People on the Move

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Annual Net International Migration Totals and Migration Rates in the World’s Major Areas, 1990-95

Between 1990 and 1995, 45 percent of overall population growth in developed countries was due to immigration; in Europe the proportion was 88 percent. For more information see http://www.wri.org/trends/migratio.html.

Source: United Nations (U.N.) Population Division, International Migration Policies 1995 (U.N., New York, 1996).