Foreign or Foreign-Born Population and Labor Force in Selected OECD Countries statistics

[In Australia, Canada, and the United States the data refer to people present in the country who are foreign born. In the European countries and Japan they generally refer to foreigners and represent the nationalities of residents; as a result, persons born in these countries may be counted among the foreign population, whereas others, who are foreign born, may have acquired the host-country nationality.


		Foreign population ¹						Foreign labor force ²

COUNTRY		Number			Percent of			Number			Percent of
		(1,000)			total population			(1,000)			total labor force

		1987		1997	1987	1997		1987		1997	1987	1997

United States ³	⁴	14,080	⁵	24,600	6.2	9.3	⁴	7,077	⁵	14,300	6.7	10.8
Australia ³		3,247	⁵	3,908	20.8	21.1		1,901	⁵	2,239	25.4	24.6
Austria		326		733	4.3	9.1		158		326	5.4	9.9
Belgium		863		903	8.7	8.9	⁶	270		333	6.8	7.9
Canada ³		3,908	⁵	4,971	15.4	17.4		2,359	⁷	2,681	18.5	18.5
Denmark		136	⁵	250	2.7	4.7		63	⁵	88	2.1	3.1
Finland		18		81	0.4	1.6		(NA)		19	(NA)	0.8
France	⁸	3,714	⁹	3,597	6.8	6.3		1,525		1,570	6.3	6.1
Germany		4,241		7,366	6.9	9.0		1,866		2,522	6.9	9.1
Ireland		77		114	2.2	3.1		33		52	2.5	3.4
Italy		572		1,241	1.0	2.2	⁷	285	¹⁰	332	1.3	1.7
Japan		884		1,483	0.7	1.2		(NA)	¹¹	660	(NA)	1.0
Luxembourg		103		148	26.8	34.9	¹²	64	¹²	125	37.6	55.1
Netherlands		592		678	4.0	4.4		176		208	3.0	2.9
Norway		124		158	2.9	3.6	¹³ ¹⁴	49	¹⁴	60	2.3	2.8
Portugal	¹³	95		175	1.0	1.8	¹³	46		88	1.0	1.8
Spain		335		610	0.9	1.5	¹³	58		176	0.4	1.1
Sweden		401		522	4.8	6.0		215		220	4.9	5.2
Switzerland		979		1,341	14.9	19.0	¹⁵	588	¹⁵	693	16.6	17.5
United Kingdom		1,839		2,066	3.2	3.6		815		949	3.3	3.6

NA Not available.
1 Data are from population registers except for France (census), Ireland, and the United Kingdom (labor force survey), Japan and Switzerland (register of foreigners) and Italy, Portugal, and Spain (residence permits).
2 Includes unemployed except for Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and United Kingdom. Data for Austria, Germany, and Luxembourg are from social security registers, for Denmark from the register of population, for Norway from the register of employees. Data for Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland are from residence or work permits. Figures for Japan and Netherlands are estimates. Data for other countries are from labor force surveys.
3 Census data, except 1996 data for United States from Current Population Survey.
4 1980 data.
5 1996 data.
6 1986 data.
7 1991 data.
8 1982 data.
9 1990 data.
10 1995 data.
11 Includes those of Japanese descent, students and illegal workers.
12 Includes cross-border workers.
13 1988 data.
14 Excluds self-employed.
15 Foreigners with an annual residence permit or a settlement permit who engage in gainful activity. Seasonal and cross-border workers are excluded.

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, Trends in International Migration (1999 Edition) (copyright).

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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