Global Migration and Demography

In the last few years, the number of refugees annually resettled by the U.S. has not consistently grown in step with a worldwide refugee population that has expanded nearly 50% since 2013.

About half of those who applied for asylum in Europe during the refugee surge of 2015 and 2016 were still waiting to learn their fate as of the end of last year.

Citizens of European Union countries have the right to move between EU countries. As of 2015, nearly 20 million people, or about 4% of the EU’s birth population, lived in a European country in which they were not born.

An analysis of online searches in 2015 and 2016 opens a window into the path and timing of migrant flows from Middle East to Europe.

A Pew Research Center analysis of income data from 11 Western European countries finds considerable differences in the fortunes of the middle classes in those countries. See where you fall on your country's income ladder.

Se hvordan du ligger an i inntektsnivået blant voksne i Norge.

Zie waar u staat in de verdeling van volwassenen in Nederland per inkomensklasse.

Gesitt, wou Dir Iech an der Verdeelung vun den Erwuessenen zu Lëtzebuerg no Akommesschicht befannt.

See where you are in the distribution of adults in Ireland by income tier.

Découvrez où vous vous situez dans la répartition des adultes en France par tranche de revenus.

Katso, mihin tuloluokkaan kuulut aikuisväestön jakauman perusteella Suomessa.

From 1991 to 2010, the middle class expands in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, but, as in the United States, shrinks in Germany, Italy and Spain

Averigüe dónde se ubica en la distribución de adultos en España según su nivel de ingresos.

Hier erfahren Sie, welcher Einkommensklasse Sie angehören und wie Sie im Vergleich mit der erwachsenen Bevölkerung von Deutschland abschneiden.

See where you are in the distribution of adults in the United Kingdom by income tier.

Guarda dove ti trovi nella distribuzione degli adulti in Italia in base alla fascia di reddito.

Se, hvor du er i fordelingen af den voksne befolkning i Danmark efter indkomstniveau.

According to the United Nations Population Division, an international migrant is someone who has been living for one year or longer in a country other than the one in which he or she was born. This means that many foreign workers and international students are counted as migrants. Additionally, the UN considers refugees and, in some […]

Regional conflict and economic opportunity boost number of migrants from 25 million to 54 million.

The recent wave of asylum seekers to 28 EU countries, Norway and Switzerland accounts for one-in-ten asylum applications to the region since 1985.

There are striking differences in the extent to which people think the Quran should influence their nation’s laws, according to surveys across 10 countries with significant Muslim populations.

The first decade of this century witnessed an historic reduction in global poverty and a near doubling of the number of people who could be considered middle income. But the emergence of a truly global middle class is still far from fruition.

World map indicating the share of a country's population that falls into each of the following income levels: poor, lower income, middle income, upper-middle income, and high income (data is from 2011). There is also a table that lets you select a country and see its income-level distribution and percentage point change from 2001 to 2011.