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pk10534 t1_j11j4rq wrote

I almost wonder if this data would be better represented by total number of migrants (not that this doesn’t have value in and of itself, of course). I just say that because while Australia would “only” need 8-9 million immigrants for them to constitute 33% of its population, the US could have 130 million migrants (almost half the global total) and it still wouldn’t be over a third of its population. It would be medium green, actually, not even dark green here. Either way, still very interesting!

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BigHead3802 t1_j135wr3 wrote

Good point. I live in Brazil and I've met plenty of migrants here. I think a map of total number of immigrants would be more representative.

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pk10534 t1_j14iv8g wrote

Brazil, Colombia and Peru surprised me because I know they’ve each taken in quite a few Venezuelans…I mean hasn’t Colombia taken in over a million just by itself? And that’s just from one country. But then when you factor in how large your country and my country and others are, it makes sense. But, at the same time, this data doesn’t reflect that the US has around 50 million immigrants (almost 25% of the global total) and would make you think we’re slacking lol. And I bet Brazil and others and underrepresented too

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