Share of immigrants by country

World map of the countries according to the proportion of immigrant population in relation to the total population:

over 50 %

20% to 50%

10 to 20 %

4% to 10%

1 to 4 %

less than 1%

No data available

This table gives an overview of the share of immigrants in the total population by country . It is based on figures from the United Nations for 2015. People who live outside their country of birth count as immigrants. A person whose parents or ancestors were born abroad and who therefore have a migration background are not counted as immigrants in these statistics. In addition, the total and percentage number of emigrants for each country is also given.

The total number of immigrants was estimated at 243,700,000 people worldwide. The UN member states and states with observer status are listed .

List of countries by number of immigrants

Countries are sorted by the number of residents who were born in another country. All figures are from the UN and are from 2015. Dependent and autonomous areas are in italics .

country	Number of residents born abroad	Share of the population in%	annotation
world	243.192.681	03.3	Number of residents who do not live in their country of birth
United States	46.627.102	14.5	Without illegal immigrants
Germany	12.005.690	14.9
Russia	11,643,276	08.1
Saudi Arabia	10,185,645	32.3
United Kingdom	8,543,120	13.2
United Arab Emirates	8,095,126	88.4
Canada	7,850,502	21.8
France	7,784,418	12.1
Australia	6,763,663	28.2
Spain	5,852,953	12.7
Italy	5,788,875	09.7
India	5,240,960	00.4
Ukraine	4,834,898	10.8
Pakistan	4,080,766	01.9	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Thailand	3,913,258	05.8
Kazakhstan	3,476,233	20.1
Myanmar	3,276,880	08.3
South Africa	3,144,462	05.8
Turkey	2,964,916	03.8
Jordan	2,925,780	41.0	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Kuwait	2,866,136	73.6
Hong Kong	2,804,753	38.9
Iran	2,726,420	03.4
Singapore	2,543,638	45.4
Switzerland	2,438,702	29.4
Ivory Coast	2,175,399	09.6
Argentina	2,086,302	04.8
Japan	2,043,877	01.6
Israel	2,011,727	24.9
Lebanon	1,997,776	34.1	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Netherlands	1,979,486	11.7
Oman	1,844,978	41.1
Qatar	1,687,640	75.5
Sweden	1,639,771	16.8
Austria	1,492,374	17.5
Bangladesh	1,422,805	00.9
Venezuela	1,404,448	04.5
Belgium	1,387,940	12.3
South Korea	1,327,324	02.6
Greece	1,242,514	11.3
Nigeria	1,199,115	00.7
Uzbekistan	1,170,899	03.9
Mexico	1,193,155	00.9
Kenya	1,084,357	02.4	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Belarus	1,082,905	11.4
Ethiopia	1,072,949	01.1	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
New Zealand	1,039,736	23.0
Syria	875.189	04.7
People's Republic of China	848,511	00.1
Portugal	837.257	08.1
Serbia	807.441	09.1
Libya	771.146	12.3
Uganda	749.471	01.9	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Ireland	746.260	15.9
Norway	741.813	14.2
Brazil	713,568	00.3
Burkina Faso	704.676	03.9	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Bahrain	704.137	51.1
South Sudan	629,577	06.7	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Poland	619.403	01.6
Croatia	576,883	13.6
Denmark	572,520	10.1
Democratic Republic of Congo	545.694	00.7
Nepal	518.278	01.8
Chad	516,968	03.7	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Sudan	503,477	01.3	Mostly refugees from neighboring countries
Egypt	491,643	00.5
Chile	469,400	02.6
Hungary	449,632	04.6
Zimbabwe	448.754	02.6
Rwanda	441.525	03.8
Costa Rica	421,697	08.8
Dominican Republic	415,564	03.9
Czech Republic	405.093	03.8
Ghana	399.471	01.5
Republic of the Congo	392.996	08.5
Ecuador	387,513	02.4
Afghanistan	382,365	01.2
Cameroon	381.984	01.6
Mali	363.145	02.1
Iraq	353.145	01.0
Yemen	344.131	01.3
Macau	342,645	58.3
Indonesia	328,846	00.1
Finland	315,881	05.7
Burundi	286.810	02.6
Togo	276,844	03.8
Tajikistan	275.059	03.2
Gabon	268,384	15.6
Azerbaijan	264.241	02.7
Senegal	263,242	01.7
Latvia	263.126	13.4
Tanzania	261,778	00.5
Palestine	255.517	05.5
Luxembourg	249,325	44.0
Benin	245.399	02.3
Algeria	242.391	00.6
Slovenia	235.966	11.4
Guinea	228.413	01.8
Romania	226.943	01.2
Mozambique	222,928	00.8
Philippines	211,862	00.2
Malawi	206,578	01.2
Kyrgyzstan	204,382	03.4
Estonia	202.348	15.4
Turkmenistan	196.386	03.7
Cyprus	196.167	16.8
Gambia	192,540	09.7
Armenia	191.199	06.3
Niger	189,255	01.0
Panama	184.710	04.7
Slovakia	177.190	03.3
Georgia	168,802	04.2
Botswana	160,644	07.1
Paraguay	156,462	02.4
Bolivia	142,989	01.3
Moldova	142.904	03.5
Mauritania	138.162	03.4
Reunion	136,493	15.6
Lithuania	136.036	04.7
Central African Republic	134,237	01.7
Colombia	133.134	00.3
North Macedonia	130.730	06.3
Zambia	127.915	00.8
Liberia	113,779	02.5
Djibouti	112,351	12.7
Angola	106,845	00.4
French Guiana	104.291	43.3
Brunei	102,733	24.3
Bulgaria	102.113	01.4
Guadeloupe	98.507	20.8
Maldives	94.086	25.9
Namibia	93,888	03.8
Sierra Leone	91,213	01.4
Peru	90,881	00.3
Morocco	88,511	00.3
Montserrat	82,541	13.2
Guernsey and Jersey	82,307	51.0
Guatemala	76,352	00.5
Guam	76,089	44.8
Cambodia	75,556	00.5
Uruguay	73,528	02.1
Myanmar	73,308	00.1
Mayotte	73.107	32.9
Vietnam	68,290	00.1
American Virgin Islands	63.271	53.4
New Caledonia	64,290	24.4
Martinique	61,731	15.0
Bahamas	59,306	15.3
Albania	57,616	02.0
Tunisia	56,701	00.5
Bhutan	50,862	06.6
Belize	50,860	15.0
Trinidad and Tobago	49,883	03.7
North Korea	46,813	00.2
Isle of Man	45.221	51.5
Andorra	42,082	59.7
Suriname	41,670	08.6
El Salvador	41,615	00.7
Nicaragua	41,482	00.7
Malta	41,442	09.9
Haiti	39,529	00.4
Sri Lanka	38,706	00.2
Curacao	37,611	23.9
Iceland	37,522	11.4
Aruba	36,114	34.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	34,803	00.9
Barbados	34,475	12.1
Madagascar	32,075	00.1
Swaziland	31,579	02.5
French Polynesia	30,058	10.6
Malaysia	28,585	02.2
Antigua and Barbuda	28,083	30.6
Honduras	28,070	00.3
Papua New Guinea	25,782	00.3
Somalia	25.291	00.2
Liechtenstein	23,493	62.6
American Samoa	23,216	41.8
Jamaica	23,167	00.8
Guinea-Bissau	22,333	01.2
Laos	22,244	00.3
Bermuda	19,126	29.1
Mongolia	17,620	00.6
Monaco	17.308	55.8
Eritrea	15,941	00.3
Guyana	15,384	02.0
Cape Verde	14,874	02.9
Fiji	13,751	01.5
Cuba	13,336	00.1
Seychelles	12,791	13.3
St. Lucia	12,771	06.9
Comoros	12,555	01.6
Gibraltar	11,065	33.0
East Timor	10,834	00.9
Equatorial Guinea	10.141	01.3
St. Kitts and Nevis	7,443	13.4
Grenada	7,057	06.6
Dominica	6,720	09.2
Lesotho	6,572	00.3
Greenland	6.009	10.7
Tonga	5,731	05.4
Palestine	5,664	26.6
Faroe Islands	5,517	11.4
Western Sahara	4,932	00.9	Morocco has settled over 200,000 of its citizens in the disputed area under international law.
Samoa	4,929	02.6
San Marino	4,717	14.8
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4,577	04.2
Marshall Islands	3,284	06.2
Vanuatu	3,187	01.2
Nauru	3,178	31.1
Kiribati	3,153	02.6
Solomon Islands	2,585	00.4
Micronesia	2,756	02.6
Sao Tome and Principe	2,394	01.3
Falkland Islands	1,975	62.1
Montserrat	1,351	25.9
Vatican city	800	100.00

List of countries by number of emigrants

The countries are sorted according to the number of people who were born in this country but no longer live there. All figures are from the UN and are from 2015. Dependent and autonomous areas are in italics .

country	Number of residents living abroad	Share of the population in%
India	15,575,724	01.17
Mexico	12,339,062	08.85
Russia	10,576,766	06.87
People's Republic of China	09,546,065	00.69
Bangladesh	07.205.410	04.28
Pakistan	05,935,193	03.05
Ukraine	05,825,745	11.50
Philippines	05,316,320	05.01
Syria	05,011,509	21.30
United Kingdom	04,917,460	07.05
Afghanistan	04,843,117	12.96
Poland	04,449,789	10.33
Kazakhstan	04,075,738	18.78
Germany	04,045,411	04.77
Indonesia	03,876,739	01.48
Palestine	03,551,185	43.83
Romania	03,408,118	14.87
Egypt	03,268,970	03.43
Turkey	03,114,471	03.81
United States	03,023,657	00.92
Italy	02,900,924	04.62
Myanmar	02,881,797	05.08
Morocco	02,834,641	07.62
Colombia	02,638,852	05.19
Vietnam	02,558,678	02.67
South Korea	02,345,840	04.46
Portugal	02,306,321	18.14
France	02,145,975	02.91
Uzbekistan	01,998,764	15.63
Sudan	01,890,861	03.22
Malaysia	01,835,252	05.71
Puerto Rico	01,764,238	32.39
Algeria	01,763,771	04.26
Bosnia and Herzegovina	01,650,772	30.23
Sri Lanka	01,637,385	07.23
Nepal	01,629,306	05.41
Brazil	01,544,024	00.73
Belarus	01,485,323	13.53
Iraq	01,479,966	03.90
Burkina Faso	01,453,378	07.43
El Salvador	01,436,158	18.99
Cuba	01,426,380	11.13
Peru	01,409,676	04.30
Democratic Republic of Congo	01,403,757	01.68
Laos	01,345,075	16.50
Dominican Republic	01,304,493	10.96
Canada	01,286,176	03.45
Spain	01,251,004	02.60
Haiti	01,195,240	09.76
Cambodia	01,187,142	07.08
Bulgaria	01,176,390	14.13
Azerbaijan	01,146,769	10.52
Iran	01,123,383	01.40
Albania	01,122,910	27.94
Ecuador	01,101,923	06.93
Nigeria	01,093,644	00.59
Jamaica	01,067,455	27.61
Hong Kong	01,041,264	12.50
Guatemala	01,017,517	05.86
Yemen	01,012,889	03.63
Mali	01,005,607	05.40
Netherlands	00.981.434	05.48
Serbia	00.964.585	09.83
Argentina	00.940.273	02.12
Armenia	00.937.299	23.70
Czech Republic	00.932,582	08.13
Moldova	00.888.610	17.92
Ireland	00.882.022	15.83
Greece	00.871,643	07.37
Croatia	00.865.147	16.95
Zimbabwe	00.856.345	05.20
Thailand	00.854.327	01.24
Ivory Coast	00.850.105	03.61
Paraguay	00.845.373	11.29
South Africa	00.841.120	01.52
Georgia	00.838.430	17.33
New Zealand	00.802.335	15.00
Ghana	00.801.710	02.84
Bolivia	00.799.605	06.94
Lebanon	00.798.140	11.96
Japan	00.797.496	00.63
Kyrgyzstan	00.760.847	11.35
Ethiopia	00.753.492	00.74
Uganda	00.736.017	01.50
Mozambique	00.713,867	02.49
Jordan	00.699.719	07.82
Switzerland	00.664.557	07.41
Tunisia	00.651.044	05.46
Honduras	00.648.520	07.43
Nicaragua	00.638,958	09.51
South Sudan	00.634.613	04.89
Benin	00.615.852	05.36
Chile	00.612.409	03.30
Venezuela	00.606.344	01.91
Hungary	00.595.937	05.70
Tajikistan	00.589,748	06.50
Senegal	00.586.870	03.73
Austria	00.575,828	06.31
Angola	00.555.403	02.14
Lithuania	00.544.120	15.90
Belgium	00.530.990	04.48
Australia	00.526.579	02.15
North Macedonia	00.516.024	19.89
Eritrea	00.499.916	08.68
Guyana	00.460.286	37.03
Kenya	00.455.889	00.96
Togo	00.446,982	05.77
Central African Republic	00.440.745	08.17
Guinea	00.426.941	03.27
Lesotho	00.363.763	14.56
Trinidad and Tobago	00.363,332	20.89
Niger	00.356.793	01.76
Uruguay	00.346.976	09.18
Israel	00.342,585	03.35
Slovakia	00.341,620	05.92
Latvia	00.337,678	14.63
Sweden	00.333.428	03.30
Cameroon	00.328,604	01.39
Rwanda	00.315,866	02.65
Singapore	00.313,884	05.36
Malawi	00.302.515	01.73
Finland	00.295,077	05.09
Tanzania	00.294,531	00.55
Burundi	00.284.187	02.48
Liberia	00.276.630	05.79
Saudi Arabia	00.270.029	00.78
Suriname	00.267,800	30.38
Denmark	00.250,675	04.23
Turkmenistan	00.242,948	04.33
Zambia	00.238.121	01.45
Republic of the Congo	00.220.501	04.56
Chad	00.208,335	01.43
Fiji	00.204.934	18.65
Estonia	00.198.042	13.11
Norway	00.193,477	03.58
Kuwait	00.187.871	04.20
Cyprus	00.177.185	13.20
Madagascar	00.169.984	00.63
Mauritius	00.168.255	11.77
Cape Verde	00.165.732	24.00
Namibia	00.145.852	05.60
Sierra Leone	00.145.003	02.20
Panama	00.142,706	03.50
Libya	00.141,623	02.20
Slovenia	00.140,490	06.36
Macau	00.140.395	17.91
Montenegro	00.138,356	18.11
United Arab Emirates	00.136,557	01.35
Costa Rica	00.133.185	02.70
Mauritania	00.119,334	02.85
Comoros	00.116,516	12.47
Samoa	00.113.139	36.68
North Korea	00.112,783	00.45
Malta	00.103.392	18.83
Guinea-Bissau	00.101,828	05.67
Barbados	00.098,464	26.16
Swaziland	00.095,671	06.92
Western Sahara	00.091.034	13.44
Gambia	00.089,639	04.31
Equatorial Guinea	00.081,029	08.75
Curacao	00.069,893	31.10
Dominica	00.069,817	49.11
Grenada	00.065,812	37.52
Antigua and Barbuda	00.065,489	44.46
Gabon	00.063.209	03.53
Luxembourg	00.061,058	09.72
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	00.060,424	36.97
Belize	00.059,884	14.29
Mongolia	00.059,266	01.96
Botswana	00.058,346	02.51
Tonga	00.056,524	35.42
Bahrain	00.055,964	04.00
St. Lucia	00.055,414	23.18
Brunei	00.046,237	09.85
Bhutan	00.044,190	05.40
Bahamas	00.040,095	09.35
St. Kitts and Nevis	00.039,132	41.58
Iceland	00.038,496	10.56
East Timor	00.037,311	03.01
Sao Tome and Principe	00.035,833	15.83
Monaco	00.028,626	43.09
Qatar	00.025,681	00.69
Oman	00.021,333	00.27
Guernsey and Jersey	00.020,335	11.04
Micronesia	00.019,798	15.72
Greenland	00.017,552	23.80
Bermuda	00.017,046	20.97
Djibouti	00.015,927	01.76
Faroe Islands	00.014,284	22.23
Gibraltar	00.013,065	28.86
Seychelles	00.011,772	11.34
Isle of Man	00.010,957	11.47
Vanuatu	00.008,583	03.40
Andorra	00.007,571	08.13
Marshall Islands	00.006,901	11.49
Mayotte	00.006,602	03.01
New Caledonia	00.006.330	01.71
Kiribati	00.004,717	04.33
Papua New Guinea	00.004,631	00.06
French Guiana	00.004,372	01.71
Liechtenstein	00.003,870	09.39
Solomon Islands	00.003,833	00.65
Tuvalu	00.003,472	24.60
American Virgin Islands	00.003,407	03.18
Reunion	00.003,028	03.44
Maldives	00.002,844	00.82
Palau	00.002,552	12.44
Nauru	00.002,391	19.16
San Marino	00.002,303	06.60
Guam	00.002.144	01.30
American Samoa	00.002,035	03.58
French Polynesia	00.001,337	00.49
Falkland Islands	00.001,124	27.71
Vatican city	00,000.182	20.86

See also

• List of countries by net migration rate
• emigration
• immigration
• Immigration country
• Migration balance

Individual evidence

1. ↑ United Nations Population Division | Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English). 
2. ^ "World Population Policies 2005" (English), United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ISBN 978-92-1-151420-9 .
3. ^ "International Migration 2006" (English), United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication , No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Wikipedia: Country templates with flag # Dependent and autonomous areas
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