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POLAND

Major countries of destination of migrants from Poland are
Belarus, Canada, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, and the United States.

Top Five Countries of Origin of the Foreign-Born Population Living in Poland in 2001

Countries of birth	Number	Percent of total foreign-born population
Ukraine	309,131	39.9
Belarus	104,463	13.5
Germany	101,633	13.1
Lithuania	79,769	10.3
Russian Federation	54,226	7.0
All other countries	126,060	16.2
TOTAL	775,282	100.0

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. http://www.oecd.org/country/poland.
The data are provided by the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty

According to UN Population Division estimates, the foreign born represented 1.8 percent (702,808) of the total population of Poland in 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:
Poland country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/poland.cfm

Poland's Resources:
Central Statistical Office: http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/index.htm