Emigration 2009 - Department of Immigration & Citizenship
Emigration 2009 - Department of Immigration & Citizenship
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Table 3(continued)<br />
Permanent departures by region/country <strong>of</strong> birth,<br />
1998-99 to 2008-09<br />
Financial Year<br />
Birthplace 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09<br />
Southeast Asia<br />
Brunei 16 12 12 18 17 22 22 16 26 28 32<br />
Burma 10 18 23 24 18 27 36 35 31 41 53<br />
Cambodia 62 65 56 80 83 128 135 146 126 150 147<br />
East Timor (d) - 9 36 20 10 29 27 13 29 31 38<br />
Indonesia (d) 336 447 568 690 634 787 793 682 668 627 644<br />
Laos 23 30 50 33 30 35 50 51 66 56 56<br />
Malaysia 291 315 463 438 459 578 642 586 618 684 824<br />
Philippines 183 220 241 236 230 310 326 379 356 403 483<br />
Singapore 143 180 223 252 260 344 357 413 479 600 587<br />
Thailand 109 130 135 183 209 255 315 343 410 435 560<br />
Vietnam 455 458 652 667 643 1 000 1 145 1 174 1 225 1 338 1 220<br />
Total 1628 1884 2459 2641 2593 3515 3848 3838 4034 4393 4644<br />
Northeast Asia<br />
China (excl SARs & Taiwan) 1427 1802 2430 2424 2129 3126 3736 3843 3962 4480 4999<br />
Hong Kong (SAR <strong>of</strong> China) 1375 1585 1725 1743 1735 2025 2077 2291 2138 2211 2196<br />
Japan 118 131 212 256 190 263 349 403 453 421 459<br />
Korea 211 199 255 353 341 446 577 519 657 655 667<br />
Macau (SAR <strong>of</strong> China) 26 35 32 23 31 23 27 31 29 37 37<br />
Mongolia - - - - - - - - - - 2<br />
Taiwan 516 663 704 749 763 952 958 1 000 951 1 006 942<br />
Total 3673 4415 5358 5548 5189 6835 7724 8087 8190 8810 9302<br />
Southern Asia<br />
Bangladesh 19 11 18 11 15 28 26 25 24 38 46<br />
India 193 229 265 247 268 339 426 446 527 670 730<br />
Maldives - - - - - 1 - 2 2 - 1<br />
Nepal 2 1 1 3 3 1 6 5 4 6 10<br />
Pakistan 24 19 38 36 38 50 64 76 69 93 98<br />
Sri Lanka 75 99 86 112 95 135 152 138 156 187 208<br />
Total 313 359 408 409 419 554 674 692 782 994 1 093<br />
Central Asia<br />
Afghanistan 8 9 17 15 22 20 38 37 39 79 94<br />
Armenia (c) 1 - 2 - - - 4 - - 1 2<br />
Azerbaijan (c) - - - - - 1 - - - 1 2<br />
Georgia (c) - - - 1 - - 2 - 1 1 -<br />
Kazakhstan (c) - - 3 1 4 1 1 6 5 4 4<br />
Kyrgyzstan (c) - - - - - 1 1 - 1 1 -<br />
Turkmenistan (c) - - - - - - - 2 - 1 -<br />
Uzbekistan (c) - - - - 1 2 - 3 2 3 2<br />
Total 9 9 22 17 27 25 46 48 48 91 104<br />
Northern America<br />
Bermuda 5 - 4 2 5 1 6 4 3 7 9<br />
Canada 278 307 310 331 357 374 414 457 454 516 496<br />
U.S.A. 590 604 760 718 791 772 901 979 1 078 1 122 1 160<br />
Total 873 911 1 074 1 051 1 153 1 147 1 321 1 440 1 535 1 645 1 665<br />
(c) As reliable data are not available for the component countries <strong>of</strong> the former USSR and Baltic States prior to 1995-96, care should be taken when<br />
interpreting the data.<br />
(d) East Timor previously recorded under Indonesia, care should be undertaken when interpreting the data.