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MOLDOVA

Major countries of destination of migrants from Moldova are
Germany, Israel, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the United States, and Uzbekistan.

Note: The countries are listed in alphabetical order
Source: Composite Matrix, the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty.

Top Five Countries of Origin of the Foreign Population Living in Moldova in 2001

Countries of nationality	Number	Percent of total foreign population
Ukraine	1,732	46.5
Russia	1,348	36.2
Bulgaria	391	10.5
Belarus	24	0.6
All other countries	229	6.2
TOTAL	3,724	100.0

Source: Annual Statistics Moldova. 2001. http://www.statistica.md/index.php?lang=en.
The data are provided by the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty

According to UN Population Division estimates, the foreign born represented 10.5 percent (440,121) of the total population of Moldova in 2005.

Note: : Many long-term residents in Moldova who are counted as "foreign born" today were born in other republics of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) before it ceased to exist as one unified country in 1991. Therefore, the number of foreign born in contemporary Moldova may reflect the country's changed geopolitical status rather than its immigration trends. The former USSR included 15 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Source: UN Population Division. 2006. Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision.POP/DB/MIG/Rev.2005

For more data details, go to the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty:
http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html

Migration Information Source:
Moldova country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/moldova.cfm

Moldova's Resources:
Department for Statistics and Sociology: http://www.statistica.md/?lang=en