The table provided illustrates the number of individuals from five European nations—Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain—who were residing in each other’s countries in 2011. The data is presented in thousands.
Overall, Germany had the highest number of foreign residents, while Polish citizens were the most dispersed across these five countries. In contrast, Poland had the lowest number of foreigners living within its borders.
Germany hosted the largest foreign population, with 556,000 Italians and 426,000 Polish citizens living there. Additionally, there were 297,000 British and 112,000 Spanish residents in Germany, bringing the total to 1.198 million foreigners. Britain had the second-largest foreign population, totaling 1.037 million, which included 550,000 Polish, 119,000 Italians, and 71,000 Spanish individuals.
In terms of other trends, Spain had a total of 861,000 foreign residents, with the majority being British (391,000) and Italian (188,000). Conversely, Poland had the lowest foreign population, hosting only 6,000 people in total, the largest group being 4,400 Germans. Italy, on the other hand, had 196,000 foreigners, predominantly from Poland (106,000) and Germany (42,000).
In summary, Germany and Britain attracted the most foreigners, while Poland had the least. Polish citizens were the most widespread group across these European nations.