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English: People tend to think there are more immigrants in their country than there really are.
In the United States, for example, the average person believes that 33% of people were not born there. However, official estimates from government agencies show that the figure is just 15% — less than half as many. In Japan, people guess that 10% of the population are immigrants, but the accurate figure is around 2%. For every 5 immigrants people think exist, there is only one in reality. As the chart shows, this mismatch is common everywhere. The data comes from the 2023 Ipsos Perils of Perception report. |
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| Source | https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/many-people-overestimate-the-percentage-of-immigrants-in-their-country |
| Author | Simon van Teutem |
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