The following tables have been taken from World Congress Human Movements And Immigration

Table 2: Global Population according the main areas

Human Development Report 2004. Culture Liberty in Today’s Diverse World, New York, United Nations Development Programme (2004)

	1990	2000
World	154 (millions)	175 (millions)
Europe	57	62
North America	28	41
Australia / New Zealand	5	6
Asia	42	44
Africa	16	16
Latin America and Caribbean	7	6

Source: HDR (2004: p 100, Figure 5.2). Unprecedented growths in international migration to Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, but refugees remain a small proportion, 1990-2000, in Human Development Report 2004. Culture Liberty in Today’s Diverse World, New York, United Nations Development Programme.