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Foreign-born population
Constituted by those born in a country and residing in a foreign country for a period of at least twelve months, or expected to be at least twelve months, regardless of when they arrived there. Usually referred to as a foreign-born stock, it is the most widely used indicator of the emigrant population. +

Australia Population born abroad recorded in the Census. Among the Censuses are updated the values of immigrants through the estimated resident population (ERP, estimated resident population). Source 2003-2011: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Source 2014-2016: Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Information provided on request. [LINK]

Austria Population born abroad counted in the population registers. Source 2002-2017: Statistik Austria [LINK]

Belgium Foreign-born population counted in the registered population. Source 2001-2012: OECD, International Migration Database, based on data from Direction Générale Statistique et Information Économique Belge. Source from 2013: Eurostat, based on data from Direction Générale Statistique et Information Économique Belge. [LINK][LINK]

Brazil Population born abroad recorded in the 2010 Brazlian-Census. Source 2000 and 2010: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Information provided on request. [LINK][LINK]

Cape Verde Population born abroad recorded in the Census. Source 2000 e 2010: National Institute of Statistics of Cape Verde. Information provided on request. [LINK]

Canada Foreign-born population recorded in the 2016 Canadian censuses. Source 2016: Statistics Canada, Place of Birth.  [LINK]

China (Macau) Population born abroad recorded in the Census. Source 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016: Directorate of Statistics and Census Service - Government of Macao SAR. [LINK][LINK][LINK]   [LINK]

Denmark Fonte 2000-2018: Denmark Statistik [LINK]

France Foreign-born population in the annual censuses. The data for census surveys is collected by the municipalities and monitored and organised by the national statistical office. Source 2006: Institut Nacional de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE): immigrés selon le sexe, la catégorie de population et le pays de naissance détaillé. Source 2011: Institut Nacional de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE): répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance en 2011. Source 2014: Institut Nacional de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE): répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance.. [LINK][LINK]

GermanyPopulation accounted for in the Microcensus, based on the records of the Central Register of Foreigns (Ausländerzentralregister). The figures for those born abroad and in Portugal correspond to those born outside Germany with foreign and Portuguese nationality, respectively (only available data). Source 2000-2016: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland: Ausländische Bevölkerung, Fachserie 1 Reihe 2, 2016, tabelle 7. [LINK]

Italy Source 2014-2015: OECD, International Migration Database, data based on Italian Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. [LINK]

IrelandPopulation born abroad recorded in the Census. Source: Central Statistics Office Ireland[LINK]

Luxembourg Foreign-born population registered in the Luxemburg 2011 census. Source 2001: Le Portail des Statistiques du Luxembourg: population totale par sexe et groupe d'âge selon le pays de naissance 2001. Fonte 2011: Le Portail des Statistiques du Luxembourg: population par pays de naissance et situation socio-économique au 1er février 2011. [LINK][LINK]

Netherlands Foreign-born population recorded in the Municipal Population Register. Data concerns 1st January of each year. Fonte 2000-2016: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek: statline database, population, persons (first generation background). [LINK]

Norway Foreign-born population recorded in the Central Population Register. Data concerns 1st January of each year. Fonte 2000-2016: Statistics Norway: immigrant and norwegian-born to immigrant parents. [LINK]

SpainForeign-born population recorded in the Population Register. Data concerns 1st January of each year. Fonte 2000-2016: INE España, Padrón Municipal de Habitantes: datos nacionales por CCAA y por provincias, población por nacionalidad, pais de nacimiento y sexo.[LINK]

Sweden Source 2000-2017: Statistics Sweden [LINK]

Switzerland Population born abroad counted through censuses and residence permits. The concept of resident population by the institute of statistics for that of permanent population. The values up to 2009 for those born abroad and in Portugal correspond to individuals born outside Switzerland with foreign and Portuguese nationality, respectively (it is not possible to have autonomous the variable of naturalness by country, only by category "" outside and within Switzerland ""). As of 2010, the figures for those born abroad correspond to those born outside Switzerland. Source 2005-2009: Office Fédéral de la Statistique: titulaires d'autorisation de séjour ou d'établissement selon la nationalité par pays, le lieu de naissance et la durée de résidence. Source 2010-2015: Office Fédéral de la Statistique: population résidante permanente et non permanente selon le canton, le sexe, la nationalité, le pays de naissance et l'âge. Source 2016: Office Fédéral de la Statistique: Population résidante permanente et non permanente selon le canton, la nationalité (sélection), le pays de naissance, le sexe et l'âge, 2016. [LINK][LINK]   [LINK]

United KingdomEstimate of the foreign population, based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) and the Labor Force Survey (LFS). Source 2000-2016: Office for National Statistics, Annual Population Survey (APS) /Labour Force Survey (LFS), Population by country of birth and nationality, 1.4. Estimated overseas-born population resident in the United Kingdom by sex, by country of birth.[LINK]

United StatesEstimates of foreign-born population based in the Current Population Survey. Source 2000-2016: US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Data Ferret, March supplement [select year], view variables, person variables, demographics, country of birth, person. [LINK]

Venezuela Foreign-born population registered in the 2011 Venezuelan census. Source 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2001 en REDATAM: población, población nacida en el exterior por año de llegada a Venezuela, según país de nacimiento. Source 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Censo 2011: unidades de observación, características de las personas, migración, migración toda la vida. [LINK][LINK]

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