UN 2019 report: immigrant population
Countries and regions by immigrant population Major area, region, country or area of destination | International migrant stock at mid-year (both sexes) 2019 | International migrant stock as a percentage of the total population (both sexes) 2019 |
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WORLD | 271,642,105 | 3.5 |
UN development groups | .. | .. |
More developed regions | 152,069,261 | 12.0 |
Less developed regions | 119,572,844 | 1.9 |
Least developed countries | 16,289,023 | 1.6 |
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries | 103,283,821 | 1.9 |
World Bank income groups | .. | .. |
High-income countries | 175,811,829 | 14.0 |
Middle-income countries | 82,237,681 | 1.4 |
Upper-middle-income countries | 54,279,436 | 2.1 |
Lower-middle-income countries | 27,958,245 | 0.9 |
Low-income countries | 13,072,099 | 1.7 |
No income group available | 520,496 | 17.9 |
Geographic regions | .. | .. |
Africa | 26,529,334 | 2.0 |
Asia | 83,559,197 | 1.8 |
Europe | 82,304,539 | 11.0 |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 11,673,288 | 1.8 |
Northern America | 58,647,822 | 16.0 |
Oceania | 8,927,925 | 21.2 |
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) regions | .. | .. |
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA | 23,573,485 | 2.2 |
Eastern Africa | 7,908,176 | 1.8 |
Burundi | 321,018 | 2.8 |
Comoros | 12,504 | 1.5 |
Djibouti | 115,341 | 11.8 |
Eritrea | 16,101 | 0.5 |
Ethiopia | 1,253,083 | 1.1 |
Kenya | 1,044,854 | 2.0 |
Madagascar | 34,934 | 0.1 |
Malawi | 247,652 | 1.3 |
Mauritius | 28,849 | 2.3 |
Mayotte | 74,643 | 28.0 |
Mozambique | 334,665 | 1.1 |
Réunion | 129,153 | 14.5 |
Rwanda | 539,932 | 4.3 |
Seychelles | 12,926 | 13.2 |
Somalia | 52,131 | 0.3 |
South Sudan | 865,552 | 7.8 |
Uganda | 1,734,166 | 3.9 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 509,166 | 0.9 |
Zambia | 170,249 | 1.0 |
Zimbabwe | 411,257 | 2.8 |
Middle Africa | 3,785,279 | 2.2 |
Angola | 669,479 | 2.1 |
Cameroon | 505,692 | 2.0 |
Central African Republic | 90,649 | 1.9 |
Chad | 512,230 | 3.2 |
Congo | 402,142 | 7.5 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 963,833 | 1.1 |
Equatorial Guinea | 227,617 | 16.8 |
Gabon | 411,463 | 18.9 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 2,174 | 1.0 |
Southern Africa | 4,481,651 | 6.7 |
Botswana | 110,596 | 4.8 |
Eswatini | 32,310 | 2.8 |
Lesotho | 6,928 | 0.3 |
Namibia | 107,561 | 4.3 |
South Africa | 4,224,256 | 7.2 |
Western Africa | 7,398,379 | 1.9 |
Benin | 390,112 | 3.3 |
Burkina Faso | 718,338 | 3.5 |
Cabo Verde | 15,664 | 2.8 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 2,549,141 | 9.9 |
Gambia | 215,406 | 9.2 |
Ghana | 466,780 | 1.5 |
Guinea | 120,642 | 0.9 |
Guinea-Bissau | 26,916 | 1.4 |
Liberia | 94,448 | 1.9 |
Mali | 468,230 | 2.4 |
Mauritania | 172,987 | 3.8 |
Niger | 294,161 | 1.3 |
Nigeria | 1,256,408 | 0.6 |
Saint Helena | 433 | 7.1 |
Senegal | 275,239 | 1.7 |
Sierra Leone | 54,332 | 0.7 |
Togo | 279,142 | 3.5 |
NORTHERN AFRICA AND WESTERN ASIA | 48,591,390 | 9.4 |
Northern Africa | 2,955,849 | 1.2 |
Algeria | 249,075 | 0.6 |
Egypt | 504,053 | 0.5 |
Libya | 818,216 | 12.1 |
Morocco | 98,574 | 0.3 |
Sudan | 1,223,092 | 2.9 |
Tunisia | 57,455 | 0.5 |
Western Sahara | 5,384 | 0.9 |
Western Asia | 45,635,541 | 16.6 |
Armenia | 190,159 | 6.4 |
Azerbaijan | 253,887 | 2.5 |
Bahrain | 741,161 | 45.2 |
Cyprus | 191,922 | 16.0 |
Georgia | 79,035 | 2.0 |
Iraq | 368,062 | 0.9 |
Israel | 1,956,346 | 23.0 |
Jordan | 3,346,703 | 33.1 |
Kuwait | 3,034,845 | 72.1 |
Lebanon | 1,863,873 | 27.2 |
Oman | 2,286,226 | 46.0 |
Qatar | 2,229,688 | 78.7 |
Saudi Arabia | 13,122,338 | 38.3 |
State of Palestine | 253,735 | 5.1 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 867,848 | 5.1 |
Turkey | 5,876,829 | 7.0 |
United Arab Emirates | 8,587,256 | 87.9 |
Yemen | 385,628 | 1.3 |
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA | 19,627,025 | 1.0 |
Central Asia | 5,543,398 | 7.6 |
Kazakhstan | 3,705,556 | 20.0 |
Kyrgyzstan | 200,260 | 3.1 |
Tajikistan | 274,071 | 2.9 |
Turkmenistan | 195,127 | 3.3 |
Uzbekistan | 1,168,384 | 3.5 |
Southern Asia | 14,083,627 | 0.7 |
Afghanistan | 149,762 | 0.4 |
Bangladesh | 2,185,613 | 1.3 |
Bhutan | 53,254 | 7.0 |
India | 5,154,737 | 0.4 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,682,214 | 3.2 |
Maldives | 69,249 | 13.0 |
Nepal | 490,802 | 1.7 |
Pakistan | 3,257,978 | 1.5 |
Sri Lanka | 40,018 | 0.2 |
EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA | 18,296,631 | 0.8 |
Eastern Asia | 8,105,764 | 0.5 |
China | 1,030,871 | 0.1 |
China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,942,254 | 39.6 |
China, Macao SAR | 399,572 | 62.4 |
North Korea | 49,393 | 0.2 |
Japan | 2,498,891 | 2.0 |
Mongolia | 21,128 | 0.7 |
Republic of Korea | 1,163,655 | 2.3 |
South-Eastern Asia | 10,190,867 | 1.5 |
Brunei Darussalam | 110,641 | 25.5 |
Cambodia | 78,649 | 0.5 |
Indonesia | 353,135 | 0.1 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 48,275 | 0.7 |
Malaysia | 3,430,380 | 10.7 |
Myanmar | 75,998 | 0.1 |
Philippines | 218,530 | 0.2 |
Singapore | 2,155,653 | 37.1 |
Thailand | 3,635,085 | 5.2 |
Timor-Leste | 8,417 | 0.7 |
Viet Nam | 76,104 | 0.1 |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 11,673,288 | 1.8 |
Caribbean | 1,524,793 | 3.5 |
Anguilla | 5,679 | 38.2 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 29,207 | 30.1 |
Aruba | 36,532 | 34.4 |
Bahamas | 62,962 | 16.2 |
Barbados | 34,807 | 12.1 |
British Virgin Islands | 20,778 | 69.2 |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 15,484 | 59.6 |
Cayman Islands | 28,985 | 44.6 |
Cuba | 4,886 | 0.0 |
Curaçao | 40,883 | 25.0 |
Dominica | 8,264 | 11.5 |
Dominican Republic | 567,648 | 5.3 |
Grenada | 7,124 | 6.4 |
Guadeloupe | 100,030 | 22.3 |
Haiti | 18,756 | 0.2 |
Jamaica | 23,468 | 0.8 |
Martinique | 61,647 | 16.4 |
Montserrat | 1,375 | 27.6 |
Puerto Rico | 266,828 | 9.1 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7,587 | 14.4 |
Saint Lucia | 8,383 | 4.6 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,692 | 4.2 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 28,260 | 66.7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 59,249 | 4.2 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 24,534 | 64.2 |
United States Virgin Islands | 56,745 | 54.3 |
Central America | 1,927,688 | 1.1 |
Belize | 59,998 | 15.4 |
Costa Rica | 417,768 | 8.3 |
El Salvador | 42,617 | 0.7 |
Guatemala | 80,421 | 0.5 |
Honduras | 38,933 | 0.4 |
Mexico | 1,060,707 | 0.8 |
Nicaragua | 42,172 | 0.6 |
Panama | 185,072 | 4.4 |
South America | 8,220,807 | 1.9 |
Argentina | 2,212,879 | 4.9 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 156,114 | 1.4 |
Brazil | 807,006 | 0.4 |
Chile | 939,992 | 5.0 |
Colombia | 1,142,319 | 2.3 |
Ecuador | 381,507 | 2.2 |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1,902 | 56.3 |
French Guiana | 117,372 | 40.4 |
Guyana | 15,699 | 2.0 |
Paraguay | 160,519 | 2.3 |
Peru | 782,169 | 2.4 |
Suriname | 46,157 | 7.9 |
Uruguay | 81,482 | 2.4 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,375,690 | 4.8 |
OCEANIA | 8,927,925 | 21.2 |
Australia / New Zealand | 8,618,009 | 28.7 |
Australia | 7,549,270 | 30.0 |
New Zealand | 1,068,739 | 22.3 |
Melanesia | 123,564 | 1.1 |
Fiji | 14,038 | 1.6 |
New Caledonia | 72,537 | 25.7 |
Papua New Guinea | 31,212 | 0.4 |
Solomon Islands | 2,532 | 0.4 |
Vanuatu | 3,245 | 1.1 |
Micronesia | 117,978 | 21.7 |
Guam | 79,846 | 47.7 |
Kiribati | 3,022 | 2.6 |
Marshall Islands | 3,296 | 5.6 |
Micronesia | 2,819 | 2.5 |
Nauru | 2,114 | 19.7 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 21,815 | 38.1 |
Palau | 5,066 | 28.1 |
Polynesia | 68,374 | 10.1 |
American Samoa | 23,539 | 42.6 |
Cook Islands | 3,491 | 19.9 |
French Polynesia | 31,205 | 11.2 |
Niue | 588 | 36.4 |
Samoa | 4,035 | 2.0 |
Tokelau | 504 | 37.6 |
Tonga | 3,752 | 3.6 |
Tuvalu | 238 | 2.0 |
Wallis and Futuna | 1,022 | 8.9 |
EUROPE AND NORTHERN AMERICA | 140,952,361 | 12.7 |
EUROPE | 82,304,539 | 11.0 |
Eastern Europe | 20,278,745 | 6.9 |
Belarus | 1,069,395 | 11.3 |
Bulgaria | 168,516 | 2.4 |
Czechia | 512,705 | 4.8 |
Hungary | 512,043 | 5.3 |
Poland | 655,985 | 1.7 |
Republic of Moldova | 104,713 | 2.6 |
Romania | 462,552 | 2.4 |
Russian Federation | 11,640,559 | 8.0 |
Slovakia | 187,984 | 3.4 |
Ukraine | 4,964,293 | 11.3 |
Northern Europe | 15,094,924 | 14.3 |
Channel Islands | 83,833 | 48.7 |
Denmark | 722,878 | 12.5 |
Estonia | 190,242 | 14.4 |
Faroe Islands | 6,454 | 13.3 |
Finland | 383,116 | 6.9 |
Iceland | 52,404 | 15.5 |
Ireland | 833,564 | 17.1 |
Isle of Man | 42,864 | 50.7 |
Latvia | 237,266 | 12.4 |
Lithuania | 117,218 | 4.2 |
Norway | 867,765 | 16.1 |
Sweden | 2,005,210 | 20.0 |
United Kingdom | 9,552,110 | 14.1 |
Southern Europe | 16,503,552 | 10.8 |
Albania | 49,160 | 1.7 |
Andorra | 45,102 | 58.5 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35,735 | 1.1 |
Croatia | 518,083 | 12.5 |
Gibraltar | 11,172 | 33.2 |
Greece | 1,211,382 | 11.6 |
Holy See | 799 | 100.0 |
Italy | 6,273,722 | 10.4 |
Malta | 84,949 | 19.3 |
Montenegro | 70,967 | 11.3 |
North Macedonia | 131,175 | 6.3 |
Portugal | 888,162 | 8.7 |
San Marino | 5,507 | 16.3 |
Serbia | 820,312 | 9.4 |
Slovenia | 253,122 | 12.2 |
Spain | 6,104,203 | 13.1 |
Western Europe | 30,427,318 | 15.6 |
Austria | 1,779,857 | 19.9 |
Belgium | 1,981,919 | 17.2 |
France | 8,334,875 | 12.8 |
Germany | 13,132,146 | 15.7 |
Liechtenstein | 25,467 | 67.0 |
Luxembourg | 291,723 | 47.4 |
Monaco | 26,511 | 68.0 |
Netherlands | 2,282,791 | 13.4 |
Switzerland | 2,572,029 | 29.9 |
NORTHERN AMERICA | 58,647,822 | 16.0 |
Bermuda | 19,336 | 30.9 |
Canada | 7,960,657 | 21.3 |
Greenland | 5,690 | 10.0 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 990 | 17.0 |
United States of America | 50,661,149 | 15.4 |
UN 2019 report: emigrant population
Countries and regions of origin by emigrant population in 2019 Country or region of origin | Emigrants (2019) |
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World | 271,642,105 |
Other South | 7,950,425 |
Other North | 3,407,920 |
Afghanistan | 5,120,756 |
Albania | 1,207,032 |
Algeria | 1,944,784 |
American Samoa | 1,817 |
Andorra | 9,114 |
Angola | 661,590 |
Anguilla | 2,707 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 55,089 |
Argentina | 1,013,414 |
Armenia | 964,848 |
Aruba | 19,640 |
Australia | 577,255 |
Austria | 575,950 |
Azerbaijan | 1,155,852 |
Bahamas | 46,467 |
Bahrain | 60,153 |
Bangladesh | 7,835,152 |
Barbados | 112,925 |
Belarus | 1,480,794 |
Belgium | 581,740 |
Belize | 68,144 |
Benin | 666,357 |
Bermuda | 18,049 |
Bhutan | 49,216 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 878,211 |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 12,764 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,653,056 |
Botswana | 86,501 |
Brazil | 1,745,339 |
British Virgin Islands | 5,417 |
Brunei Darussalam | 46,977 |
Bulgaria | 1,541,860 |
Burkina Faso | 1,581,083 |
Burundi | 623,999 |
Cabo Verde | 186,372 |
Cambodia | 1,097,884 |
Cameroon | 383,029 |
Canada | 1,323,087 |
Cayman Islands | 1,973 |
Central African Republic | 767,884 |
Chad | 206,400 |
Channel Islands | 22,545 |
Chile | 650,151 |
China | 10,732,281 |
China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,110,358 |
China, Macao SAR | 161,930 |
Colombia | 2,869,032 |
Comoros | 120,297 |
Congo | 239,397 |
Cook Islands | 22,488 |
Costa Rica | 150,400 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 1,114,003 |
Croatia | 990,012 |
Cuba | 1,654,684 |
Curaçao | 123,132 |
Cyprus | 214,648 |
Czechia | 911,388 |
Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 113,118 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,684,615 |
Denmark | 255,616 |
Djibouti | 18,668 |
Dominica | 78,634 |
Dominican Republic | 1,558,668 |
Ecuador | 1,183,685 |
Egypt | 3,547,626 |
El Salvador | 1,600,739 |
Equatorial Guinea | 125,670 |
Eritrea | 751,481 |
Estonia | 208,257 |
Eswatini | 108,188 |
Ethiopia | 871,747 |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1,623 |
Faroe Islands | 13,838 |
Fiji | 222,633 |
Finland | 290,006 |
France | 2,296,534 |
French Guiana | 4,555 |
French Polynesia | 1,982 |
Gabon | 46,684 |
Gambia | 118,483 |
Georgia | 852,816 |
Germany | 4,014,203 |
Ghana | 970,625 |
Gibraltar | 14,320 |
Greece | 1,039,257 |
Greenland | 18,684 |
Grenada | 75,784 |
Guadeloupe | 11,856 |
Guam | 2,197 |
Guatemala | 1,205,644 |
Guinea | 530,963 |
Guinea-Bissau | 103,587 |
Guyana | 520,196 |
Haiti | 1,585,681 |
Holy See | 217 |
Honduras | 800,707 |
Hungary | 632,126 |
Iceland | 42,186 |
India | 17,510,931 |
Indonesia | 4,532,992 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,301,975 |
Iraq | 2,033,522 |
Ireland | 816,797 |
Isle of Man | 12,809 |
Israel | 369,935 |
Italy | 3,077,777 |
Jamaica | 1,111,021 |
Japan | 838,852 |
Jordan | 784,377 |
Kazakhstan | 4,005,587 |
Kenya | 525,437 |
Kiribati | 4,370 |
Kuwait | 205,382 |
Kyrgyzstan | 754,969 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,347,034 |
Latvia | 332,220 |
Lebanon | 844,158 |
Lesotho | 341,580 |
Liberia | 219,338 |
Libya | 180,586 |
Liechtenstein | 3,713 |
Lithuania | 610,223 |
Luxembourg | 75,470 |
Madagascar | 184,762 |
Malawi | 324,541 |
Malaysia | 1,689,222 |
Maldives | 3,053 |
Mali | 1,264,700 |
Malta | 111,137 |
Marshall Islands | 8,205 |
Martinique | 13,919 |
Mauritania | 128,506 |
Mauritius | 188,344 |
Mayotte | 6,617 |
Mexico | 11,796,178 |
Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 21,819 |
Monaco | 31,452 |
Mongolia | 73,488 |
Montenegro | 153,009 |
Montserrat | 22,838 |
Morocco | 3,136,069 |
Mozambique | 1,013,416 |
Myanmar | 3,699,472 |
Namibia | 195,515 |
Nauru | 2,421 |
Nepal | 2,285,364 |
Netherlands | 980,753 |
New Caledonia | 5,098 |
New Zealand | 777,303 |
Nicaragua | 682,865 |
Niger | 401,653 |
Nigeria | 1,438,331 |
Niue | 5,593 |
North Macedonia | 658,264 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 2,764 |
Norway | 202,336 |
Oman | 24,939 |
Pakistan | 6,303,286 |
Palau | 2,650 |
Panama | 161,107 |
Papua New Guinea | 219,126 |
Paraguay | 871,638 |
Peru | 1,512,920 |
Philippines | 5,377,337 |
Poland | 4,446,985 |
Portugal | 2,631,559 |
Puerto Rico | 2,007,347 |
Qatar | 171,632 |
Republic of Korea | 2,176,580 |
Republic of Moldova | 1,013,417 |
Réunion | 133,769 |
Romania | 3,572,794 |
Russian Federation | 10,491,715 |
Rwanda | 588,544 |
Saint Helena | 6,596 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 124,941 |
Saint Lucia | 63,605 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,356 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 60,655 |
Samoa | 124,403 |
San Marino | 2,425 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 37,013 |
Saudi Arabia | 296,254 |
Senegal | 642,654 |
Serbia | 950,485 |
Seychelles | 36,788 |
Sierra Leone | 187,102 |
Singapore | 340,751 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 29,209 |
Slovakia | 345,683 |
Slovenia | 147,593 |
Solomon Islands | 4,234 |
Somalia | 2,054,377 |
South Africa | 824,601 |
South Sudan | 2,608,218 |
Spain | 1,444,942 |
Sri Lanka | 1,775,768 |
State of Palestine | 3,890,650 |
Sudan | 2,040,613 |
Suriname | 423,517 |
Sweden | 353,825 |
Switzerland | 679,796 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 8,225,499 |
Tajikistan | 597,959 |
Thailand | 1,020,119 |
Timor-Leste | 39,202 |
Togo | 543,277 |
Tokelau | 2,242 |
Tonga | 74,433 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 334,304 |
Tunisia | 813,213 |
Turkey | 3,493,071 |
Turkmenistan | 260,832 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 31,033 |
Tuvalu | 3,276 |
Uganda | 734,951 |
Ukraine | 5,901,067 |
United Arab Emirates | 154,404 |
United Kingdom | 4,274,998 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 323,173 |
United States of America | 3,167,072 |
United States Virgin Islands | 25,863 |
Uruguay | 633,439 |
Uzbekistan | 1,979,523 |
Vanuatu | 7,346 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,519,780 |
Vietnam | 2,683,954 |
Wallis and Futuna Islands | 11,820 |
Western Sahara | 195,572 |
Yemen | 1,267,610 |
Zambia | 493,087 |
Zimbabwe | 933,654 |