Table 1: Migrant population by region and in the world (2000)

Region Number of migrants (thousand) Percent of total number of migrants
Africa 16.277 9.31%
Asia 49.781 28.48%
Europe 56.100

32.10%

Latin America/Caribbean 5.944

3.40%

North America 40.844

23.37%

Oceania 5.835 3.34%
Total World 174.781 100%

Source:
International Migration Report 2002, United Nations (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division)
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