Comparison With Other Countries From European Union
According to Eurostat 47.3 million people lived in the European Union in 2010 who were born outside their resident country. This corresponds to 9.4% of the total EU population. Of these, 31.4 million (6.3%) were born outside the EU and 16.0 million (3.2%) were born in another EU member state. The largest absolute numbers of people born outside the EU were in Germany (6.4 million), France (5.1 million), the United Kingdom (4.7 million), Spain (4.1 million), Italy (3.2 million), and the Netherlands (1.4 million).
| Country | Total population (1000) | Total Foreign-born (1000) | % | Born in other EU state (1000) | % | Born in a non EU state (1000) | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU 27 | 501,098 | 47,348 | 9.4 | 15,980 | 3.2 | 31,368 | 6.3 |
| Germany | 81,802 | 9,812 | 12.0 | 3,396 | 4.2 | 6,415 | 7.8 |
| France | 64,716 | 7,196 | 11.1 | 2,118 | 3.3 | 5,078 | 7.8 |
| United Kingdom | 62,008 | 7,012 | 11.3 | 2,245 | 3.6 | 4,767 | 7.7 |
| Spain | 45,989 | 6,422 | 14.0 | 2,328 | 5.1 | 4,094 | 8.9 |
| Italy | 60,340 | 4,798 | 8.0 | 1,592 | 2.6 | 3,205 | 5.3 |
| Netherlands | 16,575 | 1,832 | 11.1 | 428 | 2.6 | 1,404 | 8.5 |
| Greece | 11,305 | 1,256 | 11.1 | 315 | 2.8 | 940 | 8.3 |
| Sweden | 9,340 | 1,337 | 14.3 | 477 | 5.1 | 859 | 9.2 |
| Austria | 8,367 | 1,276 | 15.2 | 512 | 6.1 | 764 | 9.1 |
| Belgium (2007) | 10,666 | 1,380 | 12.9 | 695 | 6.5 | 685 | 6.4 |
| Portugal | 10,637 | 793 | 7.5 | 191 | 1.8 | 602 | 5.7 |
| Denmark | 5,534 | 500 | 9.0 | 152 | 2.8 | 348 | 6.3 |
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