European immigrants
| Total population | |
|---|---|
|
530,000,000 + 6.5% of the total world population (world population of 7.4 billion). (not counting partial European descent) |
|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States
|
250,553,265 |
 Brazil
|
102,051,646 |
 Argentina
|
40,900,000 |
 Canada
|
27,386,890 |
 Australia
|
22,982,665 |
 Colombia
|
19,500,350 |
 Venezuela
|
13,094,085 |
 Chile
|
11-13,000,000 |
 Cuba
|
10,160,399 |
 South Africa
|
7,472,100 |
 Costa Rica
|
3,900,000 |
 New Zealand
|
2,969,391 |
 Uruguay
|
3,151,095 |
 Puerto Rico
|
3,064,862 |
 Guatemala
|
2,490,000 |
 Dominican Republic
|
2,000,000+ |
 Peru
|
6,8,000-9,000,000 |
 Bolivia
|
2,000,000+ |
 Ecuador
|
1,400,000+ |
 Paraguay
|
1,300,000+ |
 Nicaragua
|
1,000,000+ |
| Languages | |
| Languages of Europe (mostly English, Spanish, minoritily Portuguese and French) | |
| Religion | |
 Majority Christianity(mostly Catholic and Protestant, some Orthodox) Irreligion · Other Religions |
|
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Europeans | |
European emigration can be defined as subsequent emigration waves from the European continent to other continents. The origins of the various European diasporas can be traced to the people, who left the European nation states or stateless ethnic communities on the European continent. It must be noted that the use of the term "diaspora" in reference to people of European national or ethnic origins is controversial, because the concept itself is contested and debated.
From 1815 to 1932, 60 million people left Europe (with many returning home), primarily to "areas of European settlement" in the Americas (especially to the United States, Canada, Brazil, the Southern Cone such as Argentina, and Uruguay), Australia,New Zealand and Siberia. These populations also multiplied rapidly in their new habitat; much more so than the populations of Africa and Asia. As a result, on the eve of World War I, 38% of the world’s total population was of European ancestry.
More contemporary, European emigration can also refer to emigration from one European country to another, especially in the context of the internal mobility in the European Union (intra-EU mobility) or mobility within the Eurasian Union.
European continent has been a central part of the complex migration system, which included swaths of North Africa, Middle East and Asia Minor well before the Modern Era. Yet, only the population growth of late Middle Ages allowed for more population movements, inside and outside of the continent. The discovery of the Americas in 1492 stimulated a steady stream of voluntary migration from Europe. About 200,000 Spaniards settled in their American colonies prior to 1600, a small settlement compared to the 3 to 4 million Amerindians who lived in Spanish territory in the Americas.
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