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RUSSIA

Major countries of destination of migrants from Russia are
Belarus, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Ukraine, 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 Russia in 2002

Countries of nationality	Number	Percent of total foreign population
Ukraine	230,558	22.5
Azerbaijan	154,911	15.1
Armenia	136,841	13.3
Uzbekistan	70,871	6.9
Kazakhstan	69,472	6.8
All other countries	362,760	35.4
TOTAL	1,025,413	100.0

Source: Federal State Statistics Service, Census 2002, Table 4.2: Population by citizenship.

According to the All-Russian Census of Population, the foreign population (including stateless persons) represented 1.9 percent (2,724,327) of the total population of Russia in 2002.

Source: Federal State Statistics Service, Census 2002, Table 4.2: Population by citizenship.

According to UN Population Division estimates, the foreign born represented 8.4 percent (12,079,726) of the total population of Russia in 2005.

Note: Many long-term residents in Russia 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 Russia 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:
Russia country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/russia.cfm

Russia's Resources:
Federal State Statistics Services: http://www.fsgs.ru/wps/portal/english
All-Russian Census of Population website: http://www.perepis2002.ru/