The provided table showcases data about the proportion of citizens, who are from five European nations, residing in each other’s country in the year 2011.
In general, it is clear that Polish was the nation which had the most residents that lived abroad during the period. The United Kingdom and Germany were nations where the majority of citizens from other countries would stay, whereas the opposite was true for the number of people living in Poland.
In 2011, Germany had the most foreign populations, with a total of 1,198,000. Noticeably, there were an average of 556,000 Italians living in Germany, which took up the largest proportion. The UK was the second-largest nation that had a total number of 1,037,000 migrants, with Polish dominating the portions (about 550,000 people), which nearly doubled the proportion of Germans. Conversely, there were 861,000 people from other nations who resided in Spain, most of whom were British, with 391,000 residents.
Regarding the last two listed countries, Poland had the highest number of inhabitants living abroad, with only a total number of 6,000 people, and Germans accounted for over 50% of foreigners living in Poland. Furthermore, 196,000 residents were recorded to be the total number of people living abroad in Italy, and Polish mainly resided there, with 106,000 citizens, which almost tripled the figure for Germans.