ABSTRACT
Western and Central Europe 2 is home or host to some 40 million international migrants (Table 15.1), about 8 per cent of its population. In absolute terms, Europe’s immigrant population is about the same size as the number of immigrants in the United States. 3 Europe has become one of the main destinations on the world map of international migration. Foreign-born populations in Western and Central Europe (EU 25+)<xref ref-type="fn" rid="tab15_1fna"> <sup>*</sup> </xref> https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
Country
Size of foreign-born population thousands
Foreign-born as % of total population
% of foreign-born with citizenship of country of residence
EU 25
Austria
1.002
12.5
40.7
Belgium
1.099
10.7
40.8
Cyprus
46
6.3
Czech Rep.
448
4.4
79.8
Denmark
361
6.7
40.3
Estonia
252
18.6
Finland
145
2.8
41.6
France
5.868
10.0
53.1
Germany
10.256
12.4
46.0
Greece
1.123
11.0
41.5
Hungary
293
2.9
71.1
Ireland
300
7.8
45.2
Italy
2.500
4.3
Latvia
435
18.8
Lithuania
334
9.7
Luxembourg
143
32.5
13.0
Malta
9
2.2
65.0
Netherlands
1.615
10.1
Poland
775
2.0
96.1
Portugal
651
6.3
66.3
Slovakia
119
2.2
84.2
Slovenia
52
2.6
Spain
2.664
6.3
30.9
Sweden
1.078
12.0
62.5
UK
4.866
8.3
Subtotal
36.420
8.0
Other Western Europe
Iceland
16
5.5
Liechtenstein
i 12
25.3
Norway
334
7.3
47.6
Switzerland
1.571
21.6
29.3
Total
38.353
8.2
Latest available year (2000–2004).
Source: OECD Data Base, UN (2002).