Can you name the most prevalent countries of origin of foreign-born residents of France (2007)?

Rank	Country	Population
11		91,062
12		75,358
13		74,516
14		73,449
15		66,110
16		61,699
17		57,546
18		57,390
19		55,639
20		52,919
21	52,919
22	52,919
23	52,919
24	52,919
25	52,919
26	52,919
27	52,919
28	52,919
29	52,919
30	52,919
31	52,919
32	52,919
33	52,919
34	52,919
35	52,919
36	52,919
37	52,919
38	52,919
39	52,919
40	52,919

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Foreign-Born Population: France Quiz

by fluffmoln

Created Dec 23, 2010 in Geography
Featured Sep 14, 2011
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	british:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 05:06 GMT	22 points
	I was really surprised the US was not in the top 20 for this one. I believe it is the only one so far that the US isn't in.

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	NickGigot:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 05:19 GMT	9 points
	Algeria...all i think of when i see that is guys like Zidane and Benzema haha

	save_ferris15:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 05:27 GMT	5 points
	Turns out the French don't just want Greece out of their food...

	StupidBunny:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 05:34 GMT	15 points
	^I just don't think they're very Hungary in general

	aznemesis:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 06:54 GMT	21 points
	Algeria used to be a French colony. That's why they're on there. In these kinds of quizzes, it's always good to think about former colonies, "protectorates," etc.

	zeppelinoid:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 07:19 GMT	28 points
	@NickGigot: & aznemesis: Actually Algeria was more than a French colony, it was actually part of France proper until 1962 (in much the same was as French Guiana is now). Its population were French citizens and over a million were of European ancestry. If you computed the number of French residents that are second or third generation Algerians it would be a much higher figure.

	phibbyfan:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 07:44 GMT	5 points
	Haha I missed only one, but how funny that it was Belgium! So obvious!

	Bulletchewer6:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 08:40 GMT	20 points
	Damn bonuses making me think I got one right! :(

	AdamBishop:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 09:29 GMT	19 points
	I must be the only Canadian in France.

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	Colmar:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 10:53 GMT	12 points
	I imagined that there would at least be more Canadians than Serbians! Fun quiz, made me remember every place the French colonized (yeah I even guessed Mauritius.)

	gowhere:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 12:09 GMT	5 points
	@NickGigot: As Zeppelinoid implied, a large proportion of the 'Algerian born' in France are of European descent - the children of French people who moved to Algeria in the 20s - 50s, who moved back when the Algerian rebellion happened. So it is not just the Zidanes, but the Lefebvres and the Durands.

	tomstar86:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 12:23 GMT	0 points
	Interesting bonus answers - anyone get any others? Can't believe I missed Haiti and Cote d'Ivoire! Surprised about Portugal, though. 21 Republic of the Congo (51,793) 22 Cambodia (51,696) 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo (49,934) 24 Madagascar (48,638) 25 Romania (46,399) 26 Brazil (42,213) 27 Russia (37,949) 28 Laos (35,851) 29 Lebanon (35,393) 30 Netherlands (35,225) 31 United States of America (34,705) 32 Mauritius (33,886) 34 India (29,056) 36 Egypt (22,021) 39 Iran (19,475) 40 Guinea (18,991)

	david6k:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 13:25 GMT	15 points
	Why the votes down for @Happ_Hazard? The comment is obviously tongue-in-cheek.

	johnspartan4187:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 13:34 GMT	16 points
	I Haiti when I only miss one country...

	FatherSnitch:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 15:40 GMT	5 points
	Libya's going to get a big boost up the rankings after what has happened this year. :-/

	historybuff1861:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 16:16 GMT	0 points
	So many bonus answers so I miss the country thats in french really how stupid can I be.

	toomuchfreetime:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 17:29 GMT	6 points
	Seeing as I'm currently studying le Gone du Chaaba, it would have been pretty bad if I'd missed Algeria... oh wait I did.

	Griffinite:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 18:07 GMT	6 points
	Must be all the Sporcle talking, but I wonder how many are from Kyrgyzstan...

	JacketFan:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 19:09 GMT	3 points
	Excellent. Political history is your friend for these quizzes.

	thewildboo:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 19:09 GMT	3 points
	I got almost as many bonus answers as actual answers (8 vs 12)

	Badgerhawk:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 19:13 GMT	10 points
	Very surprised there's no Canada on this list.

	jbl123211:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 19:28 GMT	2 points
	I got 17, plus 9 bonuses. Out of the 3 I missed... 1) Vietnam - Halfway through typing it 2) Haiti - Didn't even think of the Caribbean... 3) Serbia - Never would I have guessed that...

	wistfulabacus:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 20:03 GMT	0 points
	@David6k: I'd also thought that was ironic, just as I'd thought that dropsoffire's comment was, given what Algerians suffered in effort to establish separation from France. Now I'm just hoping with all my heart that both remarks were ironic. . .

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	pablitomiguez:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 21:00 GMT	2 points
	should have got Vietnam and Haiti. Still, 16/20 is not bad.

	fluffmoln:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 21:13 GMT	7 points
	Oh wow, I got published! I hope most people enjoy the quiz! I based the format of twenty correct answers on previously made games on the same subject, but also felt it was interesting to see where other countries would place, and ended up with the same amount of bonus answers. This is mainly due to the fact that I really enjoy bonus answers, since it encourages critical/correct thinking and can give clues to the actual answers. In regards to Canada, I replied in the archived comments that they for whatever reason are only in 46th place on this list.