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Canada resettled 28,000 refugees in 2018, similar to its 2017 total. Meanwhile, the U.S. resettled 23,000, down from the previous year.

For the first time in modern history, the world’s population is expected to virtually stop growing by the end of this century.

There were 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. in 2017. The number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants declined since 2007.

The number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants has fallen since its peak of 6.9 million in 2007 and was lower in 2017 than in any year since 2001.

Mexico has apprehended and deported more migrants within its borders so far this fiscal year than at the same point in fiscal 2018.

In 2017, an estimated 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants lived in the United States, down from a peak of 12.2 million in 2007. Explore trends in the unauthorized immigrant population for U.S. states, as well as for birth countries and regions, based on Pew Research Center estimates.

Trials are rare in the federal criminal justice system: Just 2% of criminal defendants went to trial in fiscal 2018. Acquittals are even rarer.

Recently arrived immigrants have markedly different education, income and other characteristics from those who have been in the U.S. for longer.

There were a record 44.4 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2017, making up 13.6% of the nation’s population.

In 2016, a third of unauthorized immigrant adults were proficient in English – up from a quarter in 2007.