On Feb 15, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Mike Beggs wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Chris Doss
> <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The three countries with the highest number of immigrants are the
>> US, Russia, and Germany (in that order). I'm wondering if any
>> comparative studies have been done on the issue (in any respect --
>> how immigrants are treated, immigration law, etc.). Does anybody
>> know? Thanks!!
>
> Wouldn't a per capita ranking be more interesting?
Here's what the OECD says. Most countries are 2007; some are earlier years.
foreign-born population percent of total
Luxembourg 36.2 Australia 25.0 Switzerland 24.9 New Zealand 21.6 Canada 20.1 Ireland 15.7 Austria 14.2 United States 13.6 Sweden 13.4 Spain 13.4 Belgium 13.0 Germany 12.9 Netherlands 10.7 Greece 10.3 United Kingdom 10.2 Norway 9.5 France 8.5 Denmark 6.9 Slovak Republi 6.8 Czech Republic 6.2 Portugal 6.1 Finland 3.8 Hungary 3.8 Italy 2.5 Turkey 1.9 Poland 1.6 Mexico 0.4