POPULATION IN- AND OUTFLOWS FOR SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES

Source: OECD,Trends in International Migration, 2004.Footnotes: [1] Source: US Census Bureau, 2000. Figure is a projected estimation. [2] Data refer to period from July 2002 to June 2003.[3] Data not available due to lack of population register in France. [4] Data refer to period from July 2001 to June 2002.

This Map shows that even states traditionallythought of as “immigration countries” are alsocountries of emigration. Each year countries suchas Australia, Canada, and the US report significantoutflows of persons from their territories.For example, in 2001, while the US accepted moreimmigrants than any other country (over 1 million),nearly 300,000 persons also emigrated. Of thethree traditional immigration countries, the ratioof outflows (56,000) to inflows (88,900) was highestin Australia, which registered two persons leavingfor every three persons who migrated into thecountry.In Europe, Germany, the country receiving the largestnumber of immigrants (over 685,000) in 2001 alsoreported significant outflows of persons. For everythree immigrants, two persons moved out of thecountry leaving a net migration balance of 188,000persons. In Switzerland, the ratio of outflows toinflows was one migrant for every two newcomers,and in the UK two emigrants for every fiveimmigrants. The map also shows how the migrationsituation has changed in Central Europe whereimmigration levels are rising. Hungary, formerly acountry of emigration, now records more immigrationthan emigration.