International Migrants by Country
According to the United Nations Population Division, an international migrant is someone who has been living for one year or longer in a country other than the one in which he or she was born. This means that many foreign workers and international students are counted as migrants. Additionally, the UN considers refugees and, in some cases, their descendants (such as Palestinians born in refugee camps outside of the Palestinian territories) to be international migrants. For the purposes of this interactive feature, estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrants living in various countries also are included in the total counts. On the other hand, tourists, foreign-aid workers, temporary workers employed abroad for less than a year and overseas military personnel typically are not counted as migrants.
Number of ImmigrantsTotal number of people living in a country in which they were not born by year |
Number of EmigrantsTotal number of people living outside of their country of birth by year |
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| Country of Residence | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 60,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | 380,000 | 6,720,000 | 4,540,000 | 5,000,000 | 4,840,000 | |
| Albania | 70,000 | 80,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 180,000 | 820,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,120,000 | |
| Algeria | 270,000 | 250,000 | 240,000 | 240,000 | 910,000 | 1,020,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,760,000 | |
| American Samoa | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | < 1,000 | |
| Andorra | 40,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 40,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Angola | 30,000 | 50,000 | 80,000 | 110,000 | 810,000 | 870,000 | 620,000 | 560,000 | |
| Anguilla | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | |
| Argentina | 1,650,000 | 1,540,000 | 1,810,000 | 2,090,000 | 430,000 | 550,000 | 930,000 | 940,000 | |
| Armenia | 660,000 | 660,000 | 220,000 | 190,000 | 900,000 | 870,000 | 910,000 | 940,000 | |
| Aruba | 10,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | |
| Australia | 3,960,000 | 4,390,000 | 5,880,000 | 6,760,000 | 300,000 | 380,000 | 490,000 | 530,000 | |
| Austria | 790,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,280,000 | 1,490,000 | 510,000 | 470,000 | 550,000 | 580,000 | |
| Azerbaijan | 360,000 | 330,000 | 280,000 | 260,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,180,000 | 1,150,000 | |
| Bahamas | 30,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | |
| Bahrain | 170,000 | 240,000 | 660,000 | 700,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | |
| Bangladesh | 880,000 | 990,000 | 1,350,000 | 1,420,000 | 5,450,000 | 5,430,000 | 6,750,000 | 7,210,000 | |
| Barbados | 20,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 100,000 | |
| Belarus | 1,250,000 | 1,120,000 | 1,090,000 | 1,080,000 | 1,770,000 | 1,700,000 | 1,480,000 | 1,490,000 | |
| Belgium | 890,000 | 850,000 | 1,050,000 | 1,390,000 | 360,000 | 400,000 | 490,000 | 530,000 | |
| Belize | 30,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| Benin | 80,000 | 130,000 | 210,000 | 250,000 | 230,000 | 320,000 | 510,000 | 620,000 | |
| Bermuda | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 70,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Bhutan | 20,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 120,000 | 90,000 | 40,000 | |
| Bolivia | 70,000 | 90,000 | 120,000 | 140,000 | 220,000 | 340,000 | 780,000 | 800,000 | |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 60,000 | 80,000 | 40,000 | 30,000 | 840,000 | 1,470,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,650,000 | |
| Botswana | 30,000 | 60,000 | 120,000 | 160,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 60,000 | |
| Brazil | 800,000 | 680,000 | 590,000 | 710,000 | 500,000 | 960,000 | 1,530,000 | 1,540,000 | |
| British Virgin Islands | <10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Brunei | 70,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | |
| Bulgaria | 20,000 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | 620,000 | 690,000 | 1,140,000 | 1,180,000 | |
| Burkina Faso | 350,000 | 520,000 | 670,000 | 700,000 | 1,020,000 | 1,230,000 | 1,390,000 | 1,450,000 | |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 130,000 | 100,000 | 80,000 | 70,000 | 590,000 | 1,120,000 | 2,440,000 | 2,880,000 | |
| Burundi | 330,000 | 130,000 | 240,000 | 290,000 | 340,000 | 740,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | |
| Cambodia | 40,000 | 150,000 | 80,000 | 70,000 | 350,000 | 450,000 | 940,000 | 1,190,000 | |
| Cameroon | 270,000 | 230,000 | 290,000 | 380,000 | 120,000 | 160,000 | 280,000 | 330,000 | |
| Canada | 4,330,000 | 5,510,000 | 7,010,000 | 7,840,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,230,000 | 1,290,000 | |
| Cape Verde | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 90,000 | 130,000 | 150,000 | 170,000 | |
| Cayman Islands | <10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Central African Republic | 70,000 | 120,000 | 90,000 | 80,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 240,000 | 440,000 | |
| Chad | 70,000 | 100,000 | 420,000 | 520,000 | 340,000 | 210,000 | 200,000 | 210,000 | |
| Channel Islands | 60,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Chile | 110,000 | 180,000 | 370,000 | 470,000 | 490,000 | 510,000 | 560,000 | 610,000 | |
| China | 380,000 | 510,000 | 850,000 | 980,000 | 4,230,000 | 5,750,000 | 8,600,000 | 9,550,000 | |
| Colombia | 100,000 | 110,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 | 1,010,000 | 1,420,000 | 2,490,000 | 2,640,000 | |
| Comoros | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 40,000 | 70,000 | 110,000 | 120,000 | |
| Republic of the Congo | 130,000 | 310,000 | 420,000 | 390,000 | 90,000 | 130,000 | 200,000 | 220,000 | |
| Cook Islands | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Costa Rica | 420,000 | 310,000 | 410,000 | 420,000 | 70,000 | 100,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | |
| Croatia | 480,000 | 590,000 | 570,000 | 580,000 | 380,000 | 870,000 | 850,000 | 870,000 | |
| Cuba | 30,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 840,000 | 1,030,000 | 1,260,000 | 1,430,000 | |
| Curacao | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | |
| Cyprus | 40,000 | 80,000 | 190,000 | 200,000 | 170,000 | 150,000 | 160,000 | 180,000 | |
| Czech Republic | 110,000 | 220,000 | 400,000 | 410,000 | 260,000 | 400,000 | 880,000 | 930,000 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 750,000 | 740,000 | 590,000 | 550,000 | 400,000 | 830,000 | 1,230,000 | 1,400,000 | |
| Denmark | 240,000 | 370,000 | 510,000 | 570,000 | 200,000 | 220,000 | 240,000 | 250,000 | |
| Djibouti | 120,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 110,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | |
| Dominica | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | |
| Dominican Republic | 290,000 | 360,000 | 390,000 | 420,000 | 460,000 | 880,000 | 1,150,000 | 1,300,000 | |
| Ecuador | 80,000 | 150,000 | 330,000 | 390,000 | 210,000 | 440,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,100,000 | |
| Egypt | 170,000 | 170,000 | 300,000 | 490,000 | 1,320,000 | 1,700,000 | 2,610,000 | 3,270,000 | |
| El Salvador | 50,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 1,230,000 | 930,000 | 1,280,000 | 1,440,000 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | |
| Eritrea | 10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 170,000 | 510,000 | 280,000 | 500,000 | |
| Estonia | 380,000 | 250,000 | 220,000 | 200,000 | 110,000 | 140,000 | 160,000 | 200,000 | |
| Ethiopia | 1,160,000 | 610,000 | 570,000 | 1,070,000 | 1,690,000 | 440,000 | 620,000 | 750,000 | |
| Faeroe Islands | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Federated States of Micronesia | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Fiji | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 90,000 | 130,000 | 180,000 | 200,000 | |
| Finland | 60,000 | 140,000 | 250,000 | 320,000 | 250,000 | 320,000 | 290,000 | 300,000 | |
| France | 5,900,000 | 6,280,000 | 7,200,000 | 7,780,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,520,000 | 1,970,000 | 2,150,000 | |
| French Guiana | 60,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | 110,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| French Polynesia | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Gabon | 130,000 | 200,000 | 240,000 | 270,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| Gambia | 120,000 | 180,000 | 190,000 | 190,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | |
| Georgia | 340,000 | 220,000 | 180,000 | 170,000 | 920,000 | 970,000 | 810,000 | 840,000 | |
| Germany | 5,940,000 | 8,990,000 | 11,610,000 | 12,010,000 | 3,280,000 | 3,340,000 | 3,840,000 | 4,050,000 | |
| Ghana | 160,000 | 190,000 | 340,000 | 400,000 | 370,000 | 470,000 | 690,000 | 800,000 | |
| Gibraltar | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Greece | 620,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,240,000 | 1,040,000 | 980,000 | 820,000 | 870,000 | |
| Greenland | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Grenada | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | |
| Guadeloupe | 70,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | 100,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Guam | 70,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Guatemala | 260,000 | 50,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 340,000 | 570,000 | 880,000 | 1,020,000 | |
| Guinea | 400,000 | 560,000 | 210,000 | 230,000 | 350,000 | 350,000 | 400,000 | 430,000 | |
| Guinea Bissau | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| Guyana | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 230,000 | 360,000 | 420,000 | 460,000 | |
| Haiti | 20,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 530,000 | 790,000 | 1,090,000 | 1,200,000 | |
| Honduras | 270,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 160,000 | 340,000 | 560,000 | 650,000 | |
| Hong Kong | 2,220,000 | 2,670,000 | 2,780,000 | 2,840,000 | 490,000 | 680,000 | 950,000 | 1,040,000 | |
| Hungary | 350,000 | 300,000 | 440,000 | 450,000 | 390,000 | 420,000 | 550,000 | 600,000 | |
| Iceland | <10,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | |
| India | 7,490,000 | 6,410,000 | 5,440,000 | 5,240,000 | 6,720,000 | 7,950,000 | 13,290,000 | 15,580,000 | |
| Indonesia | 470,000 | 290,000 | 310,000 | 330,000 | 1,640,000 | 2,330,000 | 3,490,000 | 3,880,000 | |
| Iran | 4,290,000 | 2,800,000 | 2,760,000 | 2,730,000 | 630,000 | 830,000 | 1,010,000 | 1,120,000 | |
| Iraq | 80,000 | 210,000 | 120,000 | 350,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,160,000 | 2,560,000 | 1,480,000 | |
| Ireland | 230,000 | 350,000 | 730,000 | 750,000 | 870,000 | 820,000 | 780,000 | 880,000 | |
| Isle of Man | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Israel | 1,630,000 | 1,850,000 | 1,950,000 | 2,010,000 | 280,000 | 300,000 | 330,000 | 340,000 | |
| Italy | 1,430,000 | 2,120,000 | 5,790,000 | 5,790,000 | 3,410,000 | 3,100,000 | 2,670,000 | 2,900,000 | |
| Ivory Coast | 1,820,000 | 1,990,000 | 2,100,000 | 2,180,000 | 370,000 | 540,000 | 780,000 | 850,000 | |
| Jamaica | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 590,000 | 840,000 | 960,000 | 1,070,000 | |
| Japan | 1,080,000 | 1,690,000 | 2,130,000 | 2,040,000 | 610,000 | 700,000 | 750,000 | 800,000 | |
| Jordan | 1,150,000 | 1,930,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,110,000 | 310,000 | 370,000 | 600,000 | 700,000 | |
| Kazakhstan | 3,620,000 | 2,870,000 | 3,330,000 | 3,550,000 | 2,970,000 | 3,570,000 | 3,980,000 | 4,080,000 | |
| Kenya | 300,000 | 700,000 | 930,000 | 1,080,000 | 240,000 | 310,000 | 410,000 | 460,000 | |
| Kiribati | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Kuwait | 1,070,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,870,000 | 2,870,000 | 80,000 | 110,000 | 170,000 | 190,000 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 620,000 | 390,000 | 230,000 | 200,000 | 520,000 | 570,000 | 740,000 | 760,000 | |
| Laos | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 480,000 | 640,000 | 1,190,000 | 1,350,000 | |
| Latvia | 650,000 | 430,000 | 310,000 | 260,000 | 210,000 | 240,000 | 310,000 | 340,000 | |
| Lebanon | 520,000 | 690,000 | 820,000 | 2,000,000 | 510,000 | 560,000 | 710,000 | 800,000 | |
| Lesotho | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 190,000 | 120,000 | 230,000 | 360,000 | |
| Liberia | 90,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 110,000 | 520,000 | 260,000 | 260,000 | 280,000 | |
| Libya | 460,000 | 570,000 | 680,000 | 770,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 130,000 | 140,000 | |
| Liechtenstein | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Lithuania | 350,000 | 210,000 | 160,000 | 140,000 | 340,000 | 350,000 | 490,000 | 540,000 | |
| Luxembourg | 110,000 | 140,000 | 160,000 | 250,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| Macau | 210,000 | 240,000 | 320,000 | 340,000 | 90,000 | 100,000 | 130,000 | 140,000 | |
| Madagascar | 20,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 160,000 | 170,000 | |
| Malawi | 1,130,000 | 230,000 | 220,000 | 220,000 | 120,000 | 180,000 | 270,000 | 300,000 | |
| Malaysia | 700,000 | 1,280,000 | 2,410,000 | 2,510,000 | 490,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,620,000 | 1,840,000 | |
| Maldives | <10,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 | 90,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Mali | 160,000 | 190,000 | 340,000 | 360,000 | 650,000 | 720,000 | 840,000 | 1,010,000 | |
| Malta | 20,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 110,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| Marshall Islands | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Martinique | 40,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Mauritania | 110,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 140,000 | 130,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 120,000 | |
| Mauritius | <10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 110,000 | 120,000 | 150,000 | 170,000 | |
| Mayotte | 20,000 | 50,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Mexico | 700,000 | 540,000 | 970,000 | 1,190,000 | 4,390,000 | 9,330,000 | 11,830,000 | 12,340,000 | |
| Moldova | 540,000 | 250,000 | 160,000 | 140,000 | 630,000 | 600,000 | 830,000 | 890,000 | |
| Monaco | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | |
| Mongolia | <10,000 | <10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| Montenegro | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 180,000 | 130,000 | 140,000 | |
| Montserrat | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Morocco | 50,000 | 50,000 | 70,000 | 90,000 | 1,590,000 | 1,950,000 | 2,780,000 | 2,830,000 | |
| Mozambique | 120,000 | 200,000 | 210,000 | 220,000 | 2,220,000 | 640,000 | 670,000 | 710,000 | |
| Namibia | 120,000 | 130,000 | 100,000 | 90,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 90,000 | 150,000 | |
| Nauru | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Nepal | 430,000 | 720,000 | 580,000 | 520,000 | 750,000 | 970,000 | 1,380,000 | 1,630,000 | |
| Netherlands | 1,180,000 | 1,560,000 | 1,830,000 | 1,980,000 | 730,000 | 750,000 | 900,000 | 980,000 | |
| New Caledonia | 40,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| New Zealand | 520,000 | 680,000 | 950,000 | 1,040,000 | 380,000 | 490,000 | 660,000 | 800,000 | |
| Nicaragua | 40,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 440,000 | 500,000 | 600,000 | 640,000 | |
| Niger | 120,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 | 190,000 | 130,000 | 190,000 | 310,000 | 360,000 | |
| Nigeria | 460,000 | 490,000 | 920,000 | 1,200,000 | 450,000 | 600,000 | 980,000 | 1,090,000 | |
| Niue | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| North Korea | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 40,000 | 70,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 30,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Norway | 190,000 | 290,000 | 530,000 | 740,000 | 140,000 | 160,000 | 180,000 | 190,000 | |
| Oman | 300,000 | 620,000 | 820,000 | 1,840,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Pakistan | 6,210,000 | 4,180,000 | 3,940,000 | 3,630,000 | 3,340,000 | 3,390,000 | 5,020,000 | 5,940,000 | |
| Palau | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Palestinian territories | 290,000 | 280,000 | 260,000 | 260,000 | 1,810,000 | 2,670,000 | 3,130,000 | 3,550,000 | |
| Panama | 60,000 | 80,000 | 160,000 | 180,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 140,000 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Paraguay | 200,000 | 180,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 300,000 | 370,000 | 760,000 | 850,000 | |
| Peru | 70,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | 310,000 | 690,000 | 1,310,000 | 1,410,000 | |
| Philippines | 150,000 | 320,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | 2,030,000 | 3,030,000 | 4,660,000 | 5,320,000 | |
| Poland | 1,130,000 | 830,000 | 640,000 | 620,000 | 1,530,000 | 2,060,000 | 4,140,000 | 4,450,000 | |
| Portugal | 440,000 | 650,000 | 760,000 | 840,000 | 2,060,000 | 2,170,000 | 2,100,000 | 2,310,000 | |
| Puerto Rico | 320,000 | 360,000 | 300,000 | 270,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,560,000 | 1,650,000 | 1,770,000 | |
| Qatar | 310,000 | 360,000 | 1,460,000 | 1,690,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | |
| Republic of Macedonia | 100,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 390,000 | 530,000 | 480,000 | 520,000 | |
| Reunion | 60,000 | 100,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Romania | 140,000 | 130,000 | 160,000 | 230,000 | 810,000 | 1,140,000 | 3,360,000 | 3,410,000 | |
| Russia | 11,520,000 | 11,900,000 | 11,190,000 | 11,640,000 | 12,700,000 | 10,810,000 | 10,430,000 | 10,580,000 | |
| Rwanda | 160,000 | 350,000 | 440,000 | 440,000 | 550,000 | 320,000 | 330,000 | 320,000 | |
| Samoa | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 70,000 | 90,000 | 100,000 | 110,000 | |
| San Marino | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,000,000 | 5,260,000 | 8,430,000 | 10,190,000 | 110,000 | 150,000 | 230,000 | 270,000 | |
| Senegal | 270,000 | 230,000 | 260,000 | 260,000 | 370,000 | 390,000 | 560,000 | 590,000 | |
| Serbia | 100,000 | 860,000 | 830,000 | 810,000 | 660,000 | 1,130,000 | 880,000 | 960,000 | |
| Seychelles | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Sierra Leone | 220,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 90,000 | 60,000 | 510,000 | 130,000 | 150,000 | |
| Singapore | 730,000 | 1,350,000 | 2,160,000 | 2,540,000 | 160,000 | 190,000 | 280,000 | 310,000 | |
| Slovakia | 40,000 | 120,000 | 150,000 | 180,000 | 130,000 | 250,000 | 300,000 | 340,000 | |
| Slovenia | 180,000 | 170,000 | 250,000 | 240,000 | 80,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 | 140,000 | |
| Solomon Islands | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Somalia | 480,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 850,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,600,000 | 2,000,000 | |
| South Africa | 1,160,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,940,000 | 3,140,000 | 330,000 | 510,000 | 740,000 | 840,000 | |
| South Korea | 40,000 | 240,000 | 920,000 | 1,330,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,930,000 | 2,270,000 | 2,350,000 | |
| South Sudan | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | 260,000 | 820,000 | 510,000 | 340,000 | 400,000 | 630,000 | |
| Spain | 820,000 | 1,660,000 | 6,280,000 | 5,850,000 | 1,450,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,250,000 | |
| Sri Lanka | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 880,000 | 980,000 | 1,440,000 | 1,640,000 | |
| St. Helena | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | |
| St. Lucia | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| Sudan | 1,400,000 | 800,000 | 580,000 | 500,000 | 590,000 | 860,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,890,000 | |
| Suriname | 20,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 180,000 | 210,000 | 260,000 | 270,000 | |
| Swaziland | 70,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 100,000 | |
| Sweden | 790,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,380,000 | 1,640,000 | 200,000 | 260,000 | 300,000 | 330,000 | |
| Switzerland | 1,390,000 | 1,570,000 | 2,080,000 | 2,440,000 | 320,000 | 370,000 | 640,000 | 660,000 | |
| Syria | 710,000 | 830,000 | 1,660,000 | 880,000 | 620,000 | 710,000 | 1,090,000 | 5,010,000 | |
| Tajikistan | 430,000 | 300,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 540,000 | 500,000 | 590,000 | 590,000 | |
| Tanzania | 570,000 | 930,000 | 310,000 | 260,000 | 200,000 | 220,000 | 270,000 | 290,000 | |
| Thailand | 530,000 | 1,260,000 | 3,220,000 | 3,910,000 | 310,000 | 530,000 | 770,000 | 850,000 | |
| Timor-Leste | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | <10,000 | 150,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | |
| Togo | 80,000 | 140,000 | 260,000 | 280,000 | 190,000 | 260,000 | 380,000 | 450,000 | |
| Tokelau | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Tonga | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 50,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 200,000 | 300,000 | 340,000 | 360,000 | |
| Tunisia | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 450,000 | 480,000 | 610,000 | 650,000 | |
| Turkey | 1,160,000 | 1,280,000 | 1,370,000 | 2,960,000 | 2,530,000 | 2,810,000 | 2,950,000 | 3,110,000 | |
| Turkmenistan | 310,000 | 220,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 260,000 | 220,000 | 240,000 | 240,000 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | <10,000 | <10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | <10,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Tuvalu | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | < 1,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 50,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Uganda | 560,000 | 630,000 | 530,000 | 750,000 | 310,000 | 550,000 | 700,000 | 740,000 | |
| Ukraine | 6,890,000 | 5,530,000 | 4,820,000 | 4,830,000 | 5,550,000 | 5,610,000 | 5,500,000 | 5,830,000 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,310,000 | 2,450,000 | 7,320,000 | 8,100,000 | 80,000 | 110,000 | 120,000 | 140,000 | |
| United Kingdom | 3,650,000 | 4,730,000 | 7,600,000 | 8,540,000 | 2,680,000 | 3,850,000 | 4,560,000 | 4,920,000 | |
| United States | 23,250,000 | 34,810,000 | 44,180,000 | 46,630,000 | 1,740,000 | 1,990,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,020,000 | |
| Uruguay | 100,000 | 90,000 | 80,000 | 70,000 | 240,000 | 230,000 | 330,000 | 350,000 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1,650,000 | 1,410,000 | 1,220,000 | 1,170,000 | 1,430,000 | 1,610,000 | 1,910,000 | 1,990,000 | |
| Vanuatu | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Venezuela | 1,030,000 | 1,010,000 | 1,330,000 | 1,400,000 | 190,000 | 320,000 | 550,000 | 610,000 | |
| Vietnam | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | 1,230,000 | 1,850,000 | 2,310,000 | 2,560,000 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | |
| Western Sahara | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | <10,000 | 170,000 | 170,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | |
| Yemen | 120,000 | 140,000 | 290,000 | 340,000 | 460,000 | 530,000 | 880,000 | 1,010,000 | |
| Zambia | 280,000 | 320,000 | 150,000 | 130,000 | 80,000 | 160,000 | 210,000 | 240,000 | |
| Zimbabwe | 630,000 | 410,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 170,000 | 310,000 | 670,000 | 860,000 | |
Percentage EmigrantEstimated percentage of country’s population living outside of their country of birth by year |
Percentage ImmigrantEstimated percentage of county’s population that is foreign born |
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| Country of Residence | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 36% | 19% | 15% | 13% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | |
| Albania | 5% | 21% | 28% | 28% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Algeria | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Angola | 7% | 5% | 3% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Argentina | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | |
| Armenia | 24% | 26% | 25% | 25% | 19% | 21% | 7% | 6% | |
| Australia | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 23% | 23% | 27% | 28% | |
| Austria | 7% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 15% | 17% | |
| Azerbaijan | 19% | 17% | 12% | 11% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | |
| Bahrain | 4% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 35% | 36% | 52% | 51% | |
| Bangladesh | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Belarus | 16% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | |
| Belgium | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 12% | |
| Benin | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Bolivia | 3% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 16% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 1% | 2% | 1% | <1% | |
| Botswana | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 7% | |
| Brazil | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Bulgaria | 7% | 8% | 13% | 14% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Burkina Faso | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 1% | 2% | 5% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Burundi | 6% | 10% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 3% | |
| Cambodia | 4% | 4% | 6% | 7% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Cameroon | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | |
| Canada | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 22% | |
| Central African Republic | 2% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | |
| Chad | 5% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 4% | |
| Chile | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | |
| China | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Colombia | 3% | 3% | 5% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Costa Rica | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 13% | 8% | 9% | 9% | |
| Croatia | 8% | 19% | 19% | 19% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 14% | |
| Cuba | 7% | 8% | 10% | 11% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Cyprus | 19% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 6% | 8% | 17% | 17% | |
| Czech Republic | 2% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | <1% | <1% | |
| Denmark | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 10% | |
| Dominican Republic | 6% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | |
| Ecuador | 2% | 3% | 7% | 7% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| Egypt | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| El Salvador | 19% | 14% | 18% | 19% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Eritrea | 5% | 13% | 6% | 9% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Estonia | 9% | 11% | 13% | 15% | 24% | 18% | 16% | 15% | |
| Ethiopia | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 1% | |
| Finland | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | |
| France | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 12% | |
| Gabon | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 13% | 16% | 16% | 16% | |
| Gambia | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 13% | 15% | 11% | 10% | |
| Georgia | 15% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | |
| Germany | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 15% | |
| Ghana | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Greece | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 11% | |
| Guatemala | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Guinea | 6% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 2% | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| Haiti | 7% | 9% | 10% | 10% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Honduras | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Hong Kong | 12% | 14% | 18% | 19% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| Hungary | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | |
| India | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Indonesia | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Iran | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 3% | |
| Iraq | 8% | 5% | 8% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Ireland | 21% | 19% | 17% | 18% | 6% | 9% | 16% | 16% | |
| Israel | 9% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 36% | 31% | 26% | 25% | |
| Italy | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 10% | 10% | |
| Ivory Coast | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 10% | |
| Jamaica | 20% | 25% | 26% | 28% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Japan | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| Jordan | 12% | 11% | 14% | 14% | 34% | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| Kazakhstan | 19% | 23% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 19% | 20% | 20% | |
| Kenya | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Kuwait | 8% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 52% | 58% | 61% | 74% | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 12% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 8% | 4% | 3% | |
| Laos | 10% | 11% | 16% | 17% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Latvia | 10% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 13% | |
| Lebanon | 19% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 34% | |
| Lesotho | 11% | 6% | 10% | 15% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Liberia | 20% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | |
| Libya | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 12% | |
| Lithuania | 9% | 10% | 14% | 17% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 5% | |
| Madagascar | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Malawi | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 12% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| Malaysia | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 8% | |
| Mali | 7% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Mauritania | 7% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 3% | |
| Mauritius | 9% | 9% | 11% | 12% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| Mexico | 5% | 8% | 9% | 9% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Moldova | 14% | 13% | 18% | 18% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 4% | |
| Mongolia | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Morocco | 6% | 6% | 8% | 8% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Mozambique | 14% | 3% | 3% | 3% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Namibia | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 4% | |
| Nepal | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | |
| Netherlands | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 12% | |
| New Zealand | 12% | 13% | 16% | 19% | 15% | 18% | 22% | 23% | |
| Nicaragua | 10% | 9% | 9% | 10% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Niger | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Nigeria | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| North Korea | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Norway | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 14% | |
| Oman | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 17% | 28% | 28% | 41% | |
| Pakistan | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 2% | |
| Panama | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | |
| Papua New Guinea | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Paraguay | 7% | 7% | 11% | 12% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | |
| Peru | 1% | 3% | 4% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Philippines | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Poland | 4% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Portugal | 18% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | |
| Qatar | 7% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 65% | 61% | 82% | 75% | |
| Republic of Macedonia | 17% | 22% | 20% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | |
| Republic of the Congo | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 9% | |
| Romania | 3% | 5% | 14% | 15% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | |
| Russia | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | |
| Rwanda | 7% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | |
| Saudi Arabia | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 31% | 25% | 30% | 32% | |
| Senegal | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Serbia | 7% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 1% | 9% | 9% | 9% | |
| Sierra Leone | 2% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 1% | |
| Singapore | 6% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 24% | 34% | 43% | 45% | |
| Slovakia | 2% | 5% | 5% | 6% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | |
| Slovenia | 4% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 11% | |
| Somalia | 13% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 8% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| South Africa | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | |
| South Korea | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | |
| South Sudan | 8% | 5% | 4% | 5% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | |
| Spain | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 13% | 13% | |
| Sri Lanka | 5% | 5% | 7% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Sudan | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 1% | |
| Swaziland | 4% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 2% | |
| Sweden | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 9% | 11% | 15% | 17% | |
| Switzerland | 6% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 21% | 22% | 27% | 29% | |
| Syria | 5% | 4% | 5% | 22% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 5% | |
| Tajikistan | 10% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 3% | |
| Tanzania | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | <1% | <1% | |
| Thailand | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 6% | |
| Timor-Leste | <1% | 15% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | |
| Togo | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | |
| Tunisia | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Turkey | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% | |
| Turkmenistan | 7% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 4% | |
| Uganda | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | |
| Ukraine | 11% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 11% | |
| United Arab Emirates | 14% | 16% | 11% | 11% | 72% | 80% | 88% | 88% | |
| United Kingdom | 5% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 13% | |
| United States | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 14% | |
| Uruguay | 7% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | |
| Uzbekistan | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 4% | |
| Venezuela | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | |
| Vietnam | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | |
| Yemen | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Zambia | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | <1% | |
| Zimbabwe | 2% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |
The figures in this interactive feature refer to the total number (or cumulative “stocks”) of migrants living around the world in each year (1990, 2000, 2010 and 2015) rather than to the annual rate of migration (or current “flows”). Since migrants have both an origin and a destination, international migrants can be viewed from two directions — as an emigrant (leaving an origin country) or as an immigrant (entering a destination country).
Estimates between 0 and 999 are shown as <1,000. Estimates between 1,000 and 9,999 are shown as <10,000. Estimates of 10,000 or greater are rounded to the nearest 10,000. All percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. Ties are listed in alphabetical order. Data are from the United Nations Population Division’s bilateral matrix of international migrant stocks.
Percent immigrant/emigrant estimates include only countries with a total population of 1 million or more in 2015. Percent immigrant/emigrant estimates do not include the Palestinian territories since descendants are included in UN estimates and the definition of foreign born may not apply. Furthermore, percent immigrant/emigrant estimates do not include Puerto Rico since those born in this U.S. territory are American citizens and can move to the United States without any governmental restrictions. Percent immigrant is calculated as the total number of immigrants divided by the total population from the United Nations Population Division’s 2015 revision of World Population Prospects. Percent emigrant is the total number of emigrants divided by a denominator for the estimated birth population (emigrant country’s population plus the country’s number of emigrants, minus the country’s immigrant population).
This interactive is based on international migrant data published by the United Nations (see “Notes” worksheet in the data for more information on the UN’s methodology). The United Nations uses a taxonomy of nations and territories and classifies migrants born in territories as international migrants, even if their citizenship is different from their territory of birth. For example, UN data counts people born in Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth, as international migrants even though they are U.S. citizens by birth. For this reason, some UN estimates of the foreign-born population shown here may differ from other estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau or Pew Research Center. Recent Pew Research Center estimates show that fewer new Mexican immigrants enter the U.S. and a greater number return. The UN migration estimates do not reflect this recent Mexico-U.S. trend and thus differ from previously published Pew Research Center estimates of the Mexican immigrant population in the U.S. Data for individual countries are based on the UN’s list of countries in 2015, even if some of these countries did not exist or had different boundaries in earlier years. Finally, estimates in this interactive do not list unknown origins of the world’s migrants (numbering about 10 million, or 4% of the world’s international migrant population in 2015).
