http://disqus.com/people/2064272d0b949a7efdb7a271317dc963/enWed, 11 Jun 2008 23:18:09 -0000http://willwilkinson.disqus.com/why_is_switzerland_the_world8217s_most_immigrant_friendly_country/#comment-642843Well, I would say there is also an important relationship between "percentage of foreign-born residents" and the size of the country's population.<br><br>It's very easy for Austria, small, next door to big ethnicity-and-language-and-EU-sharing Germany to have a large foreign-born population. Same really for Switzerland, with it's major population centers next to porous national borders. Likewise, Belgium.<br><br>Australia and New Zealand (and to some degree, Canada) get points for distance, but they do have relatively small populations compared with the US.<br><br>Or think about this: what percentage of the population of Texas was born outside of Texas?gekWed, 11 Jun 2008 23:18:09 -0000