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1354. Foreign or Foreign-Born Population and Labor Force in Selected OECD Countries
[In Australia, Canada, and the United States the data refer to people presentin the country who are foreign born. In the European countries and Japanthey generally refer to
foreigners and represent the nationalities ofresidents; as a result, persons born in these countries may be countedamong the foreign population, whereas others, who are foreign born,
mayhave acquired the host-country nationality.
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Foreign population 1
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Foreign labor force 2
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COUNTRY
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Number
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Percent of
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Number
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Percent of
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(1,000)
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total population
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(1,000)
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total labor force
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1987
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1997
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1987
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1997
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1987
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1997
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1987
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1997
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United States 3
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4
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14,080
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5
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24,600
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6.2
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9.3
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4
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7,077
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5
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14,300
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6.7
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10.8
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Australia 3
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3,247
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5
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3,908
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20.8
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21.1
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1,901
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5
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2,239
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25.4
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24.6
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Austria
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326
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733
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4.3
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9.1
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158
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326
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5.4
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9.9
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Belgium
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863
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903
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8.7
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8.9
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6
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270
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333
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6.8
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7.9
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Canada 3
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3,908
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5
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4,971
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15.4
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17.4
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2,359
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7
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2,681
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18.5
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18.5
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Denmark
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136
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5
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250
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2.7
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4.7
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63
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5
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88
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2.1
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3.1
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Finland
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18
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81
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0.4
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1.6
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(NA)
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19
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(NA)
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0.8
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France
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8
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3,714
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9
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3,597
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6.8
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6.3
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1,525
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1,570
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6.3
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6.1
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Germany
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4,241
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7,366
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6.9
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9.0
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1,866
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2,522
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6.9
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9.1
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Ireland
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77
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114
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2.2
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3.1
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33
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52
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2.5
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3.4
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Italy
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572
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1,241
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1.0
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2.2
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7
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285
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10
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332
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1.3
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1.7
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Japan
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884
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1,483
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0.7
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1.2
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(NA)
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11
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660
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(NA)
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1.0
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Luxembourg
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103
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148
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26.8
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34.9
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12
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64
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12
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125
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37.6
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55.1
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Netherlands
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592
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678
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4.0
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4.4
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176
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208
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3.0
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2.9
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Norway
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124
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158
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2.9
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3.6
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1314
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49
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14
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60
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2.3
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2.8
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Portugal
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13
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95
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175
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1.0
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1.8
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13
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46
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88
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1.0
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1.8
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Spain
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335
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610
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0.9
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1.5
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13
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58
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176
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0.4
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1.1
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Sweden
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401
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522
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4.8
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6.0
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215
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220
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4.9
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5.2
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Switzerland
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979
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1,341
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14.9
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19.0
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15
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588
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15
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693
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16.6
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17.5
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United Kingdom
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1,839
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2,066
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3.2
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3.6
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815
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949
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3.3
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3.6
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NA Not available.
1 Data are from population registers except for France (census), Ireland, and the United Kingdom(labor force survey), Japan and Switzerland (register of foreigners) and
Italy, Portugal, andSpain (residence permits).
2 Includes unemployed except for Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and United Kingdom.Data for Austria, Germany, and Luxembourg are from social security registers,
for Denmark from the register of population, for Norway from the register of employees. Data for Italy, Portugal,Spain, and Switzerland are from residence or work permits. Figures for
Japan and Netherlandsare estimates. Data for other countries are from labor force surveys.
3 Census data, except 1996 data for United States from Current Population Survey.
4 1980 data.
5 1996 data.
6 1986 data.
7 1991 data.
8 1982 data.
9 1990 data.
10 1995 data.
11 Includes those of Japanese descent, students and illegal workers.
12 Includes cross-border workers.
13 1988 data.
14 Excluds self-employed.
15 Foreigners with an annual residence permit or a settlement permit who engage in gainfulactivity. Seasonal and cross-border workers are excluded.
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France,Trends in International Migration (1999 Edition) (copyright).
http://www.oecd.org/std/
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/1354_foreign_or_foreign_born_population_and.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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