U.S. Investment Immigration focuses on U.S. Immigration Life: According to a recent report from the United Nations Population Division, the number of people leaving their home countries to immigrate abroad increased from 154 million in 1990 and 175 million in 2000 to 232 million in 2013.
These immigrants are concentrated in ten countries worldwide, with the highest number in the United States. In 2013, the number of immigrants in the United States reached 46 million. Over the past 50 years, new immigrants in the United States have undergone significant changes in scale, country of origin, and population distribution. The top four countries and regions contributing to U.S. immigration are: approximately 13 million from Mexico; about 2.2 million born in Mainland China; around 2.1 million from India; and 2 million from the Philippines.
Immigrants born in Mainland China have reached 2.2 million, making them the second largest new immigrant group in the United States.
Over the past 50 years, the primary countries of origin for new immigrants to the United States have changed dramatically. In 1960, the five largest countries of origin for U.S. immigrants were Italy, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Poland; by 2013, China had become the second largest country of origin for new immigrants, with 2.2 million immigrants from Mainland China, accounting for 17% of the total number of new immigrants, following Mexico (13 million). Chinese immigrants are also the largest subgroup within the Asian immigrant population in the United States. Among the Asian immigrant population nationwide, there are 2.2 million born in Mainland China, followed by 2.1 million from India, 2 million from the Philippines, 1.3 million from Vietnam, and 1.1 million from South Korea.
This report also shows that Russia ranks second in the number of global immigrants, with 11 million immigrants in 2013, followed by Germany with 9.8 million, Saudi Arabia with 9.1 million, and the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom each with 7.8 million immigrants. France has 7.4 million immigrants, Canada has 7.3 million, and Australia and Spain each have 6.5 million immigrants.
The report states that nearly two-thirds of international migrants settle in Europe and Asia. In 2013, there were 72 million international migrants in Europe and 71 million in Asia. From 2000 to 2013, the growth rate of international migration to Asia was the highest, with an increase of about 20 million, primarily due to the demand for foreign labor in oil-producing countries in West Asia, as well as rapidly growing Southeast Asian economies such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
