Return, Reintegration and Re‑migration

Annex B. Unweighted and weighted numbers of return migrants and the rest of population

Latin America and the Caribbean

Census data from the IPUMS-International database was also used for LAC countries, except for Mexico, where data are obtained from the 2018 National Survey of Demographic Dynamics (ENADID). The survey years and the unweighted and weighted numbers of return migrants and the rest of the population for each selected Latin American country are presented in Table A B.1.

Table A B.1. Unweighted and weighted numbers of return migrants and the rest of the population in selected LAC countries

Population over 15 years

Country	Census year	Return migrants		Rest of population		Total
		Unweighted	Weighted	Unweighted	Weighted	Unweighted	Weighted
Mexico	2018	868	254 422	287 900	9 367,3 709	288 768	9,3 928 131
Bolivia	2012	3 483	34 618	685 139	6 776 524	688 622	6 811 142
Brazil	2010	12 632	125 325	15 485 906	1.37E+08	15 498 538	1.37E+08
Chile	2017	3 344	33 440	1 398 236	13 982 360	1 404 789	14 047 890
Costa Rica	2011	1 249	12 490	322 226	3 222 260	323 475	3 234 750
Dominican Republic	2010	2 786	27 860	660 294	6 602 940	663 080	6 630 800
Ecuador	2010	7 089	70 890	987 891	9 878 910	994 980	9 949 800
Panama	2011	364	3 640	240 956	2 409 560	241 320	2 413 200
Trinidad and Tobago	2010	192	2 112	93 082	1 023 902	93 274	1 026 014
Uruguay	2010	1 012	10 120	256 262	2 562 620	257 274	2 572 740

Note: The selection of these countries is based on the public accessibility of data and the availability of information on the previous residence of the population in the database.

Source: Own estimates based on the latest country census.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Return migration to Sub-Saharan Africa was obtained through a 10% sample from the general population census in the IPUMS-International database. Table A B.2 lists the survey years and the unweighted and weighted numbers of return migrants and the rest of the population in selected Sub-Saharan African countries.

Table A B.2. Unweighted and weighted numbers of return migrants and the rest of the population in selected Sub-Saharan African countries

Population over 15 years

Country	Census year	Return migrants		Rest of population		Total
		Unweighted	Weighted	Unweighted	Weighted	Unweighted	Weighted
Botswana	2011	216	2 160	135 759	1 357 590	135 975	1 359 750
Benin	2013	142	1 420	539 388	5 393 880	539 530	5 395 300
Mali	2009	1 473	14 730	774 641	7 746 410	776 114	7 761 140
Mauritius	2011	481	4 810	99 751	997 510	100 232	1 002 320
Rwanda	2012	171	1 710	609 323	6 093 230	609 494	6 094 940
Senegal	2013	1 083	10 830	724 444	7 244 440	725 527	7 255 270
Sierra Leone	2015	151	1 510	421 204	4 212 040	421 355	4 213 550
Togo	2010	116	1 229	340 342	3 455 321	340 458	3 456 550

Note: The selection of these countries is based on the public accessibility of data and the availability of information on the previous residence of the population in the database.

Source: Own estimates based on the latest country census.

References

[1] OECD (2008), International Migration Outlook 2008, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/migr_outlook-2008-en.