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}	176,305	37,755	16,180	17,880	15,950	36,510	52,030
Afghanistan	610	10	20	95	245	185	55
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	30	0	0	15	0	0	0
Algeria	100	10	10	10	10	50	20
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	40	10	10	10	0	0	0
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	40	25	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina	680	55	0	45	365	65	135
Armenia	20	0	0	0	0	10	15
Aruba	20	20	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	305	120	25	40	25	25	70
Austria	250	240	10	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	40	0	0	0	25	0	10
Bahamas	15	10	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	30	0	0	15	0	0	15
Bangladesh	845	0	35	105	110	255	335
Barbados	245	140	55	20	15	15	0
Belarus	300	10	0	35	50	125	85
Belgium	205	170	10	10	10	0	10
Belize	35	10	10	15	10	0	10
Benin	15	0	0	10	0	0	15
Bermuda	20	10	0	0	0	10	10
Bhutan	190	0	0	0	0	105	85
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	60	10	25	10	0	0	0
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,015	65	10	660	195	50	45
Botswana	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	385	110	50	30	35	70	95
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	30	0	0	0	0	0	15
Bulgaria	100	10	10	10	10	20	45
Burkina Faso	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	365	25	0	35	30	190	80
Burundi	150	10	0	10	35	65	35
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	285	10	125	75	15	40	20
Cameroon	130	0	0	20	10	45	50
Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Chile	740	480	100	50	25	45	40
China ^{Footnote 17}	7,565	640	425	845	810	1,955	2,890
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	530	25	0	60	170	195	80
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,255	10	10	100	210	205	730
Congo, Republic of the	70	0	0	10	25	15	20
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	40	0	15	0	0	0	15
Croatia	855	500	40	170	105	25	15
Cuba	125	0	0	15	30	30	55
Curaçao	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	35	25	10	0	0	0	10
Czech Republic	445	255	150	35	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	115	0	0	0	0	15	95
Denmark	145	135	0	10	0	0	0
Djibouti	25	0	0	0	0	15	15
Dominica	55	30	0	10	10	0	0
Dominican Republic	45	10	10	10	0	10	15
Ecuador	70	15	0	10	0	15	30
Egypt	890	60	10	85	185	175	380
El Salvador	1,490	10	750	475	85	125	50
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	1,325	10	120	115	100	245	740
Estonia	25	15	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	2,210	20	185	290	405	595	720
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	10	0	10	0	0	0	10
Finland	55	40	0	10	0	0	0
France	470	235	30	40	25	55	85
French Guiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	25	0	0	0	10	0	0
Gambia	25	0	0	10	15	0	0
Georgia	25	0	0	10	0	0	15
Germany	3,995	3,005	215	225	100	350	100
Ghana	205	30	35	30	20	45	45
Gibraltar	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	775	575	35	15	0	10	140
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	105	50	25	20	10	0	0
Guadeloupe	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	480	0	190	140	55	60	30
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea	65	0	0	15	10	30	10
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	1,065	475	250	145	60	75	60
Haiti	75	20	0	30	0	10	15
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	50	15	10	10	10	0	10
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	1,375	520	305	290	60	60	150
Hungary	680	520	50	60	0	20	25
Iceland	60	20	10	0	0	0	25
India	19,435	1,290	875	1,465	1,665	4,660	9,485
Indonesia	185	60	10	25	10	10	65
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	1,040	0	140	95	180	225	400
Iraq	835	0	10	230	55	225	315
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	400	255	25	10	10	0	95
Isle of Man	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	1,330	70	20	10	155	490	585
Italy	2,470	2,295	65	15	10	35	45
Jamaica	1,570	710	250	185	85	100	245
Japan	185	45	10	10	30	45	45
Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	105	0	0	10	15	15	65
Kazakhstan	410	0	10	20	55	175	150
Kenya	890	140	65	45	110	150	375
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	10	10	10	0	0	0	0
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	2,580	55	145	140	305	775	1,155
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	195	0	0	80	55	30	35
Kuwait	85	0	10	10	25	20	25
Kyrgyzstan	110	0	0	10	10	20	70
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	865	335	390	105	0	30	10
Latvia	55	35	0	0	0	10	15
Lebanon	220	15	15	0	55	10	115
Lesotho	15	0	10	0	0	10	0
Liberia	75	0	0	10	25	20	15
Libya	225	0	10	65	15	85	60
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	85	50	0	0	25	0	10
Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	40	15	0	10	0	0	10
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	130	15	10	10	70	10	20
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	10	10	0	0	0	0	10
Malaysia	355	55	70	80	20	75	50
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	45	0	0	0	0	10	30
Malta	35	40	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	80	0	0	0	0	0	75
Mauritius	80	40	0	0	0	25	15
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	730	150	90	95	80	70	240
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	365	10	0	15	85	130	130
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	15	0	0	0	0	15	0
Montenegro	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	220	15	20	35	35	50	60
Mozambique	80	10	0	15	15	35	0
Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	320	10	10	10	10	85	205
Netherlands	1,020	875	50	40	20	25	25
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	85	20	0	25	0	10	20
Nicaragua	280	10	135	90	10	20	25
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	3,490	65	40	125	135	720	2,405
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	60	40	0	0	10	10	0
Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	20	15	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	2,840	150	105	255	455	455	1,415
Palau	15	0	0	0	0	0	10
Panama	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	30	0	10	10	0	0	20
Paraguay	1,105	565	210	165	65	80	15
Peru	190	10	30	20	20	40	70
Philippines	56,935	5,350	4,480	5,550	5,045	16,895	19,615
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	4,240	1,780	1,445	665	145	140	65
Portugal	3,805	2,955	565	65	15	85	130
Puerto Rico	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
Qatar	50	0	10	0	0	10	35
Romania	630	110	140	170	105	35	60
Russian Federation	1,970	250	30	175	250	530	725
Rwanda	220	0	0	20	40	90	55
Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena ^{Footnote 11}	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	25	15	0	10	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	15	10	0	10	0	0	10
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	200	95	55	20	15	10	10
Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	455	0	10	40	10	80	310
Senegal	80	0	0	0	20	25	30
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	325	100	15	85	25	55	35
Seychelles	30	0	15	0	10	0	0
Sierra Leone	455	0	0	80	300	45	30
Singapore	100	0	0	10	15	0	60
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	260	175	30	15	10	10	20
Slovenia	210	205	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	745	0	15	40	95	210	380
South Africa, Republic of	525	125	60	60	105	90	90
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	390	0	0	95	125	145	15
Spain	145	80	10	0	0	10	55
Sri Lanka	965	70	140	180	85	270	225
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	595	0	10	55	190	130	210
Suriname	10	10	0	10	0	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	90	50	10	0	15	10	0
Switzerland	140	40	20	40	10	20	15
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	695	10	0	80	30	35	535
Taiwan	190	25	30	55	35	20	20
Tajikistan	20	10	0	10	0	10	0
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	140	35	25	0	0	20	55
Thailand	605	35	120	70	35	240	100
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	75	0	10	0	20	10	30
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1,390	925	185	170	40	40	25
Tunisia	80	15	0	10	0	0	55
Turkey	110	20	0	30	0	15	40
Turkmenistan	15	0	0	0	10	10	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	330	95	60	15	25	40	105
Ukraine	3,615	855	115	385	480	815	965
United Arab Emirates	195	0	0	30	35	20	105
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	6,890	5,150	535	295	280	335	300
United States ^{Footnote 2}	4,110	1,905	460	370	265	505	605
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	35	10	20	10	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	220	0	0	0	20	70	115
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	145	10	0	20	20	45	45
Viet Nam	4,055	855	1,300	670	260	495	480
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}	110	15	10	25	40	15	10
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	60	10	0	10	0	25	0
Zambia	160	10	10	40	10	55	40
Zimbabwe	190	0	10	20	40	60	50

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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.