AFP Poll: Spain and Saudi Arabia more popular than Australia

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/lf_af..._20091103190030

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries: study

AFP

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries: study AFP/Getty Images/File – More than 2,700 people are sworn in as US citizens during naturalization ceremonies in April 2009 in …

Tue Nov 3, 2:00 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Some 700 million people worldwide, or more than all the adults of North and South America combined, think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence and want to permanently move to another country, a poll showed Tuesday.

Residents of sub-Saharan African countries were the most likely to want to move abroad permanently, the polls conducted in 135 countries between 2007 and this year by Gallup showed.

On average, 38 percent of the adult population in sub-Saharan Africa, or around 165 million people, said they would up stakes and head for another country if they had the chance.

The most popular destination was the United States, where nearly a quarter of the 700 million -- around 165 million people -- said they would like to settle.

In joint second were Britain, Canada and France, each being named as the preferred destination of around 45 million people.

Thirty-five million said they would go to Spain, 30 million to Saudi Arabia, and 25 million each to Australia or Germany.

The least likely to want to emigrate were Asians -- only one in 10 Asian adults said they would move to another country.

Nearly 260,000 people aged 15 years and older were surveyed, either by phone or face-to-face, for the poll, which has a margin of error of around five percent.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Ouch.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

25 million each to Australia or Germany.

What percentage of those were Lebanese?

Edited November 4, 2009 by Lone Ranger

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i knew someone was gonna post that about Saudi...

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i knew someone was gonna post that about Saudi...

If I was Australian, I'd want to move to SA too.