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CHINA*

Major countries of destination of migrants from China are
Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the United States.

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


According to UN Population Division estimates, the international migrant population was reported to be 595,658 in China in 2005.**

Source: UN Population Division. 2006. Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision. POP/DB/MIG/Rev.2005
**There were no data on either the foreign or the foreign-born population for China. Therefore, the estimate is an inputed value.


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:
China country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/china.cfm

China's Resources:
National Bureau of Statistics of China: http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/

* The conventional long form: People's Republic of China.