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> As the sibling comments says, the USA has far more immigration than, well, anywhere in the world. By total numbers, probably. As a % of population, I don't t
by capableweb 3y ago
> As the sibling comments says, the USA has far more immigration than, well, anywhere in the world.
By total numbers, probably. As a % of population, I don't think the US comes even close to the top. Probably even Canada and other North American countries have a even higher percentage, so it doesn't even have the most in North America.
- davemp 3y agoThe USA currently has the its highest immigrant ratio in ~100yrs: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-population-over-time https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/imm... I’m not sure about that compared to other countries, but I’m also not sure why it’d be desirable to have a higher percentage. Seems like it’d be extremely risky to an existing society to even hit something like 33%
- Bran_son 3y agoThe USA has 15.4% foreign-born population. Compared to Asian tech powerhouses, Japan has 2%, South Korea 2.3%, and China 0.1%. And they don't grant citizenship to children of immigrants. And just eyeballing it, you'll notice most countries demographics don't radically change in the span of a generation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_immigrant_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d...
- 908B64B197 3y agoCanada's goal is something like 30% by 2035. It has 10x the US per-capita immigration quotas. And it takes less than a single electoral cycle to go from permanent resident to citizen! Unsurprisingly, the current liberal party in power is very popular among immigrant born population...
- rstuart4133 3y agoAustralia is already at 30%: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign-born_population_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign-born_population_of_Aus...