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International migrant stock as a share of total population (%)

Name: International migrant stock as a share of total population (%)
Creator: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Population Division
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, migration, migrants, population, foreign-born, diaspora, demography

Share of residents who are international migrants (foreign-born/foreign citizens), by country. UN DESA 2020 migrant stock as % of population.

Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Population Division•173 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

8.7%

Median: 2.0%

Countries Covered

173

with available data

Highest

United Arab Emirates

88.4%

Lowest

Vietnam

0.1%

Top 5 Countries

1United Arab Emirates88.4%

2Brunei Darussalam88.4%

3Qatar75.4%

4Kuwait72.6%

5Luxembourg47.0%

By Region

Oceania29.8%(2 countries)

Asia17.4%(25 countries)

Europe12.7%(32 countries)

North America9.6%(4 countries)

Other5.6%(94 countries)

Key Findings

•Some Gulf states have extraordinarily high migrant shares (e.g., UAE and Qatar), reflecting expatriate labor-based population structures.
•Many large countries have low migrant shares (often under 2%), even when they experience substantial internal migration.
•European and other high-income destination countries commonly fall in the ~10–30% range, indicating sustained long-run immigration.
•Migration shares vary widely across neighboring countries, reflecting differences in labor markets, conflict exposure, and migration policy.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1%)High (88.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 8.7%)

Oceania (2)

Asia (25)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

Other (94)

Africa (9)

South America (7)

About This Statistic

This statistic shows the proportion of each country’s resident population that is made up of international migrants—people living in a country other than the one in which they were born (or, in a minority of cases where birthplace is unavailable, of which they are citizens). It is a useful lens on how migration reshapes societies: some countries host very large migrant communities relative to their size, while others remain comparatively closed in demographic terms.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) compiles international migrant stock estimates by country of residence on a common reference date (mid-year), harmonizing national census and administrative sources. Expressed as a percentage of total population, the measure is especially revealing for small states and high-income destination economies, but it also highlights emerging migration hubs and displacement-affected regions.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	United Arab Emirates	88.4%
2	Brunei Darussalam	88.4%
3	Qatar	75.4%
4	Kuwait	72.6%
5	Luxembourg	47.0%
6	Singapore	42.5%
7	Oman	41.3%
8	Saudi Arabia	38.3%
9	Curaçao	35.6%
10	Jordan	33.4%
11	Australia	30.1%
12	Switzerland	29.7%
13	New Zealand	29.5%
14	Israel	27.5%
15	Aruba	25.1%
16	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23.9%
17	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	23.1%
18	Mauritius	22.0%
19	Canada	21.3%
20	Algeria	20.7%
21	Republic of The Gambia	20.0%
22	Kazakhstan	20.0%
23	Sweden	20.0%
24	Guinea-Bissau	19.5%
25	Austria	19.1%
26	Germany	18.8%
27	Ireland	18.8%
28	Maldives	18.7%
29	Belgium	17.4%
30	Slovenia	16.0%
31	Estonia	15.7%
32	Iceland	15.5%
33	United States of America	15.4%
34	Norway	15.3%
35	Spain	15.0%
36	United Kingdom	14.0%
37	Montenegro	13.9%
38	Netherlands	13.9%
39	Greece	13.6%
40	Latvia	13.6%
41	Croatia	13.4%
42	France	13.0%
43	Djibouti	12.8%
44	Lebanon	12.4%
45	Libya	12.4%
46	Ukraine	11.5%
47	Belarus	11.3%
48	Italy	10.6%
49	Denmark	10.3%
50	Kyrgyzstan	10.2%
51	Costa Rica	9.2%
52	Portugal	9.0%
53	Trinidad and Tobago	8.9%
54	Malta	8.6%
55	Russian Federation	8.1%
56	Serbia	7.7%
57	Suriname	7.0%
58	Türkiye	7.0%
59	Syrian Arab Republic	6.9%
60	The Republic of North Macedonia	6.5%
61	Hungary	6.0%
62	Czech Republic	5.6%
63	Thailand	5.1%
64	Panama	4.9%
65	Venezuela	4.8%
66	Argentina	4.8%
67	Turkmenistan	4.4%
68	Finland	4.0%
69	Lithuania	4.0%
70	Slovakia	3.9%
71	Islamic Republic of Iran	3.6%
72	Malaysia	3.5%
73	Mauritania	3.5%
74	Moldova, Republic of	3.1%
75	Jamaica	3.0%
76	Seychelles	2.8%
77	Zimbabwe	2.8%
78	Cote d'Ivoire	2.6%
79	Dominican Republic	2.4%
80	Armenia	2.4%
81	Gabon	2.3%
82	Japan	2.3%
83	South Korea	2.2%
84	Liberia	2.2%
85	Uruguay	2.2%
86	Kenya	2.0%
87	Poland	2.0%
88	Albania	2.0%
89	Colombia	1.9%
90	Fiji	1.8%
91	Belize	1.8%
92	South Africa	1.7%
93	Sri Lanka	1.6%
94	New Caledonia	1.5%
95	Chile	1.4%
96	El Salvador	1.4%
97	Malawi	1.4%
98	Namibia	1.4%
99	Barbados	1.4%
100	Bulgaria	1.3%
101	Eritrea	1.3%
102	Timor-Leste	1.3%
103	Bangladesh	1.3%
104	Ethiopia	1.2%
105	Ghana	1.2%
106	Iraq	1.2%
107	Cape Verde	1.1%
108	Ecuador	1.1%
109	Cameroon	1.0%
110	Georgia	1.0%
111	Paraguay	1.0%
112	Yemen	1.0%
113	Bolivia	1.0%
114	Nicaragua	0.9%
115	Peru	0.9%
116	Togo	0.9%
117	Uganda	0.9%
118	Burkina Faso	0.9%
119	Botswana	0.9%
120	Brazil	0.9%
121	Guatemala	0.8%
122	Lesotho	0.8%
123	Mexico	0.8%
124	Vanuatu	0.8%
125	Papua New Guinea	0.8%
126	Romania	0.8%
127	Sierra Leone	0.8%
128	South Sudan	0.8%
129	Republic of the Congo	0.7%
130	Guinea	0.7%
131	Honduras	0.7%
132	Eswatini	0.7%
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.7%
134	Mali	0.6%
135	Nigeria	0.6%
136	Sudan	0.6%
137	Bhutan	0.6%
138	Mongolia	0.5%
139	Mozambique	0.5%
140	Niger	0.5%
141	Pakistan	0.5%
142	Tunisia	0.5%
143	Egypt	0.5%
144	Afghanistan	0.5%
145	Cambodia	0.4%
146	Cyprus	0.4%
147	Haiti	0.4%
148	India	0.4%
149	Rwanda	0.4%
150	Tajikistan	0.4%
151	Zambia	0.4%
152	Angola	0.4%
153	Solomon Islands	0.4%
154	Burundi	0.3%
155	Central African Republic	0.3%
156	Benin	0.3%
157	Morocco	0.3%
158	United Republic of Tanzania	0.3%
159	Chad	0.2%
160	Comoros	0.2%
161	Cuba	0.2%
162	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.2%
163	Madagascar	0.2%
164	Philippines	0.2%
165	Senegal	0.2%
166	Somalia	0.2%
167	Uzbekistan	0.2%
168	Myanmar	0.1%
169	People's Republic of China	0.1%
170	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.1%
171	Indonesia	0.1%
172	North Korea	0.1%
173	Vietnam	0.1%

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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Population Division (2020).

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