List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population

These are lists of countries by foreign-born population (immigrants) and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).

According to the United Nations, in 2019, the United States, Germany, and Saudi Arabia had the largest number of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest. In terms of percentage of population, the Vatican City, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar had the highest, while Cuba, Madagascar, and China had the lowest.

According to estimates from the same UN 2015 report, in 2013, India and Mexico had the highest numbers of native-born persons living in a foreign country, while Tokelau and San Marino had the lowest.

Definition

The United Nations defines "foreign-born" as "born in a country other than that in which one resides" to estimate the international migrant stock, whenever this information is available. In countries lacking data on place of birth, the UN uses the country of citizenship instead.

According to the UN: "Equating international migrants with foreign citizens when estimating the migrant stock has important shortcomings. In countries where citizenship is conferred on the basis of jus sanguinis, people who were born in the country of residence may be included in the number of international migrants even though they may have never lived abroad. Conversely, persons who were born abroad and who naturalized in their country of residence are excluded from the stock of international migrants when using citizenship as the criterion to define international migrants."

UN 2019 report: immigrant population

Countries and regions by immigrant population in 2019

Major area, region, country or area of destination	Immigrants	% of total population
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
Europa	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
Komoren	12,504	1.5
Dschibuti	115,341	11.8
Eritrea	16,101	0.5
Äthiopien	1,253,083	1.1
Kenia	1,044,854	2.0
Madagaskar	34,934	0.1
Malawi	247,652	1.3
Mauritius	28,849	2.3
Mayotte	74,643	28.0
Mosambik	334,665	1.1
Réunion	129,153	14.5
Ruanda	539,932	4.3
Seychellen	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
Sambia	170,249	1.0
Simbabwe	411,257	2.8
Middle Africa	3,785,279	2.2
Angola	669,479	2.1
Kamerun	505,692	2.0
Zentralafrikanische Republik	90,649	1.9
Tschad	512,230	3.2
Congo	402,142	7.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	963,833	1.1
Äquatorial-Guinea	227,617	16.8
Gabun	411,463	18.9
Sao Tome und 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
Südafrika	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
Mauretanien	172,987	3.8
Niger	294,161	1.3
Nigeria	1,256,408	0.6
Sankt 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
Algerien	249,075	0.6
Ägypten	504,053	0.5
Libyen	818,216	12.1
Marokko	98,574	0.3
Sudan	1,223,092	2.9
Tunesien	57,455	0.5
Westsahara	5,384	0.9
Western Asia	45,635,541	16.6
Armenien	190,159	6.4
Aserbaidschan	253,887	2.5
Bahrain	741,161	45.2
Zypern	191,922	16.0
Georgien	79,035	2.0
Iraq	368,062	0.9
Israel	1,956,346	23.0
Jordanien	3,346,703	33.1
Kuwait	3,034,845	72.1
Libanon	1,863,873	27.2
Oman	2,286,226	46.0
Katar	2,229,688	78.7
Saudi-Arabien	13,122,338	38.3
Syrian Arab Republic	867,848	5.1
Türkei	5,876,829	7.0
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	8,587,256	87.9
Jemen	385,628	1.3
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA	19,627,025	1.0
Central Asia	5,543,398	7.6
Kasachstan	3,705,556	20.0
Kirgisistan	200,260	3.1
Tadschikistan	274,071	2.9
Turkmenistan	195,127	3.3
Usbekistan	1,168,384	3.5
Southern Asia	14,083,627	0.7
Afghanistan	149,762	0.4
Bangladesch	2,185,613	1.3
Bhutan	53,254	7.0
Indien	5,154,737	0.4
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2,682,214	3.2
Malediven	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
Mongolei	21,128	0.7
Südkorea	1,163,655	2.3
South-Eastern Asia	10,190,867	1.5
Brunei Darussalam	110,641	25.5
Kambodscha	78,649	0.5
Indonesien	353,135	0.1
Lao People's Democratic Republic	48,275	0.7
Malaysia	3,430,380	10.7
Myanmar	75,998	0.1
Philippinen	218,530	0.2
Singapur	2,155,653	37.1
Thailand	3,635,085	5.2
Timor-Leste	8,417	0.7
Vietnam	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 und Barbuda	29,207	30.1
Aruba	36,532	34.4
Bahamas	62,962	16.2
Barbados	34,807	12.1
Britische Jungferninseln	20,778	69.2
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	15,484	59.6
Cayman-Inseln	28,985	44.6
Cuba	4,886	0.0
Curaçao	40,883	25.0
Dominica	8,264	11.5
Dominikanische Republik	567,648	5.3
Grenada	7,124	6.4
Guadeloupe	100,030	22.3
Haiti	18,756	0.2
Jamaika	23,468	0.8
Martinique	61,647	16.4
Montserrat	1,375	27.6
Puerto Rico	266,828	9.1
St. Kitts und Nevis	7,587	14.4
St. Lucia	8,383	4.6
St. Vincent und die Grenadinen	4,692	4.2
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	28,260	66.7
Trinidad und Tobago	59,249	4.2
Turks- und Caicosinseln	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
Mexiko	1,060,707	0.8
Nicaragua	42,172	0.6
Panama	185,072	4.4
South America	8,820,807	2.9
Argentinien	2,212,879	4.9
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	156,114	1.4
Brasilien	807,006	0.4
Chile	1,625,074	8.7
Kolumbien	1,142,319	2.3
Ecuador	381,507	2.2
Falklandinseln	1,902	56.3
Französisch-Guayana	117,372	40.4
Guyana	15,699	2.0
Paraguay	160,519	2.3
Peru	782,169	2.4
Surinam	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
Australien	7,549,270	30.0
Neuseeland	1,401,866	27.4
Melanesia	123,564	1.1
Fidschi	14,038	1.6
Neukaledonien	72,537	25.7
Papua-Neuguinea	31,212	0.4
Salomonen	2,532	0.4
Vanuatu	3,245	1.1
Mikronesien	117,978	21.7
Guam	79,846	47.7
Kiribati	3,022	2.6
Marshallinseln	3,296	5.6
Mikronesien	2,819	2.5
Nauru	2,114	19.7
Nördliche Marianen	21,815	38.1
Palau	5,066	28.1
Polynesia	68,374	10.1
Amerikanisch-Samoa	23,539	42.6
Cook Inseln	3,491	19.9
Französisch-Polynesien	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 und 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
Weißrussland	1,069,395	11.3
Bulgarien	168,516	2.4
Tschechische Republik	512,705	4.8
Ungarn	512,043	5.3
Polen	655,985	1.7
Republic of Moldova	104,713	2.6
Rumänien	462,552	2.4
Russian Federation	11,640,559	8.0
Slowakei	187,984	3.4
Ukraine	4,964,293	11.3
Northern Europe	15,094,924	14.3
Channel Islands	83,833	48.7
Dänemark	722,878	12.5
Estland	190,242	14.4
Färöer Inseln	6,454	13.3
Finnland	383,116	6.9
Island	52,404	15.5
Irland	833,564	17.1
Isle of Man	42,864	50.7
Lettland	237,266	12.4
Litauen	117,218	4.2
Norwegen	867,765	16.1
Schweden	2,005,210	20.0
Vereinigtes Königreich	9,552,110	14.1
Southern Europe	16,503,552	10.8
Albanien	49,160	1.7
Andorra	45,102	58.5
Bosnien und Herzegowina	35,735	1.1
Kroatien	518,083	12.5
Gibraltar	11,172	33.2
Griechenland	1,211,382	11.6
Holy See	799	100.0
Italien	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
Serbien	820,312	9.4
Slowenien	253,122	12.2
Spanien	7,231,195	15.2
Western Europe	30,427,318	15.6
Österreich	1,779,857	19.9
Belgien	1,981,919	17.2
Frankreich	9,589,322	14.1
Deutschland	13,132,146	15.7
Liechtenstein	25,467	67.0
Luxemburg	291,723	47.4
Monaco	26,511	68.0
Niederlande	2,282,791	13.4
Schweiz	2,572,029	29.9
NORTHERN AMERICA	58,647,822	16.0
Bermuda	19,336	30.9
Kanada	7,960,657	21.3
Grönland	5,690	10.0
St. Pierre und 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	Article
World	271,642,105
Other South	7,950,425
Other North	3,407,920
Afghanistan	5,120,756	Afghan diaspora
Albanien	1,207,032	Albanian diaspora
Algerien	1,944,784
Amerikanisch-Samoa	1,817
Andorra	9,114
Angola	661,590
Anguilla	2,707
Antigua und Barbuda	55,089
Argentinien	1,013,414
Armenien	964,848	Armenian diaspora
Aruba	19,640
Australien	577,255	Australian diaspora
Österreich	575,950	Austrians Abroad
Aserbaidschan	1,155,852	Azerbaijani diaspora
Bahamas	46,467
Bahrain	60,153
Bangladesch	7,835,152	Bangladeshi diaspora
Barbados	112,925
Weißrussland	1,480,794	Belarusian diaspora
Belgien	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
Bosnien und Herzegowina	1,653,056	Bosnian diaspora
Botswana	86,501
Brasilien	1,745,339	Brazilian diaspora
Britische Jungferninseln	5,417
Brunei Darussalam	46,977
Bulgarien	1,541,860	Bulgarian diaspora
Burkina Faso	1,581,083
Burundi	623,999
Cabo Verde	186,372
Kambodscha	1,097,884
Kamerun	383,029
Kanada	1,323,087	Canadian diaspora
Cayman-Inseln	1,973
Zentralafrikanische Republik	767,884
Tschad	206,400
Channel Islands	22,545
Chile	650,151
China	10,732,281	Chinese diaspora
China, Hong Kong SAR	1,110,358	Emigration from Hong Kong
China, Macao SAR	161,930
Kolumbien	2,869,032	Colombian diaspora
Komoren	120,297
Congo	239,397
Cook Inseln	22,488
Costa Rica	150,400
Côte d'Ivoire	1,114,003
Kroatien	990,012	Croatian diaspora
Cuba	1,654,684	Cuban diaspora
Curaçao	123,132
Zypern	214,648	Greek Cypriot diaspora
Tschechische Republik	911,388	Czech diaspora
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	113,118	Korean diaspora
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,684,615
Dänemark	255,616
Dschibuti	18,668
Dominica	78,634
Dominikanische Republik	1,558,668
Ecuador	1,183,685	Emigration from Ecuador
Ägypten	3,547,626	Egyptian diaspora
El Salvador	1,600,739
Äquatorial-Guinea	125,670
Eritrea	751,481
Estland	208,257
Eswatini	108,188
Äthiopien	871,747
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1,623
Färöer Inseln	13,838
Fidschi	222,633
Finnland	290,006	Finnish diaspora
Frankreich	2,296,534	French diaspora
Französisch-Guayana	4,555
Französisch-Polynesien	1,982
Gabun	46,684
Gambia	118,483
Georgien	852,816	Georgian diaspora
Deutschland	4,014,203	German diaspora
Ghana	970,625
Gibraltar	14,320
Griechenland	1,039,257	Greek diaspora
Grönland	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
Ungarn	632,126	Hungarian diaspora
Island	42,186	Icelandic diaspora
Indien	17,510,931	Indian diaspora
Indonesien	4,532,992	Indonesian diaspora
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	4,037,258	Iranian diaspora
Iraq	2,033,522	Iraqi diaspora
Irland	816,797	Irish diaspora
Isle of Man	12,809
Israel	369,935	Yordim
Italien	3,077,777	Italian diaspora
Jamaika	1,111,021	Jamaican diaspora
Japan	838,852	Japanese diaspora
Jordanien	784,377
Kasachstan	4,005,587
Kenia	525,437
Kiribati	4,370
Kuwait	205,382
Kirgisistan	754,969
Lao People's Democratic Republic	1,347,034	Laotian diaspora
Lettland	332,220	Latvian diaspora
Libanon	844,158	Lebanese diaspora
Lesotho	341,580
Liberia	219,338
Libyen	180,586
Liechtenstein	3,713
Litauen	610,223
Luxemburg	75,470
Madagaskar	184,762
Malawi	324,541
Malaysia	1,689,222	Malaysian diaspora
Malediven	3,053	Maldivian diaspora
Mali	1,264,700
Malta	111,137	Emigration from Malta
Marshallinseln	8,205
Martinique	13,919
Mauretanien	128,506
Mauritius	188,344
Mayotte	6,617
Mexiko	11,796,178	Emigration from Mexico
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	21,819
Monaco	31,452
Mongolei	73,488	Mongolian diaspora
Montenegro	153,009
Montserrat	22,838
Marokko	3,136,069	Moroccan diaspora
Mosambik	1,013,416
Myanmar	3,699,472	Burmese diaspora
Namibia	195,515
Nauru	2,421
Nepal	2,285,364	Overseas Nepali
Niederlande	980,753	Dutch diaspora
Neukaledonien	5,098
Neuseeland	777,303
Nicaragua	682,865
Niger	401,653
Nigeria	1,438,331
Niue	5,593
North Macedonia	658,264	Macedonian diaspora
Nördliche Marianen	2,764
Norwegen	202,336	Norwegian diaspora
Oman	24,939
Pakistan	6,303,286	Pakistani diaspora
Palau	2,650
Panama	161,107
Papua-Neuguinea	219,126
Paraguay	871,638
Peru	1,512,920
Philippinen	5,377,337	Overseas Filipinos
Polen	4,446,985	Polish diaspora
Portugal	2,631,559
Puerto Rico	5,807,347
Katar	171,632
Republic of Moldova	1,013,417	Moldovan diaspora
Réunion	133,769
Rumänien	3,572,794	Romanian diaspora
Russian Federation	10,491,715	Russian diaspora
Ruanda	588,544
Sankt Helena	6,596
St. Kitts und Nevis	124,941
St. Lucia	63,605
St. Pierre und Miquelon	2,356
St. Vincent und die Grenadinen	60,655
Samoa	124,403
San Marino	2,425
Sao Tome und Principe	37,013
Saudi-Arabien	296,254
Senegal	642,654
Serbien	950,485	Serbian diaspora
Seychellen	36,788
Sierra Leone	187,102
Singapur	340,751	Overseas Singaporean
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	29,209
Slowakei	345,683	Slovak diaspora
Slowenien	147,593	Slovene diaspora
Salomonen	4,234
Somalia	2,054,377	Somali diaspora
Südafrika	824,601	South African diaspora
Südkorea	2,176,580	Korean diaspora
South Sudan	2,608,218	South Sudanese diaspora
Spanien	1,444,942	Spanish diaspora
Sri Lanka	1,775,768	Sri Lankan diaspora
State of Palestine	3,890,650	Palestinian diaspora
Sudan	2,040,613
Surinam	423,517
Schweden	353,825	Swedish diaspora
Schweiz	679,796	Swiss abroad
Syrian Arab Republic	8,225,499	Syrian diaspora
Tadschikistan	597,959
Thailand	1,020,119
Timor-Leste	39,202
Togo	543,277
Tokelau	2,242
Tonga	74,433
Trinidad und Tobago	334,304
Tunesien	813,213
Türkei	3,493,071	Turkish diaspora
Turkmenistan	260,832
Turks- und Caicosinseln	31,033
Tuvalu	3,276
Uganda	734,951
Ukraine	5,901,067	Ukrainian diaspora
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	154,404	Emirati diaspora
Vereinigtes Königreich	4,274,998	British diaspora
United Republic of Tanzania	323,173
United States of America	4,779,929	American diaspora
United States Virgin Islands	25,863
Uruguay	633,439	Emigration from Uruguay
Usbekistan	1,979,523
Vanuatu	7,346
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2,519,780	Venezuelan diaspora
Vietnam	2,683,954	Overseas Vietnamese
Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,820
Westsahara	195,572
Jemen	1,267,610	Yemeni diaspora
Sambia	493,087
Simbabwe	933,654	Zimbabwean diaspora

See also

• List of countries by ethnic and cultural diversity level
• List of U.S. states and territories by immigrant population
• List of diasporas