Number of expats more than 20 million

By Arturo Zarture Zarate, El Universal, August 15, 2005

More than 20 million Mexicans are now living abroad, the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) announced on Sunday, and 4.2 million of them have voting credentials....

According to the new IFE numbers, 20.7 million Mexicans living outside the nation's borders are on the American continent. In Europe, there are 23,000 Mexican expatriates, while 4,000 live in Asia. There are less than 1,000 Mexicans in Oceania and Africa.

The United States is by far the country with the largest number of Mexican residents, with 20.64 million....

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