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==Italy Emigration and Immigration== | ==Italy Emigration and Immigration== | ||
'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. | |||
Italy used to be a country of mass emigration from the late 19th century until the 1970s. Between 1898 and 1914, the peak years of '''Italian diaspora''', approximately 750,000 Italians emigrated each year. Today, large numbers of people with full or significant Italian ancestry are found in '''Brazil (25 million), Argentina (20 million), US (17.8 million), France (5 million), Venezuela (2 million), Uruguay (1.5 million), Canada (1.4 million), and Australia (800,000)'''.<ref>"Demographics of Italy: Modern Italy and immigration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Italy#Modern_Italy_and_immigration, accessed 19 April 2021.</ref> | Italy used to be a country of mass emigration from the late 19th century until the 1970s. Between 1898 and 1914, the peak years of '''Italian diaspora''', approximately 750,000 Italians emigrated each year. Today, large numbers of people with full or significant Italian ancestry are found in '''Brazil (25 million), Argentina (20 million), US (17.8 million), France (5 million), Venezuela (2 million), Uruguay (1.5 million), Canada (1.4 million), and Australia (800,000)'''.<ref>"Demographics of Italy: Modern Italy and immigration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Italy#Modern_Italy_and_immigration, accessed 19 April 2021.</ref> | ||
===Emigration from Italy Records=== | ===Emigration from Italy Records=== | ||