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In 2007, a country had a population of 284,000,000, of which 38.6 million people were foreign-born. What percentage of the population was foreign-born?

Answer :

40 million foreign-born representing 13% of the population resided in the United States. The chart below shows the trends by decade, 1860-2010. It is adapted from the more detailed table that follows, which appears in Audrey Singer’s article,

Final answer:

About 13.59% of the population was foreign-born in the country in 2007, calculated by dividing the number of foreign-born individuals by the total population and multiplying by 100.

Explanation:

To calculate the percentage of the population that was foreign-born in the country in 2007, we need to divide the number of foreign-born individuals by the total population and then multiply by 100 to convert it into a percentage. So, the calculation would be:

(38.6 million / 284 million) × 100 = 13.59%

Therefore, in 2007, approximately 13.59% of the population in that country was foreign-born.