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Geographical origin: Southern Asia
Foreign population of selected origin
(1) Total
popul.
(2) Foreign
popul.
total
% of (1)
% of (2)
abs. var.
% var.
2022
2,280,042
483,968
63,311
2.78
13.08
-995
-1.55
2021
2,280,967
473,432
64,306
2.82
13.58
133
0.21
2020
2,314,620
486,655
64,173
2.77
13.19
6,433
11.14
2019
2,278,437
437,681
57,740
2.53
13.19
5,416
10.35
2018
2,254,642
402,279
52,324
2.32
13.01
1,675
3.31
2017
2,248,227
386,470
50,649
2.25
13.11
1,767
3.61
2016
2,232,833
365,751
48,882
2.19
13.36
594
1.23
2015
2,225,144
361,070
48,288
2.17
13.37
-2,155
-4.27
2014
2,227,238
382,218
50,443
2.26
13.20
-1,967
-3.75
2013
2,240,437
397,976
52,410
2.34
13.17
-1,525
-2.83
2012
2,254,052
404,972
53,935
2.39
13.32
3,076
6.05
2011
2,246,280
399,140
50,859
2.26
12.74
6,704
15.18
2010
2,251,029
404,900
44,155
1.96
10.91
3,172
7.74
2009
2,251,600
404,868
40,983
1.82
10.12
6,500
18.85
2008
2,235,578
381,308
34,483
1.54
9.04
4,689
15.74
2007
2,212,658
345,611
29,794
1.35
8.62
-1,270
-4.09
2006
2,226,913
338,497
31,064
1.39
9.18
6,006
23.97
2005
2,215,581
303,515
25,058
1.13
8.26
6,001
31.49
2004
2,193,380
253,848
19,057
0.87
7.51
1,859
10.81
2003
2,192,449
217,267
17,198
0.78
7.92
6,766
64.86
2002
2,130,091
145,028
10,432
0.49
7.19
4,667
80.95
2001
2,105,301
92,847
5,765
0.27
6.21
2,558
79.76
2000
2,096,570
58,020
3,207
0.15
5.53
..
..
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(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
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