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Europe has always been so RICH, which is why 12-13% of Euros left for New World
| AZNgirl Declaring Inalienable Right to AZNpussy | 08/16/25 |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 11:39 PM Author: AZNgirl Declaring Inalienable Right to AZNpussy Imagine if 12-13% of Pajeets leave rofl
### 1. **Scale of European Emigration (1500s–early 1900s)**
* Between **1500–1950**, about **60–70 million Europeans emigrated overseas** (to the Americas, Oceania, parts of Africa/Asia). * The **greatest wave was 1815–1930**, when **about 50 million Europeans left**. * Most went to the U.S. (\~34 million), followed by Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand.
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### 2. **Western Europe Population Context**
* **1500**: \~60–70 million people in Europe. * **1800**: \~150–190 million. * **1900**: \~400 million. (Source: Maddison, McEvedy & Jones population estimates.)
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### 3. **Ratio of Leavers to Stayers**
* Around **50 million emigrants (1815–1930)** compared to a peak **Europe population \~400 million in 1900**. * That’s **≈12–13% of the total European population** over that period. * If you look at just **Western Europe (Britain, Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, Iberia)**, emigration rates were higher — closer to **15–20% of the population** at some point left permanently.
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### 4. **Country examples**
* **Ireland**: Lost \~half its population between 1840 and 1900 (famine + emigration). * **Norway/Sweden**: \~1/3 of the population emigrated to the U.S. during the 1800s. * **Italy**: \~25 million Italians emigrated 1876–1976 (mostly to the Americas). * **Britain**: \~22 million emigrated 1815–1914.
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### ✅ Bottom line
By the time the U.S., Canada, Australia, and NZ were being settled (17th–early 20th century), **roughly 1 in 6 Western Europeans (15–20%) left for overseas colonies or the Americas**.
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Do you want me to make you a **table by country** (Britain, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Scandinavia, Iberia) showing *% of population that emigrated* during the big migration waves? That might make the ratios clearer.
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