CHINA
For more data details, go to the Development Research Centre
on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty: Migration Information Source: China's Resources: * The conventional long form: People's Republic of China.
December 15, 2006
Note: Countries are listed in alphabetical order.
Major countries of destination of migrants
from China are
Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the United States.
Source: Composite
Matrix, the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation
and Poverty.
Source: UN
Population Division. 2006. Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision. POP/DB/MIG/Rev.2005
According to UN Population Division
estimates, the international migrant population was reported to be
595,658 in China in 2005.**
**There were no data on either the foreign or the foreign-born population for
China. Therefore, the estimate is an inputed value.
http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html
China country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/china.cfm
National Bureau of Statistics of China: http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/
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