The United Nations Population Division is making available to the public
its Global Migration Database on the number ("stock") of international
migrants by country of enumeration and country of birth, citizenship,
sex and age - comprising over 2,200 data sets from over 200 countries
and territories in the world, collected between 1975 and 2008, including
metadata. The data are derived from population censuses, population
registers, nationally representative sample surveys and other official
statistical sources.
During the current test phase, access to the United Nations Global
Migration Database will be restricted. Requests for access can be
submitted through the web link http://esa.un.org/unmigration. Our aim is
to make this database as comprehensive as possible. Information on the
availability of tabulations not included in the database is welcome and
may be sent to [log in to unmask] so that they can be considered for
future inclusion.
The Population Division acknowledges the financial support from UNICEF
and UNDP South-South Unit in developing the database. Data were
contributed by the United Nations Statistics Division (DESA), the World
Bank, the University of Sussex and the Minnesota Population Center
(IPUMS-I).
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Bela Hovy, Chief
Migration Section
Population Division
United Nations
New York NY 10017
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