Migration ‘pub quiz’

1. How many migrants are there in the world?

2. What are the top five countries of emigrationin the world?

3. What are the top five countries ofimmigration in the world?

Source: UNDP , HDR 2009

4. How much money did migrants fromdeveloping countries send home in 2009?

5. Which five countries received the mostremittances in 2009?

6. Approximately how many immigrantsarrive in the UK every year?

7. What proportion of the world’s migrantsare women?

8. Which five countries send the most migrants to the UK?

9. Which are the most well-educatedmigrant groups in the UK?

10. What proportion of people in UK are foreign-born?

1. How many migrants are there in the world?

International migrants: 214 million(3.1% of world population)

Total migration: about 1 billion

= internal (about 740m) + international (214m)

Ratio is 4 internal : 1 international

Source: UNDP , Human Development Report 2009

2. What are the top five countries of emigrationin the world?

By number(millions)

By proportion By proportion(countries over 1m)

Russia (12.2) Montserrat Puerto Rico

Mexico (10) Niue Jamaica

India (9.1) Tokelau Palestine

Ukraine (6.7) St Kitts and Nevis Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bangladesh (6.5) St Helena Eritrea

Source: Migration DRC, Global Migrants Origin Database, 2009.

3. What are the top five countries ofimmigration in the world?

Stock Share of population

United States (39m) Qatar (80%)

Russia (12m) Monaco (70%)

Germany (10m) United Arab Emirates(70%)

France (6.4m) Kuwait (69%)

Canada (6.3m) Andorra (63%)

Source: UNDP , HDR 2009

4. How much money did migrants fromdeveloping countries send home in 2009?

Source: Dilip Ratha, Leveraging Migration and Remittances for Development,CID/CGD, World Bank, May 26,2009

5. Which five countries received the mostremittances in 2009?

USD As share of GDP

India ($47bn) Tajikistan (49.6%)

China ($47bn) Tonga (37.7%)

Mexico ($223bn) Moldova (31.4%)

Philippines ($19bn) Kyrgyz Republic (27.9%)

France ($16bn) Lesotho (27.3%)

Source: World Bank, Migration and Remittances Trends 2009

Since 2004, just over 500,000 every year

Immigrants in year to March 2009: 534,000

Not British citizens: 456,000

Emigration: 388,000

Net migration: 147,000.

6. Approximately how many immigrantsarrive in the UK every year?

Source: Home Office / Office for National Statistics, Migration StatisticsQuarterly Report: November 2009

7. What proportion of the world’s migrantsare women?

1960 46.81965 47.11970 47.21975 47.41980 47.21985 47.21990 49.01995 49.32000 49.72005 49.6Source: UN Population Division, Trends in Total MigrantStock: The 2005 Revision

Immigrants entering in 2008:

Poland (54,000)

India (48,000)

China (18,000)

Germany (18,000)

Pakistan (17,000)

628,000 NI numbers allocated in the year toJune 2009

36% were allocated to A12 nationals

8. Which five countries send the most migrants to the UK?

Source: Home Office / Office for National Statistics, Migration Statistics 2008.Annual Report

9. Which are the most well-educatedmigrant groups in the UK?

Source: Institute for Public Policy Research, Beyond Black and White, 2005.

Settled immigrants (arrivedpre-1990s): % with tertiary

education

New immigrants(arrived 1991 – 2001): % with

tertiary education

Iran (66.3%) Greece (45.4%)

Sierra Leone (61.1%) Canada (37.4%)

Ex-Czechoslovakia (60.7%) Nigeria (37.4%)

Malaysia (59.1%) Belgium (35.6%)

Sri Lanka (54.8%) Malaysia (34.2%)

10. What proportion of people in UK are foreign-born?

11% or 6.6m

By country of birth:

India (632,000)

Poland (501,000)

Pakistan (434,000)

Source: Home Office / Office for National Statistics, Migration Statistics 2008.Annual Report