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Denmark Immigration Stats

Definitions

  • Commitment to Development Index (immigration): This is a sub-index of the Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which ranks rich countries’ policies is terms of how beneficial they are to the world’s five billion poorest people. The migration sub-index is based on net-inflows of migrants from developing countries, openness to students from those countries and aid offered to refugees and asylum seekers. For further information, please refer to cgdev.org/cdi
  • Cultural Diversity Index: The probability that two individuals selected at random from a country speak a very different language. A high score of close to 1 indicates that many unrelated languages are spoken. A score of close to 0 means that few languages are spoken, and / or that the spoken languages are similar to one another. For more information, please refer to Fearon (see citation).
  • Destination countries of nationalities and ethnic groups > Jews > Enlarged Jewish population:

    Jewish population by country. The enlarged Jewish community includes Jews, non-Jews with Jewish ancestry and non-Jewish members of Jewish households.   

  • Ethnic Fractionalization Index: The probability that two individuals selected at random from a country will be from different ethnic groups, 0 meaning that each individual in this country is from the same ethnic group. For a discussion of what constitutes an ethnic group, please refer to Fearon (see citation).
  • Ethnic Fractionalization Index per million people: The probability that two individuals selected at random from a country will be from different ethnic groups, 0 meaning that each individual in this country is from the same ethnic group. For a discussion of what constitutes an ethnic group, please refer to Fearon (see citation). Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Foreign-born population: Amount of residents of EU countries born outside of their country of residence.
  • Foreign-born population per million people: Amount of residents of EU countries born outside of their country of residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Nationality compositions of > Canada: Country of birth of Canadian residents (number of residents).
  • Nationality compositions of > Norway: Country of origin of Norway’s population who was either foreign born or born in Norway to foreign residents (number of people by country of origin).
  • Nationality compositions of Canada, share of immigrants: Portion of immigrants in Canada.
  • Population born in another EU state: Amount of residents of EU countries born outside of their country of residence, but inside the EU.
  • Refugees and asylum seekers > Accepted asylum applications: Countries of the European Union compared by accepted asylum applications during the year 2012. Data compiled by Mona W. Claussen, based on numbers from Eurostat, an statistical office dependent on the European Union. You can check Eurostat's website to browse through other relevant data regarding asylum (citenship and age of the applicants, rejected applications, monthly data breakdowns, etc.).
  • Refugees and asylum seekers > Accepted asylum applications per million people: Countries of the European Union compared by accepted asylum applications during the year 2012. Data compiled by Mona W. Claussen, based on numbers from Eurostat, an statistical office dependent on the European Union. You can check Eurostat's website to browse through other relevant data regarding asylum (citenship and age of the applicants, rejected applications, monthly data breakdowns, etc.). Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Refugees and asylum seekers > Natives per Refugee: Natives per Refugee.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Visa overstay rate > Australia: Modified Non-Return Rate.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Commitment to Development Index (immigration) 6.2 2012 10th out of 27
Cultural Diversity Index 0.128 2003 114th out of 150
Destination countries of nationalities and ethnic groups > Jews > Enlarged Jewish population 8,500 2012 34th out of 96
Ethnic Fractionalization Index 0.128 2003 136th out of 151
Ethnic Fractionalization Index per million people 0.0237 2003 93th out of 149
Foreign-born population 0.5 millions 2010 12th out of 12
Foreign-born population per million people 0.0901 millions 2010 9th out of 12
Nationality compositions of > Canada 17,360 2006 64th out of 216
Nationality compositions of > Norway 20,304 2013 9th out of 129
Nationality compositions of Canada, share of immigrants 0.3% 2006 61st out of 215
Population born in another EU state 0.152 millions 2010 12th out of 12
Refugees and asylum seekers > Accepted asylum applications 2,105 2012 11th out of 15
Refugees and asylum seekers > Accepted asylum applications per million people 376.53 2012 7th out of 15
Refugees and asylum seekers > Natives per Refugee 412 2014 103th out of 149
Visa overstay rate > Australia 0.26 2012 145th out of 191

SOURCES: cgdev.org/cdi; Ethnic and Cultural Diversity By Country. James D. Faeron. Journal of Economic Growth, 8, 195-222, 2003, p. 215 ff.; https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Rv2hLhme008J:www.jewishdatabank.org/Reports/World_Jewish_Population_2010.pdf+world+jewish+population+2010&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShFmlEo2XYeBjYVUGgz_STm8ZXvaFqIMHdpfxUC8uWpDuLqb9l7GvJbF2piXHqxgDaGkOY3jfCA_RkpUlKLSByoSQC3cLV-5LcpxgXggqUIYwzK9hdfmwVv4Sz0BdeFMxJ_-2To&sig=AHIEtbT5tVUek4PSi_N_5f0Dwe-11sBzMg, Number 2 - 2010. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sergio DellaPergola. p. 60.; Ethnic and Cultural Diversity By Country. James D. Faeron. Journal of Economic Growth, 8, 195-222, 2003, p. 215 ff.; Ethnic and Cultural Diversity By Country. James D. Faeron. Journal of Economic Growth, 8, 195-222, 2003, p. 215 ff. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-11-034/EN/KS-SF-11-034-EN.PDF, eurostat, Statistics in focus, 34/2011, Katya Vasileva. p. 2.; http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-11-034/EN/KS-SF-11-034-EN.PDF, eurostat, Statistics in focus, 34/2011, Katya Vasileva. p. 2. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-557/T404-eng.cfm?Lang=E&T=404&GH=4&GF=1&SC=1&S=1&O=D; http://www.ssb.no/en/innvbef; Wikipedia: Immigration to Canada (Canadian permanent resident population by country of birth) ([1] , Place of birth for the immigrant population by period of immigration, 2006 counts and percentages [1] , Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_in_the_European_Union
Mona W. Claussen (27 November 2013) Slik håndterer Europa asylstrømmen Aftenposten based on numbers from Eurostat . Retrieved 5 December 2013
http://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset?q=asylum&op=&ext_boolean=all
; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_in_the_European_Union
Mona W. Claussen (27 November 2013) Slik håndterer Europa asylstrømmen Aftenposten based on numbers from Eurostat . Retrieved 5 December 2013
http://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset?q=asylum&op=&ext_boolean=all
. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by refugee population (By Country of Asylum); Wikipedia: Visa policy of Australia (Modified Non-Return Rate) (Modified Non-Return Rate Quarterly Report Ending at 30 June 2013, )

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