Thursday, November 5, 2009

Singapore is top immigration hot spot

Gallup index shows Singapore population would jump to 13 million if it takes in all who wished to come here.

Gallup uses the Potential Net Migration Index (PMNI) to derive Singapore's ranking. The PNMI is the estimated number of adults who wish to leave a country permanently subtracted from the estimated number who wish to immigrate to the country, as a proportion of the total adult population.

Singapore is No. 1 immigration hot spot, coming ahead of countries like New Zealand and Australia.

According to the United Nations' 2009 Human Development Report, Singapore is ranked No. 10 in the world in terms of the share of immigrants as part of total population, at 35%. The UN report also showed that Singapore had a relatively low emigration rate of 6.3%.

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