List of countries by immigrant population

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Map of the world with countries coloured according to their immigrant population as a percentage of total population:     more than 50%  20% to 50%  20% to 50%  4% to 10%  1% to 4%  less than 1%  no data
Map of the world with countries coloured according to their immigrant population as a percentage of total population:
more than 50% 20% to 50% 20% to 50% 4% to 10% 1% to 4% less than 1% no data

This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on United Nations' (UN) World Population Policies 2005 publication[1][2], released by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. The total immigrant population was estimated to be 186,579,300. UN member and observer states are ranked.


Rank State Number of immigrants Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world Immigrants as percentage of state population Notes
1 Flag of United States United States 38,355,000 20.56 12.81
2 Flag of Russia Russia 12,080,000 6.474 8.483
3 Flag of Germany Germany 10,144,000 5.437 12.31
4 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 6,833,000 3.662 14.7
5 Flag of France France 6,471,000 3.468 10.18
6 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 6,361,000 3.409 25.25
7 Flag of Canada Canada 6,106,000 3.272 18.76
8 Flag of India India 5,700,000 3.055 0.517
9 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 5,408,000 2.898 8.982
10 Flag of Spain Spain 4,790,000 2.567 10.79
11 Flag of Australia Australia 4,097,000 2.196 19.93
12 Flag of People's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3,852,000 2.064 0.2944 Includes mainland China, and the Free Area of the Republic of China (administered by the Republic of China); does not include Hong Kong (SAR) and Macau (SAR)
13 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 3,254,000 1.744 1.984
14 Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3,212,000 1.722 71.4
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong (PR China) 2,999,000 1.607 42.59
15 Flag of Israel Israel 2,661,000 1.426 37.87
16 Flag of Italy Italy 2,519,000 1.35 4.288
17 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2,502,000 1.341 16.88
18 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 2,371,000 1.271 13.06
19 Flag of Jordan Jordan 2,225,000 1.193 39.01
20 Flag of Japan Japan 2,048,000 1.098 1.599
21 Flag of Iran Iran 1,959,000 1.05 2.861
22 Flag of Singapore Singapore 1,843,000 0.9878 42.6
Flag of Palestinian territories Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 1,680,000 0.9004 45.38
23 Flag of Ghana Ghana 1,669,000 0.8945 7.548
24 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 1,669,000 0.8945 62.11
25 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1,660,000 0.8897 22.89
26 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 1,639,000 0.8784 6.15
27 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 1,638,000 0.8779 10.05
28 Flag of Argentina Argentina 1,500,000 0.8039 3.871
29 Flag of Turkey Turkey 1,328,000 0.7118 1.814
30 Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1,268,000 0.6796 4.768
31 Flag of Austria Austria 1,234,000 0.6614 14.9
32 Flag of Belarus Belarus 1,191,000 0.6383 12.21
33 Flag of Sweden Sweden 1,117,000 0.5987 12.3
34 Flag of South Africa South Africa 1,106,000 0.5928 2.332
35 Flag of Thailand Thailand 1,050,000 0.5628 1.635
36 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 1,032,000 0.5531 0.7277
37 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 1,010,000 0.5413 3.776
38 Flag of Syria Syria 985,000 0.5279 5.173
39 Flag of Greece Greece 974,000 0.522 8.662
40 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 971,000 0.5204 0.7382
41 Flag of Nepal Nepal 819,000 >0.5% 3.018
42 Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 792,000 >0.5% 2.066
43 Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 773,000 >0.5% 5.844
44 Flag of Portugal Portugal 764,000 >0.5% 7.204
45 Flag of Belgium Belgium 719,000 >0.5% 6.901
46 Flag of Poland Poland 703,000 >0.5% 1.843
47 Flag of Croatia Croatia 661,000 >0.5% 14.52
48 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 657,000 >0.5% 16.96
49 Flag of Mexico Mexico 644,000 >0.5% 0.6017
50 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 642,000 >0.5% 15.48
51 Flag of Brazil Brazil 641,000 >0.5% 0.3439
52 Flag of Sudan Sudan 639,000 >0.5% 1.727
53 Flag of Qatar Qatar 637,000 >0.5% 75.9
54 Flag of Oman Oman 628,000 >0.5% 24.46
55 Flag of Libya Libya 618,000 >0.5% 10.56
56 Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland 585,000 >0.5% 13.81
57 Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia 555,000 >0.5% 0.7393
58 Flag of South Korea South Korea 551,000 >0.5% 1.152
59 Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 539,000 >0.5% 0.9086
60 Flag of Uganda Uganda 518,000 >0.5% 1.876
61 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 512,000 >0.5% 4.726 The UN report was produced before Montenegro and Serbia gained independence from each other on June 3, 2006
62 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 511,000 >0.5% 3.928
63 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic 453,000 >0.5% 4.413
64 Flag of Latvia Latvia 449,000 >0.5% 19.46
65 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 441,000 >0.5% 10.19
66 Flag of Moldova Moldova 440,000 >0.5% 12.96
67 Flag of Chad Chad 437,000 >0.5% 4.483
68 Flag of Mozambique Mozambique 406,000 >0.5% 2.051
69 Flag of Guinea Guinea 406,000 >0.5% 4.318
70 Flag of Denmark Denmark 389,000 >0.5% 7.163
71 Flag of Philippines Philippines 374,000 >0.5% 0.4503
72 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 368,000 >0.5% 1.774
73 Flag of Kenya Kenya 345,000 >0.5% 1.007
74 Flag of Norway Norway 344,000 >0.5% 7.37
75 Flag of Senegal Senegal 326,000 >0.5% 2.796
76 Flag of Hungary Hungary 316,000 >0.5% 3.136
77 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 306,000 >0.5% 4.703
78 Flag of Cambodia Cambodia 304,000 >0.5% 2.16
79 Flag of Bahrain Bahrain 295,000 >0.5% 42.22
80 Flag of Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 288,000 >0.5% 7.202
81 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 288,000 >0.5% 5.471
82 Flag of Somalia Somalia 282,000 >0.5% 3.427
83 Flag of Malawi Malawi 279,000 >0.5% 2.165
84 Flag of Zambia Zambia 275,000 >0.5% 2.357
85 Flag of Yemen Yemen 265,000 >0.5% 1.263
Flag of Macau Macau 257,000 >0.5% 51.09
86 Flag of Gabon Gabon 245,000 >0.5% 17.7
87 Flag of Algeria Algeria 242,000 >0.5% 0.7366
88 Flag of Armenia Armenia 235,000 >0.5% 7.308
89 Flag of The Gambia Gambia 232,000 >0.5% 15.29
90 Flag of Chile Chile 231,000 >0.5% 1.406
91 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 224,000 >0.5% 4.634
92 Flag of Estonia Estonia 202,000 >0.5% 15.19
93 Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia 191,000 >0.1% 4.269
94 Flag of Togo Togo 183,000 >0.1% 2.978
95 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 182,000 >0.1% 2.164
96 Flag of Benin Benin 175,000 >0.1% 2.074
97 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 174,000 >0.1% 37.42
98 Flag of Paraguay Paraguay 168,000 >0.1% 2.728
99 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 167,000 >0.1% 8.332
100 Flag of Egypt Egypt 166,000 >0.1% 0.2242
101 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 165,000 >0.1% 4.809
102 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 160,000 >0.1% 0.0718
103 Flag of Finland Finland 156,000 >0.1% 2.962
104 Flag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 156,000 >0.1% 1.754
105 Flag of Namibia Namibia 143,000 >0.1% 7.041
106 Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 137,000 >0.1% 0.8394
107 Flag of Romania Romania 133,000 >0.1% 0.596
108 Flag of Morocco Morocco 132,000 >0.1% 0.4193
109 Flag of Brunei Brunei 124,000 >0.1% 33.16
110 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 124,000 >0.1% 2.296
111 Flag of Niger Niger 124,000 >0.1% 0.8884
112 Flag of Colombia Colombia 123,000 >0.1% 0.2697
113 Flag of Rwanda Rwanda 121,000 >0.1% 1.339
114 Flag of Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia 121,000 >0.1% 5.949
115 Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 119,000 >0.1% 2.154
116 Flag of Myanmar Myanmar 117,000 >0.1% 0.2316
117 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 116,000 >0.1% 13.89
118 Flag of Bolivia Bolivia 116,000 >0.1% 1.263
119 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 114,000 >0.1% 0.8618
120 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 104,000 >0.1% 1.346
121 Flag of Panama Panama 102,000 >0.1% 3.156
122 Flag of Burundi Burundi 100,000 >0.1% 1.325
123 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 84,000 >0.1% 2.426
124 Flag of Albania Albania 83,000 >0.1% 2.317
125 Flag of Botswana Botswana 80,000 >0.1% 4.533
126 Flag of Central African Republic Central African Republic 76,000 >0.1% 1.882
127 Flag of Cuba Cuba 74,000 >0.1% 0.6501
128 Flag of Comoros Comoros 67,000 >0.1% 8.396
129 Flag of Mauritania Mauritania 66,000 >0.1% 2.151
130 Flag of Madagascar Madagascar 63,000 >0.1% 0.3386
131 Flag of Angola Angola 56,000 >0.1% 0.3513
132 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 53,000 >0.1% 0.4141
133 Flag of Andorra Andorra 52,000 >0.1% 77.25
134 Flag of Liberia Liberia 50,000 >0.1% 1.523
135 Flag of Mali Mali 46,000 >0.1% 0.3403
136 Flag of Swaziland Swaziland 45,000 >0.1% 4.36
137 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 43,000 >0.1% 0.144
138 Flag of Peru Peru 42,000 >0.1% 0.1502
139 Flag of Belize Belize 41,000 >0.1% 15.19
140 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 41,000 >0.1% 0.9113
141 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 38,000 >0.1% 0.3762
142 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 38,000 >0.1% 2.912
143 Flag of North Korea North Korea 37,000 >0.1% 0.16
144 Flag of The Bahamas The Bahamas 32,000 >0.1% 9.907
145 Flag of Haiti Haiti 30,000 >0.1% 0.3518
146 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 28,000 >0.1% 0.5103
147 Flag of Iraq Iraq 28,000 >0.1% 0.0972
148 Flag of Barbados Barbados 26,000 >0.1% 9.311
149 Flag of Honduras Honduras 26,000 >0.1% 0.3609
150 Flag of Monaco Monaco 25,000 >0.1% 70.11
151 Flag of Laos Laos 25,000 >0.1% 0.422
152 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 25,000 >0.1% 0.4247
153 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 24,000 >0.1% 0.3429
154 Flag of Iceland Iceland 23,000 >0.1% 7.667
155 Flag of Mauritius Mauritius 21,000 >0.1% 1.687
156 Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 21,000 >0.1% 0.0249
157 Flag of Djibouti Djibouti 20,000 >0.1% 2.522
158 Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 19,000 >0.01% 1.198
159 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 18,000 >0.01% 22.09
160 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 18,000 >0.01% 0.679
161 Flag of Fiji Fiji 17,000 >0.01% 2.005
162 Flag of Eritrea Eritrea 15,000 >0.01% 0.3408
163 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 12,000 >0.01% 35.31
164 Flag of Grenada Grenada 11,000 >0.01% 10.68
165 Flag of Malta Malta 11,000 >0.01% 2.723
166 Flag of Cape Verde Cape Verde 11,000 >0.01% 2.17
167 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10,000 >0.01% 8.403
168 Flag of Bhutan Bhutan 10,000 >0.01% 0.448
169 Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 9,000 >0.01% 5.6
170 Flag of Samoa Samoa 9,000 >0.01% 4.865
171 Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 9,000 >0.01% 0.3401
172 Flag of San Marino San Marino 9,000 >0.01% 32.01
173 Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 7,000 >0.01% 4.459
174 Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 6,000 >0.01% 1.19
175 Flag of Lesotho Lesotho 6,000 >0.01% 0.334
176 Flag of East Timor East Timor 6,000 >0.01% 0.6336
177 Flag of Dominica Dominica 5,000 >0.01% 7.257
178 Flag of Nauru Nauru 5,000 >0.01% 38.45
179 Flag of Seychelles Seychelles 5,000 >0.01% 6.199
180 Flag of Suriname Suriname 5,000 >0.01% 1.114
181 Flag of Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia 4,000 >0.01% 3.687
182 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,000 >0.01% 9.369
183 Flag of Palau Palau 3,000 >0.01% 15.04
184 Flag of Kiribati Kiribati 3,000 >0.01% 3.02
- Flag of Cook Islands Cook Islands 3,000 >0.01% 16.04 Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand
185 Flag of Maldives Maldives 3,000 >0.01% 0.9119
186 Flag of Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 3,000 >0.01% 0.6276
187 Flag of Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 2,000 >0.01% 3.228
188 Flag of Vatican City Vatican City (Flag of Holy See Holy See) 1,000 >0.01% 100% Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens
189 Flag of Tonga Tonga 1,000 >0.01% 0.9804
190 Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu 1,000 >0.01% 0.4739
191 Flag of Guyana Guyana 1,000 >0.01% 0.1332
192 Flag of Tuvalu Tuvalu 300 >0.01% 2.873
- Flag of Niue Niue 100 >0.01% 4.617 Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand
- Flag of Western Sahara Western Sahara - - - Western Sahara is under military occupation by Morocco. Immigration to the Moroccan-administered region is primarily Moroccan settlers. The area administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is sparsely populated

[edit] See also

  • UN international migration Excel table (for the year 2005)