China
| China | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2013 |
| Estimated # of Foreign Born (mid-year) | 248,163 | 283,256 | 314,399 | 379,808 | 512,688 | 595,658 | 848,511 |
| Total Population (mid year) | 657,492,000 | 830,675,000 | 998,877,000 | 1,155,305,000 | 1,273,979,000 | 1,315,844,000 | 1,408,896,309 |
| Percent Foreign Born | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.05% | 0.06% |
| Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision | |||||||