Poland Immigration by: Meisha Searcy
Address:
Poland
, PL
Category: Immigration
Poland
• Population- 38,518,241 (July 2007 est.)
• Ethnic composition- Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census)
• Birth rate- 9.94 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) / death rate-9.94 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
• Rate of immigration- 0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
• Reasons for immigration or emigration- Farmers fleeing the country for better economic opportunity and need of stability for lost land and anti-Semitism.
• Political and social reactions to immigration- Nativism occurred, which was an extreme opposition to immigration.