75% Overseas immigrants are of the key working age: UN

75% of the overseas immigrants are of the key working age as per the UN report for crucial trends in international immigration. This implies the age range of 20 to 64 years in comparison with 57% of the total population.

Youth below 20 years tend to be underrepresented in the population of overseas immigrants. Globally, 14% of all immigrants were below 20 years in comparison with the share of 34% of the total population.

12% of overseas immigrants globally were of a minimum of 65 years of age in comparison with 9% of total population. This was partly due to comparatively less number of immigrant children.

The profile of the age distribution of overseas immigrants’ population is influenced by a wide range of factors. It includes the fact that most international immigrants upon arrival are of the working age. Also, children born to immigrants in the nation of destination are frequently not considered as international immigrants.

Notwithstanding the increase in median age of immigrants globally, the immigrant population is actually becoming younger in some regions. The median age of international immigrants declined between 2000 and 2017 in specific regions. These include Oceania, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia.

The median age of female immigrants declined in Asia by nearly 2 years. Meanwhile, the median age of male immigrants in Asia declined only by 1 year.

The Caribbean and Latin America witnessed the highest rejuvenation of its immigrant population in this period. The median age declined by almost 3 years. This was due to the inflow of younger immigrants recently. It was also due to the death or exit of older immigrants most of them arrived from EU nations’ decade ago.

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