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==Immigration into Nepal== | ==Immigration into Nepal== | ||
*By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdom achieved the unification of Nepal. The Shah dynasty established the Kingdom of Nepal and later formed an alliance with the British Empire, under its Rana dynasty of premiers. The country was never colonized but served as a buffer state between Imperial China and British India. | |||
*According to the 2001 census, there were 116,571 foreign born citizens in Nepal; 90% of them were of '''Indian origin followed by Bhutan, Pakistan and China.'''This number does not include the refugees from Bhutan and Tibet.<ref>"Demographics of Nepal", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nepal#Ethnic_and_regional_equity, accessed 31 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Nepal== | ==Emigration From Nepal== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants :1,986,200. Top destination countries: '''India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Malaysia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Australia''' <ref>"Nepal", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=16, accessed 31 July 2021.</ref> | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants :1,986,200. Top destination countries: '''India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Malaysia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Australia''' <ref>"Nepal", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=16, accessed 31 July 2021.</ref> | ||