9. Australia
Foreign born population: 6.468.640
Oceania is the area with the largest share of the migrant population. Foreigners account for 20.7 percent of all people living in this part of the world, and Australia is usually their primary destination. Almost one-quarter of the total Australian population are foreign nationals who are coming from Europe and Asia. Since the 1970s, when Australia abandoned its white immigration policy that favored migrants coming from English speaking countries, the influx of Asians rapidly went up. People coming to Australia are better educated than in other OECD countries. Moreover, median household income in migrants’ families is in the top half of OECD countries.
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