Uses of Census Data Levels and Trends

of the International Migrant Stock

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Regional Workshop on Strengthening the Collection and Use of International Data in the

context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 31 January – 3 February 2017

“Globally, there were 244 million

international migrants in 2015”

International Migration Report 2015 (UN Population Division, 2016)

Concept and information needed

Source: Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 Revision

Migrant stock

Total number of international migrants in a given country at a particular point in time

= lifetime migrants

Information needed from censuses� Country of birth/Nationality

(supplemented by refugee population)

� Age

� Sex

153173

222244

472

599

537

Global Migrant Stock on the Rise

International migrant stock, 1990-2050 (millions)

1990 2000 2010

2.9%2.8%

3.2%

Proportion of international migrants in total population

2015

3.3%

2050

2010-2015

growth rate

2000-2015

growth rate

1990-2015

growth rate

Distribution of international migrants

by major region, 2000 and 2015

Middle income

5

7

15

40

49

56

8

9

21

54

75

76

0 20 40 60 80

Oceania

Latin America

and the Caribbean

Africa

Northern America

Asia

Europe

Number of migrants (millions)

2015

2000

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1990 2000 2010 2015

Million

1.3%

1.6%

1.7%

International Migrant Stock in Asia (1990-2015)

Total international migrant stock (millions)

Proportion of international migrants in total population (%)

1.5

%

Refugee Stock in Africa

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Refugee stock

Refugees as % of

migrant stock

13

6

11

26

11

22

18

26

10

28

48

31

38

30

26

9

28

51

30

43

34

World Africa Asia Europe Latin America Northern

America

Oceania

In 2015 In 2050 (Medium variant) In 2050 (Zero-net migration scenario)

Old-age Dependency Ratios, 2015 and 2050the medium variant and the zero-net migration scenario

Migration cannot reverse the trend of population ageing

Women and Migration

� Globally, women complies

slightly less than half (48%

of all international migrants

� The percentage was

highest in Europe

� Male migrants outnumber

female migrants by far in

Asia (57%)

Philippines as a country of origin

Sri Lanka as a country of origin

Migration from South to North ?

Source: Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 Revision

International migrant stock, 2015 (in millions)

South to South migration has overtaken South to North Migration

� Population censuses allow to produce highly comparable global indicator on international migration (migrant stock)

� Significantly untapped potential for analysis when properly disaggregated (age, sex, country of birth/citizenship, level of education, occupation etc.)

� Scope for data exchange by country of birth/citizenship (diaspora profiles)

� Ensure data availability from 2020 round of population and housing censuses

Thank you !