Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Division No. 11, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data ^{Update of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin}

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Place of birth	Period of immigration
Place of birth	Total immigrant population	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016

Total - Place of birth ^{Footnote 1}	311,695	62,195	34,225	47,295	36,875	51,860	79,240
Afghanistan	1,495	0	80	215	750	220	225
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	140	10	0	20	50	15	50
Algeria	385	25	25	85	80	120	45
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	75	30	0	25	15	10	0
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	80	35	20	0	0	15	10
Argentina	365	140	55	60	10	55	45
Armenia	85	0	15	0	0	30	35
Aruba	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	920	235	90	120	60	130	270
Austria	485	395	25	40	10	10	10
Azerbaijan	115	0	0	0	40	45	25
Bahamas	70	30	10	0	0	10	10
Bahrain	70	0	0	15	15	20	15
Bangladesh	1,615	65	80	165	255	490	555
Barbados	285	125	65	30	10	10	30
Belarus	560	35	40	155	120	120	90
Belgium	265	195	15	15	10	15	10
Belize	50	10	25	0	10	0	0
Benin	40	0	0	0	20	25	0
Bermuda	45	20	0	10	0	10	15
Bhutan	130	0	0	0	0	85	50
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	65	0	0	10	0	40	10
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,945	180	20	1,400	140	95	105
Botswana	100	0	0	0	10	20	70
Brazil	810	90	40	115	120	180	270
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	1,560	310	895	330	20	0	10
Bulgaria	410	0	10	110	95	120	80
Burkina Faso	75	0	0	10	0	35	35
Burma (Myanmar)	430	10	15	45	70	215	80
Burundi	570	10	20	35	110	220	185
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	1,050	70	540	260	45	100	40
Cameroon	720	10	0	10	35	300	370
Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Chad	10	0	10	0	10	0	0
Chile	2,090	1,080	340	180	85	175	230
China ^{Footnote 17}	19,755	2,690	2,025	3,815	4,245	3,295	3,685
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	2,610	100	20	215	905	800	575
Comoros	20	0	0	0	10	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,765	25	35	270	390	515	525
Congo, Republic of the	65	10	0	0	25	10	15
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	160	0	40	40	20	30	25
Croatia	1,435	620	80	355	55	35	295
Cuba	725	25	0	105	130	200	255
Curaçao	10	15	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	790	480	145	80	20	10	60
Côte d'Ivoire	490	10	0	20	30	135	290
Denmark	690	605	45	15	0	10	20
Djibouti	240	0	20	60	10	50	105
Dominica	60	20	30	0	0	0	10
Dominican Republic	155	0	10	30	20	30	60
Ecuador	175	35	10	25	25	25	45
Egypt	2,065	140	110	305	265	500	750
El Salvador	3,080	30	1,690	705	115	320	220
Equatorial Guinea	15	0	0	0	15	0	0
Eritrea	2,020	20	185	140	195	500	990
Estonia	30	15	0	0	0	10	0
Ethiopia	4,020	25	355	680	685	1,050	1,225
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	2,825	530	650	640	235	415	350
Finland	215	125	25	20	20	10	15
France	780	375	35	80	80	105	105
French Guiana	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gambia	65	0	0	0	10	10	45
Georgia	55	0	0	10	0	10	30
Germany	7,405	4,820	490	625	205	685	575
Ghana	1,420	85	120	435	250	270	265
Gibraltar	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Greece	655	480	40	40	20	10	70
Greenland	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	240	90	30	40	35	20	25
Guadeloupe	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	480	65	115	130	40	50	75
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea	195	0	0	20	35	50	95
Guinea-Bissau	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Guyana	1,415	545	380	235	75	95	85
Haiti	540	40	0	35	30	260	180
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	185	10	25	30	10	80	30
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	7,375	2,530	1,875	2,135	270	260	305
Hungary	970	605	135	110	45	35	55
Iceland	15	10	0	0	0	0	10
India	38,950	3,380	2,160	5,580	5,710	8,485	13,635
Indonesia	480	160	25	65	30	110	85
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	2,715	70	355	410	455	535	890
Iraq	2,100	55	95	535	260	445	705
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	1,540	600	180	85	50	95	535
Isle of Man	15	10	0	0	0	10	0
Israel	670	85	40	70	85	145	250
Italy	3,520	3,015	155	115	15	90	135
Jamaica	2,810	825	405	425	200	275	685
Japan	710	135	65	90	95	130	200
Jersey	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	665	70	80	90	65	135	220
Kazakhstan	280	0	0	50	45	60	115
Kenya	2,010	450	195	215	295	275	590
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	20	15	0	10	0	0	0
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	4,995	600	245	770	940	930	1,500
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	395	0	0	220	65	65	45
Kuwait	700	20	50	190	100	140	195
Kyrgyzstan	75	0	0	10	55	15	0
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	475	295	145	20	10	0	0
Latvia	265	100	10	15	25	55	80
Lebanon	5,130	1,350	950	900	475	665	795
Lesotho	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	535	0	0	50	315	120	45
Libya	520	10	10	45	60	165	240
Liechtenstein	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	230	70	10	0	40	20	95
Luxembourg	20	15	0	0	0	0	0
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	155	60	30	50	10	0	10
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	200	20	0	25	55	70	35
Madagascar	15	0	0	10	0	10	10
Malawi	55	0	0	10	10	15	20
Malaysia	1,990	505	680	355	95	210	150
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	35	0	0	10	0	10	15
Malta	75	50	0	10	0	0	15
Marshall Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	60	0	0	0	15	35	15
Mauritius	545	65	60	15	75	130	200
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	2,515	100	175	260	275	705	1,000
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	475	0	20	20	50	175	210
Monaco	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	105	0	0	0	45	0	55
Montenegro	50	20	10	20	0	0	0
Montserrat	20	20	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	805	20	55	65	140	275	245
Mozambique	20	0	0	0	0	15	0
Namibia	160	10	10	15	20	40	80
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	1,535	0	10	15	45	355	1,105
Netherlands	4,035	3,145	235	235	180	105	140
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	485	145	75	75	35	70	90
Nicaragua	440	0	310	65	15	30	15
Niger	75	0	0	0	0	30	40
Nigeria	3,265	70	55	230	375	965	1,565
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	200	130	0	20	0	15	25
Oman	35	0	0	10	10	15	20
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	55	10	0	20	0	0	15
Pakistan	8,300	420	300	1,375	2,305	1,910	1,990
Palau	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama	60	10	10	10	10	10	20
Papua New Guinea	15	0	0	10	0	0	0
Paraguay	85	50	10	10	0	10	0
Peru	560	50	110	110	80	105	100
Philippines	46,175	2,090	2,225	6,150	4,475	9,285	21,940
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	8,105	2,340	3,280	1,550	170	370	405
Portugal	2,570	1,820	435	75	0	50	180
Puerto Rico	25	10	10	0	0	10	0
Qatar	110	0	25	0	25	30	25
Romania	2,340	155	270	450	485	600	375
Russian Federation	2,375	130	55	615	620	500	460
Rwanda	550	0	10	120	105	135	180
Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena ^{Footnote 11}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	40	30	15	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	125	10	10	10	20	30	50
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	165	50	10	25	30	30	15
Samoa	10	0	10	0	0	0	10
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1,030	0	40	185	165	260	375
Senegal	195	0	0	0	20	40	135
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	880	240	75	255	90	80	145
Seychelles	20	10	10	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	490	10	0	25	330	90	40
Singapore	525	75	100	75	100	80	95
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	565	205	110	115	65	65	20
Slovenia	265	210	15	0	0	0	25
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	4,590	15	505	1,390	395	895	1,390
South Africa, Republic of	2,280	380	240	470	300	380	505
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	800	0	10	170	505	75	40
Spain	240	65	25	10	30	10	95
Sri Lanka	2,130	110	195	385	200	475	765
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	1,320	10	30	265	250	285	475
Suriname	30	0	10	10	10	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	35	0	0	0	0	0	30
Sweden	240	85	20	30	10	45	45
Switzerland	400	190	65	70	15	15	40
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	2,035	90	75	100	140	215	1,405
Taiwan	1,035	90	95	355	170	190	130
Tajikistan	50	0	0	15	25	0	0
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	1,470	690	325	135	105	140	70
Thailand	985	45	235	110	55	320	220
Timor-Leste	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Togo	50	0	0	0	10	20	30
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1,650	800	290	275	90	130	60
Tunisia	285	0	10	35	35	55	155
Turkey	1,360	80	60	305	350	350	220
Turkmenistan	20	0	0	10	0	0	10
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	1,190	580	55	50	55	185	260
Ukraine	3,790	610	190	890	545	650	905
United Arab Emirates	745	0	30	55	135	220	305
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	17,305	10,405	1,745	1,220	730	1,330	1,880
United States ^{Footnote 2}	8,845	3,335	890	895	715	1,525	1,485
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	120	55	0	20	10	15	15
Uzbekistan	170	0	0	10	20	85	55
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	795	40	45	60	130	290	230
Viet Nam	10,435	2,425	3,770	2,255	600	630	755
Virgin Islands, British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	385	65	30	95	55	85	65
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	120	0	10	10	15	35	50
Zambia	165	35	10	15	65	30	10
Zimbabwe	1,395	40	40	25	440	420	430

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Note(s): 1

For more information on the place of birth variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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The official name of United States is United States of America.

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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

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Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine): West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.

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China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

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The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

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The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.