Answer on basis of the given table.

Statistics 2010

Country	Percentage of the immigrant population
Afghanistan	0.14
Brazil	0.34
Kuwait	62.11
Bangladesh	0.73
Germany	12.31
Hongkong	42.59
Israel	37.87
India	0.52
Oman	24.46
Saudi Arabia	25.25
Great Britain	8.98
U S A	12.81

• Which countries have less than 10% migrant population?

• Which are the countries with a migrant population of between 10% to 20%?

• Which are the countries with a migrant population of more than 20%?

• Find the reason behind the migrant population of more than 20%.

• Draw two pie diagrams for any two countries.

• Have a discussion on migration and development.

• From the data given above,

Countries that have less than 10% migrant population:

1. Great Britain

2. India

3. Bangladesh

4. Brazil

5. Afghanistan

• From the data given above,

Countries that have a migrant population of between 10% to 20%:

1. Germany

2. USA

• From the data given above, Countries with a migrant population of more than 20% are as follows:

1. Kuwait

2. Hongkong

3. Israel

4. Oman

5. Saudi Arabia

• In some countries the migrant population is more due to the following reasons:

1. Job opportunities

2. Good business prospects

3. Better availability of natural resources

4. Steady economic development

5. lifestyle

6. good cost of living

7. good currency exchange rates

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• The movement of an individual or a group from one place to another is termed as migration. This could be for a short period, long period or permanently.

1. The reasons why people migrate are as follows: Marriage, education, business, transfer, tourism, natural calamities, wars, etc.

2. Due to migration the composition of the population also changes.

3. Places from where people migrate show a fall in population. Such places experience a shortage of manpower.

Migration and development take place side by side. Development is the process by which the nation improves its economic, social and financial well being. Places which receive more migrants have a benefit of more manpower and working employs. This results in the development of that country.