +526% | Brazilian people in Spain | |||
| 90,612 | 65,119 | 61,071 | 31,153 | 59,459 | +191% | Dominicans in Spain | |
| 87,406 | 46,238 | 28,587 | 928 | 86,478 | +9,319% | Paraguayans in Spain | |
| 85,913 | 69,983 | 69,893 | 10,318 | 75,595 | +733% | Ukrainians in Spain | |
| 85,862 | 61,464 | 45,797 | 13,469 | 72,393 | +537% | Poles in Spain | |
| 69,841 | 42,105 | 42,138 | 8,274 | 61,567 | +744% | Pakistanis in Spain Pakistanis in Spain Pakistanis in Spain form one of the country's smaller migrant communities. Their numbers began to grow rapidly in the early 2000s.-Migration history:... |
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| 63,248 | 36,955 | 35,079 | 10,627 | 52,621 | +495% | Senegalese people in Spain | |
| 47,079 | 18,265 | 42,273 | +231% | Algerians in Spain | |||
| 59,453 | 51,481 | 51,261 | 16,549 | 42,904 | +259% | Venezuelans in Spain | |
| 54,424 | 44,398 | 39,484 | 23,146 | 31,278 | +135% | Dutch people in Spain | |
| 44,739 | 24,534 | 29,872 | +122% | Cubans in Spain | |||
| 52,832 | 39,798 | 39,904 | 10,047 | 42,785 | +426% | Russians in Spain | |
| 44,870 | 32,119 | 31,588 | 7,598 | 37,272 | +490% | Nigerians in Spain | |
| 42,581 | 46,069 | 45,508 | 6,828 | 35,753 | +524% | Uruguayans in Spain | |
| 39,704 | 11,674 | 30,038 | +257% | Chileans in Spain | |||
| 35,876 | 31,412 | 29,526 | 19,869 | 16,007 | +80% | Belgians in Spain | |
| TOTAL | 5,730,667 | 4,519,554 | 4,144,166 | 1,370,657 | 4,360,010 | +318% |
- (2007dates) http://www.ine.es/jaxi/tabla.do?path=/t20/e245/p04/a2007/l0/&file=00000010.px&type=pcaxis&L=0
- http://www.ine.es/prensa/np503.pdf
- 2011: INE
From other countries – Europe
| Origin | 2007 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,353 | 1,316 | |
| 1,022 | 1,075 | |
| 9,582 | 9,365 | |
| 8,651 | 7,776 | |
| 3,135 | 3,262 | |
| 1,659 | 1,827 | |
| 1,649 | 1,788 | |
| 146 | 130 | |
| 6,423 | 5,160 | |
| 10,906 | 9,977 | |
| 984 | 784 | |
| 9,990 | 9,313 | |
| 7,355 | 6,284 | |
| 3,567 | 3,027 | |
| 4,597 | 3,344 | |
| 1,083 | 920 | |
| 13,279 | 11,495 | |
| 2,128 | 1,741 | |
| 48 | 117 | |
| 18,528 | 15,200 | |
| 562 | 1,336 | |
| 407 | 440 | |
| 152 | 129 | |
| 12,801 | 11,330 | |
| 15,630 | 14,154 | |
| 3,133 | 3,474 | |
| 5,999 | 4,515 | |
| 799 | 619 | |
| 20,058 | 18,096 | |
| 16,361 | 15,385 | |
| 1,758 | 1,656 | |
| 66 | 83 | |
| TOTAL EUROPE | 1,895,727 | 1,609,856 |
From other countries – Africa
| Origin | 2007 | 2006 | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,114 | 3,698 | ||
| 2,998 | 3,611 | ||
| 4,029 | 3,955 | ||
| 1,801 | 1,888 | ||
| 1,636 | 1,759 | ||
| 2,566 | 3,634 | ||
| 17,393 | 13,627 | ||
| 12,699 | 13,133 | ||
| 9,159 | 9,901 | ||
| 13,129 | 19,456 | Spanish Equatoguineans Spanish Equatoguineans Spanish Equatoguinean is a person of Spanish descent who are residents born or living in the Central African country of Equatorial Guinea, as well as indigenous Equatoguinean descendants living in or born in Spain. The population living in Equatorial Guinea numbers an estimated 16,000... |
|
| 5,229 | 5,274 | ||
| 581 | 1,167 | ||
| 17,094 | 14,497 | ||
| 9,271 | 9,308 | ||
| 1,008 | 1,548 | ||
| 989 | 1,487 | ||
| 704 | 2,086 | ||
| 1,544 | 2,194 | ||
| Rest of African countries Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area... |
5,041 | 8,679 | |
| TOTAL |
- Source: http://www.ine.es/jaxi/tabla.do
From other countries – Central America
| Origin | 2007 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|
 Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... |
1,320 | 2,373 |
 El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America... |
3,795 | 5,102 |
 GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast... |
2,417 | 4,321 |
 HondurasHonduras Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize... |
14,253 | 10,652 |
 NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean... |
4,547 | 4,204 |
 PanamaPanama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The... |
1,794 | 3,520 |
| Rest of Central America countries Central America Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent... |
1,002 | 2,517 |
| TOTAL |
From other countries – North America
| Origin | 2007 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|
 CanadaCanada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
2,419 | 5,420 |
 United StatesUnited States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
22,082 | 32,626 |
 MexicoMexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
21,107 | 40,574 |
| TOTAL |
From other countries – Asia
| Origin | 2007 | 2006 | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
 BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... |
6,480 | 6,130 | |
 South KoreaSouth Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... |
22,465 | 13,144 | Koreans in Spain Koreans in Spain -Demography and distribution:2006 statistics from Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística showed 2,873 registered residents of Spain born in South Korea, of whom 514 held Spanish nationality, while 2,359 held other nationalities. Among Spanish nationals, men outnumbered women by a ratio of 1.3:1,... |
 Philippines |
54,385 | 51,368 | Filipino Spaniards Filipino Spaniards There is a large number of Spanish people of Filipino ancestry, consisting of the descendants of early migrants from the Philippines to Spain. There are also 40,000 expatriates from the Philippines living in Spain that do not hold the Spanish citizenship... |
 India |
21,296 | 23,296 | |
 IranIran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
12,334 | 4,568 | Iranians in Spain Iranians in Spain Iranians in Spain do not form a very large population, but they have a history going back for over a millennium.-Migration history:Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar-Razi wrote in the 10th century that some Iranians had already settled in Spain, and Ibn Battuta later claimed the Iranians of Spain preferred... |
 IraqIraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
880 | 1,706 | |
 IsraelIsrael The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
1,713 | 2,427 | |
 JapanJapan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
11,636 | 7,684 | Japanese Spaniards Japanese Spaniards Japanese people in Spain consist largely of expatriate managers in Japanese corporations, as well as international students. There are also some people of Japanese ancestry in Spain, including descendants of 17th-century migrants to Spain, as well as migrants from among Nikkei populations in Latin... |
 JordanJordan Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing... |
1,088 | 2,082 | |
 LebanonLebanon Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among... |
6,250 | 2,750 | |
 SyriaSyria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.... |
6,129 | 4,575 | |
| Rest of Asian countries Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population... |
6,430 | 2,517 | |
| TOTAL |
From other countries – Oceania
| Origin | 2007 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|
 Australia |
1,455 | 5,131 |
| Rest of Oceania countries Oceania Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago... |
816 | 1,099 |
| TOTAL |
Comparison with other countries from European Union
According to EurostatEurostat
Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg. Its main responsibilities are to provide the European Union with statistical information at European level and to promote the integration of statistical methods across the Member States of the European Union,...
47.3 million people lived in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
in 2010 who were born outside their resident country. This corresponds to 9.4% of the total EU population. Of these, 31.4 million (6.3%) were born outside the EU and 16.0 million (3.2%) were born in another EU member state. The largest absolute numbers of people born outside the EU were in Germany (6.4 million), France (5.1 million), the United Kingdom (4.7 million), Spain (4.1 million), Italy (3.2 million), and the Netherlands (1.4 million).
| Country | Total population (1000) | Total Foreign-born (1000) | % | Born in other EU state (1000) | % | Born in a non EU state (1000) | % |
| EU 27 | 501'098 | 47'348 | 9.4 | 15'980 | 3.2 | 31'368 | 6.3 |
| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
81'802 | 9'812 | 12.0 | 3'396 | 4.2 | 6'415 | 7.8 |
| France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
64'716 | 7'196 | 11.1 | 2'118 | 3.3 | 5'078 | 7.8 |
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
62'008 | 7'012 | 11.3 | 2'245 | 3.6 | 4'767 | 7.7 |
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
45'989 | 6'422 | 14.0 | 2'328 | 5.1 | 4'094 | 8.9 |
| Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
60'340 | 4'798 | 8.0 | 1'592 | 2.6 | 3'205 | 5.3 |
| Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
16'575 | 1'832 | 11.1 | 428 | 2.6 | 1'404 | 8.5 |
| Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
11'305 | 1'256 | 11.1 | 315 | 2.8 | 940 | 8.3 |
| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
9'340 | 1'337 | 14.3 | 477 | 5.1 | 859 | 9.2 |
| Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
8'367 | 1'276 | 15.2 | 512 | 6.1 | 764 | 9.1 |
| Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... (2007) |
10'666 | 1'380 | 12.9 | 695 | 6.5 | 685 | 6.4 |
| Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... |
10'637 | 793 | 7.5 | 191 | 1.8 | 602 | 5.7 |
| Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
5'534 | 500 | 9.0 | 152 | 2.8 | 348 | 6.3 |