Total Immigrants Distribution by Continent and Year of Immigration
Data is right for the end of October 2000 | National figures |
Continent
|
January - October
|
In Relation to Previous Year
|
|
1989 to Date
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
Total
|
Percentage
|
Eastern Europe
|
35,907
|
52,987
|
42,268
|
-20.2%
|
893,563
|
85.8%
|
Western Europe
|
2,865
|
2,376
|
1,955
|
-17.7%
|
34,834
|
3.3%
|
North America & Oceania
|
2,187
|
2,084
|
1,725
|
-17.2%
|
32,518
|
3.1%
|
Central & South America
|
1,230
|
1,498
|
1,638
|
9.3%
|
19,638
|
1.9%
|
Africa
|
3,395
|
2,423
|
1,747
|
-27.9%
|
48,344
|
4.6%
|
Asia
|
492
|
620
|
640
|
3.2%
|
11,181
|
1.1%
|
Unknown
|
132
|
100
|
162
|
62.0%
|
1,887
|
0.2%
|
Total
|
46,208
|
62,088
|
50,135
|
-19.3%
|
1,041,965
|
100.0%
|
|