1. Share of foreigners in total population
After the Brexit vote, one might get the impression that Britons would be numerous on this map. But they did not even make the top five.
The country with the highest share of foreigners is Luxembourg (45.9%); followed by Switzerland (29.6%), Sweden (18.5%), Austria (17.4%), Estonia (15.8%) and Germany (14.5%). In Britain, natives of other countries account for only 13.4%.
Using data from the European statistical agency Eurostat on the number of asylum applications from January 2015 to June 2016, Jakub Marian mapped the countries most affected by the migration crisis in Europe. Austria and Sweden turned out to be the only European countries where the increase in foreign population as a share of total population exceeded one percent. In Germany, this increase is less than one percent.
2. Where most immigrants come from
The highest share of immigrants arriving in Britain in 2015 comes from India. In Norway, they are Poles; in Austria and Switzerland, they come from neighboring Germany. Most foreigners in Ireland come from Britain.
Immigrants to France, Spain and Portugal mostly come from the south (Algeria, Morocco and Angola respectively). To Greece and Macedonia, they come mainly from Albania. In Poland and the Czech Republic, most immigrants are from Ukraine. In many Eastern European countries, Russia provides the majority of immigrants.
3. How these numbers have changed over the past five years
On his third map, Jakub Marian shows how political upheavals of the last five years have affected migration indicators. The trends from the first map, which shows the share of foreign population in European countries, persist on the third map as well.
For example, the largest increase in the number of immigrants from 2010 to 2015 is observed in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria and Norway, where the share of foreign-born in the total population is highest. Britain and Finland are not far behind.
The countries with the largest number of migrants moving abroad are Poland, Serbia, Germany and Romania.
4. Largest increase in immigrants by country
On the fourth and final map, Jakub Marian showed which immigrant populations are growing the most in each country, comparing UN figures for 2010 and 2015.
Some countries, such as Poland and Greece, have shown a decrease in immigrant population as a share of total population. In about half of European countries, the trends remain the same as in 2015. That is, Indians go to Britain, Britons to Ireland, and Poles to Norway.
In other countries, there are differences. More Cubans have gone to Spain (previously it was Moroccans), fewer Russians are moving to Eastern European countries, and in Sweden, the share of Syrians in the total population has increased.
However, as the author of the publication on Weforum.org notes, these figures, especially where a decline is observed, may also be the result of a general population decline.