United Nations International Migrations Policies 1995
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information
and Policy Analysis, Population Division
Migrant stock, 1990
| Region and country |
Number of migrants |
Percentage of total population |
Percentage of females in migration stock |
| Eastern Asia |
| China |
345,518 |
0.0 |
46.4 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
36,861 |
0.2 |
33.0 |
| Japan |
867,667 |
0.7 |
49.4 |
| Mongolia |
9,998 |
0.5 |
46.4 |
| Republic of Korea |
900,229 |
2.1 |
41.5 |
| South-central Asia |
| Afghanistan |
29,993 |
0.2 |
33.0 |
| Bangladesh |
800,093 |
0.7 |
46.4 |
| Bhutan |
8,239 |
0.5 |
44.0 |
| India |
8,659,775 |
1.0 |
48.0 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
3,587,697 |
6.2 |
48.6 |
| Kazakstan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Kyrgyzstan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Maldives |
2,702 |
1.3 |
44.0 |
| Nepal |
400,737 |
2.1 |
71.5 |
| Pakistan |
7,272,000 |
6.1 |
46.7 |
| Sri Lanka |
21,081 |
0.1 |
42.4 |
| Tajikistan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Turkmenistan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Uzbekistan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| South-eastern Asia |
| Brunei Darussalam |
76,832 |
30.2 |
42.1 |
| Cambodia |
22,064 |
0.3 |
40.0 |
| Indonesia |
95,837 |
0.1 |
49.1 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
14,486 |
0.4 |
46.4 |
| Malaysia |
745,401 |
4.2 |
50.8 |
| Myanmar |
100,000 |
0.2 |
46.1 |
| Philippines |
37,860 |
0.1 |
45.7 |
| Singapore |
417,808 |
15.5 |
52.6 |
| Thailand |
313,750 |
0.6 |
49.4 |
| Viet Nam |
21,000 |
0.0 |
49.0 |
| Western Asia |
| Armenia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Azerbaijan |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Bahrain |
169,223 |
35.1 |
28.3 |
| Cyprus |
25,292 |
3.6 |
50.6 |
| Georgia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Iraq |
500,000 |
2.8 |
33.0 |
| Israel |
1,426,785 |
30.9 |
53.0 |
| Jordan |
1,112,247 |
26.4 |
49.5 |
| Kuwait |
1,503,265 |
71.7 |
43.0 |
| Lebanon |
313,634 |
12.2 |
49.9 |
| Oman |
574,600 |
33.6 |
28.0 |
| Qatar |
299,000 |
63.5 |
28.0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
4,037,518 |
25.8 |
33.2 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
799,545 |
6.6 |
49.2 |
| Turkey |
1,101,820 |
2.0 |
49.8 |
| United Arab Emirates |
1,478,191 |
90.2 |
33.2 |
| Yemen |
65,000 |
0.6 |
30.0 |
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