SamSpade
Well-Known Member
I came across an interesting site the other day - it's a graphic that shows immigration patterns over the past fifteen years.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/05/17/global-migrant-stocks/?country=VN&date=2015
Depending on which country you go to, you'll see where the immigrants are coming from, and if you click around a bit, you may see that they come from places that make sense.
For instance, it appears that most of Russia's immigrants come from former republics. Most of France's have been coming from Algeria.
Ethiopia - almost entirely from its bordering nations, which makes sense, because it is entirely landlocked.
But I noticed ANOTHER pattern.
This is Wikipedia's list of largest nations in order:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations)
If you focus entirely on the world's most populous nations and compare their population of persons born abroad compared to their national population,
most of them exhibit the same pattern. With only a few exceptions - I was very surprised, actually.
I already knew that two nations - Canada and Australia - two nations that aren't particularly populous but are very large - had the same pattern - LOTS of foreign born compared to their population.
I wonder if this has been this way around the world for years? As a nation becomes more saturated and more densely populated, immigrant movement stalls or is halted.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/05/17/global-migrant-stocks/?country=VN&date=2015
Depending on which country you go to, you'll see where the immigrants are coming from, and if you click around a bit, you may see that they come from places that make sense.
For instance, it appears that most of Russia's immigrants come from former republics. Most of France's have been coming from Algeria.
Ethiopia - almost entirely from its bordering nations, which makes sense, because it is entirely landlocked.
But I noticed ANOTHER pattern.
This is Wikipedia's list of largest nations in order:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations)
If you focus entirely on the world's most populous nations and compare their population of persons born abroad compared to their national population,
most of them exhibit the same pattern. With only a few exceptions - I was very surprised, actually.
I already knew that two nations - Canada and Australia - two nations that aren't particularly populous but are very large - had the same pattern - LOTS of foreign born compared to their population.
I wonder if this has been this way around the world for years? As a nation becomes more saturated and more densely populated, immigrant movement stalls or is halted.