| Slimebeast said:
Wow, 15 million applicants per year. Let's say all these 15 million were allowed to stay at once. How many more would keep coming after that? |
I won't comment on the net migration numbers, or how many immigrants there are per year because I simply do not know. The number I pulled up before about less than 500k came from a quick Google search.
15 million applicants per year from countries that are allowed to apply for the diversity lottery, here's a list of countries not allowed to apply:
Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
Note that that list makes up almost half the world's population. It's possible without those exclusions, the number of applications could be in the ballpark of 30 million.
