<P> In 2010, 47.3 million people lived in the EU, who were born outside their resident country . This corresponds to 9.4% of the total EU population . Of these, 31.4 million (6.3%) were born outside the EU and 16.0 million (3.2%) were born in another EU member state . The largest absolute numbers of people born outside the EU were in Germany (6.4 million), France (5.1 million), the United Kingdom (4.7 million), Spain (4.1 million), Italy (3.2 million), and The Netherlands (1.4 million). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Total population (millions) </Th> <Th> Total Foreign - born (millions) </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Born in other EU state (millions) </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Born in a non-EU state (millions) </Th> <Th>% </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> 81.802 </Td> <Td> 9.812 </Td> <Td> 12.0 </Td> <Td> 3.396 </Td> <Td> 4.2 </Td> <Td> 6.415 </Td> <Td> 7.8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> 64.716 </Td> <Td> 7.196 </Td> <Td> 11.1 </Td> <Td> 2.118 </Td> <Td> 3.3 </Td> <Td> 5.078 </Td> <Td> 7.8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> 62.008 </Td> <Td> 7.012 </Td> <Td> 11.3 </Td> <Td> 2.245 </Td> <Td> 3.6 </Td> <Td> 4.767 </Td> <Td> 7.7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> 46.000 </Td> <Td> 6.422 </Td> <Td> 14.0 </Td> <Td> 2.328 </Td> <Td> 5.1 </Td> <Td> 4.094 </Td> <Td> 8.9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> 61.000 </Td> <Td> 4.798 </Td> <Td> 8.5 </Td> <Td> 1.592 </Td> <Td> 2.6 </Td> <Td> 3.205 </Td> <Td> 5.3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> 16.575 </Td> <Td> 1.832 </Td> <Td> 11.1 </Td> <Td> 0.428 </Td> <Td> 2.6 </Td> <Td> 1.404 </Td> <Td> 8.5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> 11.305 </Td> <Td> 0.960 </Td> <Td> 9.6 </Td> <Td> 0.320 </Td> <Td> 2.3 </Td> <Td> 0.640 </Td> <Td> 6.3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> 3.758 </Td> <Td> 0.766 </Td> <Td> 20.0 </Td> <Td> 0.555 </Td> <Td> 14.8 </Td> <Td> 0.211 </Td> <Td> 5.6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> 9.340 </Td> <Td> 1.337 </Td> <Td> 14.3 </Td> <Td> 0.477 </Td> <Td> 5.1 </Td> <Td> 0.859 </Td> <Td> 9.2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Austria </Td> <Td> 8.367 </Td> <Td> 1.276 </Td> <Td> 15.2 </Td> <Td> 0.512 </Td> <Td> 6.1 </Td> <Td> 0.764 </Td> <Td> 9.1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> 10.666 </Td> <Td> 1.380 </Td> <Td> 12.9 </Td> <Td> 0.695 </Td> <Td> 6.5 </Td> <Td> 0.685 </Td> <Td> 6.4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> 10.637 </Td> <Td> 0.793 </Td> <Td> 7.5 </Td> <Td> 0.191 </Td> <Td> 1.8 </Td> <Td> 0.602 </Td> <Td> 5.7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td> 5.534 </Td> <Td> 0.500 </Td> <Td> 9.0 </Td> <Td> 0.152 </Td> <Td> 2.8 </Td> <Td> 0.348 </Td> <Td> 6.3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Slovenia </Td> <Td> 2.050 </Td> <Td> 0.228 </Td> <Td> 11.1 </Td> <Td> 0.021 </Td> <Td> 1.8 </Td> <Td> 0.207 </Td> <Td> 9.3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> EU 28 </Td> <Td> 501.098 </Td> <Td> 47.348 </Td> <Td> 9.4 </Td> <Td> 15.980 </Td> <Td> 3.2 </Td> <Td> 31.368 </Td> <Td> 6.3 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Total population (millions) </Th> <Th> Total Foreign - born (millions) </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Born in other EU state (millions) </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Born in a non-EU state (millions) </Th> <Th>% </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> 81.802 </Td> <Td> 9.812 </Td> <Td> 12.0 </Td> <Td> 3.396 </Td> <Td> 4.2 </Td> <Td> 6.415 </Td> <Td> 7.8 </Td> </Tr>

Modern migration trends in europe are predominantly from north to south