BRAZIL
September 15, 2006
Major countries of destination
for Brazilian migrants are
Argentina, Germany, Japan, Spain, Paraguay, Portugal, the United
Kingdom, and the United States.
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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 Foreign-Born Population
Living in Brazil in 1991
Countries
of birth |
Number |
Percent
of total foreign-born population |
| Portugal |
263,610 |
34.3 |
| Japan |
85,571 |
11.2 |
| Italy |
66,294 |
8.6 |
| Spain |
57,888 |
7.6 |
| Argentina |
25,468 |
3.3 |
| All other countries |
268,949 |
35.0 |
| TOTAL |
767,780 |
100.0 |
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Source: Instituto
Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute
of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Census
of Population, 1991.
The data are provided by the Development
Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty
According to UN Population
Division estimates, the foreign born represented 0.3 percent (641,474)
of the total population of Brazil in 2005.
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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:
Brazil country resource page http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/brazil.cfm
Brazilian Resources:
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (Brazilian
Institute of Geography and Statistics) http://www.ibge.gov.br/english/
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