The bar chart compares the numbers of immigrants (in millions) from six different regions to Germany in 2000 and 2010.
Overall, Europe dominated in both years despite a noticeable decrease, whereas the figure for South Asia was the lowest troughout the period and showed a modest decline. While Oceania and East Asia exhibited significant increases and Africe showed a gradual growth, America experienced the sharpest delcine.
To begin with, in 2000, the number of immigrants from Europe was 30 million, while America remained at about 23 million, but both declined by 5 million and 10 million people, respectively. As a result, the number of immigrants from Europe was 25 million in 2010, and 13 million from America by the same period. South Asia, however, declined only by 1 million and dropped from approximately 6 million to 5 million by 2010.
By contrast, Oceania started at about 16 million, and surged to nearly 23 million by 2010. In comparison, East Asia’s original figure was below Oceania’s, 15 million immigrants moved to Germany in 2000. However, its figure surpassed Oceania’s and remained at around 24 million by the end, compared to 23 million immigrands from Oceania. Regarding Africa, its figure was at 6 million at the beginning, and rose notably to 8 million by 2010.