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Permanent Departures Overseas Born by Selected Country of Birth by Length of Stay ‑ Financial Year 2010‑11

Country of birth  <2 years   2 and < 3 years   3 and < 4 years   4 and < 5 years   5+ years   Not stated   Total 
Afghanistan 15 8 10 11 56 1 101
Argentina 6 - 1 4 56 - 67
Austria 6 7 3 3 59 1 79
Bangladesh 3 3 2 - 29 1 38
Belgium 16 4 1 4 31 - 56
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 1 2 3 89 - 101
Brazil 21 6 4 5 54 3 93
Cambodia 28 9 5 12 115 - 169
Canada 93 42 36 35 386 24 616
Chile 12 8 4 5 137 - 166
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 776 406 393 407 3 751 63 5 796
Cook Islands 2 3 2 1 31 - 39
Croatia 11 3 2 3 122 - 141
Cyprus 9 1 5 4 61 1 81
Denmark 8 2 3 - 68 2 83
East Timor 2 3 2 4 47 - 58
Egypt 19 7 4 1 114 2 147
Fiji 12 6 16 22 244 1 301
Finland 12 2 2 1 38 - 55
Former Serbia and Montenegro 5 3 7 2 200 - 217
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 11 1 3 2 86 - 103
France 66 10 27 22 226 7 358
Germany 69 34 23 20 353 9 508
Greece 31 6 6 5 242 4 294
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 253 76 64 79 2 190 7 2 669
Hungary 9 3 3 - 66 - 81
India 151 59 52 54 579 18 913
Indonesia 81 14 26 21 574 10 726
Iran 30 16 21 12 157 4 240
Iraq 58 19 15 15 198 3 308
Ireland 85 24 16 19 357 4 505
Israel 27 9 12 9 108 3 168
Italy 23 10 8 8 230 4 283
Japan 66 28 25 16 346 7 488
Jordan 8 - 1 4 24 - 37
Kenya 5 7 9 - 67 1 89
Korea 90 40 42 54 486 14 726
Laos 5 3 1 - 51 - 60
Lebanon 25 13 11 14 350 4 417
Malaysia 64 23 31 46 801 5 970
Malta 12 3 2 3 70 - 90
Mauritius 6 2 4 1 62 2 77
Netherlands 24 12 15 10 178 3 242
New Zealand 779 492 451 416 5 879 98 8 115
Pakistan 19 11 6 9 84 - 129
Papua New Guinea 7 - 7 2 186 - 202
Peru 5 - - 1 35 - 41
Philippines 67 28 35 31 472 13 646
Poland 6 5 2 8 170 - 191
Portugal 6 - 3 5 50 - 64
Russian Federation 16 2 2 7 45 - 72
Samoa 32 17 22 13 255 6 345
Singapore 183 59 37 36 446 11 772
South Africa 109 43 31 33 581 18 815
Spain 13 2 4 2 77 2 100
Sri Lanka 28 15 15 15 237 5 315
Sudan 6 1 2 5 46 - 60
Sweden 31 4 9 15 103 5 167
Switzerland 46 13 19 18 188 2 286
Syria 14 5 4 - 41 - 64
Taiwan 93 25 52 40 778 3 991
Thailand 99 40 51 51 408 5 654
Tonga 6 5 6 8 144 - 169
Turkey 18 4 4 5 193 - 224
United Arab Emirates 83 20 8 6 38 1 156
United Kingdom 994 434 387 378 4 888 92 7 173
United States of America 204 68 69 62 744 49 1 196
Vietnam 85 59 64 83 1 043 6 1 340
Zimbabwe 10 4 4 5 115 - 138
Not stated 1 - - - 4 - 5
All other countries 152 61 64 58 876 19 1 230
Grand Total 5 373 2 353 2 279 2 253 31 615 543 44 416