International migration from sub-Saharan Africa has grown dramatically since 2010
Sub-Saharan African nations account for nine of the 10 fastest growing international migrant populations since 2010.
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Refugees are resettled throughout the United States. This interactive tool displays the top nationality of refugees resettled across each state between fiscal 2002 and 2017.
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.
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International data for this report were downloaded from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) interactive processing tool on Sept. 26, 2017. International analysis is based on calendar year. Most U.S. data for this report were downloaded from the interactive processing tool of the U.S. State Department’s Refugee Processing Center on Oct. 2, 2017. […]
Europe’s religious landscape is changing: The Christian share of the population is declining while the religiously unaffiliated population is increasing. In addition, Muslim populations in Western European countries continue to grow in both absolute and percentage terms due to immigration, relatively high fertility rates, and a relatively young population. Jewish populations, meanwhile, appear to be […]