Many Americans retire abroad and some end up meeting and marrying partners while on foreign assignments. For many, this means economic reasons - sometimes tax, sometimes work opportunities. Just as many immigrants arrive in America seeking a better quality of life, many Americans are leaving for the same reasons. In 2015, the most popular countries for expats of all nations to move to are: 14% head to East Asia and the Pacific - think Australia and New Zealand as well as China and Japan.40% opt for the Western hemisphere - Canada, Central and South America.So where are these American expats going? According to the Association of American Residents Overseas (AARO), US expats can be found in more than 160 countries: Presidential election many Americans said that they would leave the country, though no figures exist to show whether a significant up-tick has occurred. The number of expats has more than doubled in the last fifteen years - a number growing faster than the rate of the U.S. This figure represents a doubling of the 1999 figure, placed at 4.1 million. but the most recent estimate puts the figure at nearly nine million. government doesn’t formally track how many Americans leave the U.S.
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