In some countries, immigration accounted for all population growth between 2000 and 2020
In 14 countries and territories, immigration accounted for more than 100% of population growth during this period.
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In 14 countries and territories, immigration accounted for more than 100% of population growth during this period.
Religiously unaffiliated people are underrepresented among migrants, making up 13% of migrants but 23% of the global population.
72% of Americans say taking in civilian refugees should be an important goal for immigration policy in the United States.
We asked respondents whether they approve or disapprove of how U.S. President Joe Biden is dealing with five major international concerns. Adults in some countries, including Kenya, Poland and Thailand, hold more positive assessments of how Biden has handled these five concerns. On the other hand, people in Tunisia and Turkey rate Biden extremely negatively […]
Hindus make up just 5% of all migrants. They most commonly live in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and North Africa, and North America.
Buddhist migrants – who make up 4% of all migrants – are heavily concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.
Christians are the largest religious group among migrants. Most Christian migrants live in Europe or North America.
The unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. grew to 11 million in 2022, but remained below the peak of 12.2 million in 2007.
This is the 15th time Pew Research Center has measured restrictions on religion around the globe.[12. numoffset=”12″ Refer to the Methodology of Pew Research Center’s 2009 report “Global Restrictions on Religion” for a discussion of the conceptual basis for measuring restrictions on religion.] This report, which includes data for the year ending Dec. 31, 2022, […]
The number of international migrants grew to 281 million in 2020; 3.6% of the world’s people lived outside their country of birth that year.
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