表８−２０ 就業および就学の在留資格別登録外国人人口：1959〜2005年
年次	総  数 1)	就  業 2)	留　学 3)	就　学 4)	研　修
1959	8,302	7,533	769	…	…
1964	11,077	8,615	2,462	…	…
1974	18,372	12,660	5,712	…	…
1984	50,660	28,696	14,172	3,522	4,270
1986	80,016	39,241	20,456	15,144	5,175
1988	136,458	50,750	29,154	47,827	8,727
1990	165,542	67,983	48,715	35,595	13,249
1992	207,707	85,517	56,309	46,644	19,237
1993	217,335	95,376	60,110	44,418	17,431
1994	222,089	105,616	61,515	37,653	17,305
1995	200,835	87,996	60,685	34,441	17,713
1996	208,491	98,301	59,228	30,079	20,883
1997	220,470	107,298	58,271	29,095	25,806
1998	236,443	118,996	59,648	30,691	27,108
1999	251,543	125,726	64,646	34,541	26,630
2000	305,708	154,748	76,980	37,781	36,199
2001	342,332	168,783	93,614	41,766	38,169
2002	376,319	179,639	110,415	47,198	39,067
2003	406,090	185,556	125,597	50,473	44,464
2004	419,522	192,124	129,873	43,208	54,317
2005	392,327	180,505	129,568	28,147	54,107