PORTUGAL
November 15, 2006
Major countries of destination of migrants
from Portugal are
Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, 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 the Foreign-Born Population
Living in Portugal in 2003
Countries
of birth |
Number |
Percent
of total foreign-born population |
| Angola |
174,210 |
26.7 |
| France |
95,282 |
14.6 |
| Mozambique |
76,017 |
11.7 |
| Brazil |
49,891 |
7.7 |
| Cape Verde |
44,964 |
6.9 |
| All other countries |
211,108 |
32.4 |
| TOTAL |
651,472 |
100.0 |
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Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development. http://www.oecd.org/country/Portugal.
The data are provided by the Development
Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty
According to UN Population
Division estimates, the foreign born represented 7.3 percent (763,668)
of the total population of Portugal 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:
Portugal country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/portugal.cfm
Portugal's Resources:
National Institute of Statistics: http://www.ine.pt/index_eng.htm
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