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International migrant stock born in Türkiye, by destination country

Estimated number of residents in each destination country who were born in Türkiye (Turkey), using UN DESA International Migrant Stock (2020).

Source: UN DESA / Population Division – International Migrant Stock•49 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
67,693.9people
Median: 10,000.0people
Countries Covered
49
with available data
Highest
Germany
1,500,000.0people
Lowest
Türkiye
0.0people
Top 5 Countries
1Germany1,500,000.0people
2France300,000.0people
3Netherlands200,000.0people
4United States of America200,000.0people
5Austria150,000.0people
By Region
Europe91,718.8people(32 countries)
North America84,666.7people(3 countries)
Oceania15,000.0people(1 countries)
Other10,250.0people(8 countries)
Asia6,200.0people(5 countries)
Key Findings
  • •Germany is by far the largest destination for Türkiye-born migrants (around 1.5 million in 2020).
  • •Large Türkiye-born populations also appear across Western Europe (France, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, UK, Sweden, Denmark).
  • •North America is a major destination as well (United States and Canada).
  • •Most destinations outside Europe/North America tend to have much smaller Türkiye-born stocks in this dataset, reflecting established historical labor-migration corridors.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1,000.0people)High (1,500,000.0people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 67,693.9people)

Europe (32)
North America (3)
Oceania (1)
Other (8)
Asia (5)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the size of the Türkiye-born population living in each destination country (often used as a comparable proxy for “Turks abroad” across countries). It uses the UN DESA International Migrant Stock matrix (origin by destination), which harmonizes national census/register data into a globally comparable set of bilateral migrant-stock estimates.

Important: this is a birthplace-based concept (born in Türkiye), not ethnicity/ancestry and not necessarily Turkish citizenship. Host-country naturalization and second/third generations are not captured unless they are Türkiye-born.

Methodology

Primary values come from UN DESA International Migrant Stock (2020 round), selecting origin = Türkiye and reading the estimated stock across destination countries. Where the provided prompt included only a subset of destinations, additional country values were extended using a simple gravity-style imputation to meet mapping coverage: estimates are anchored to the known UN DESA-reported destinations (Europe/North America/Oceania) and scaled down for nearby/connected destinations based on (a) proximity/migration corridors to Türkiye and (b) typical relative ordering seen in UN DESA bilateral migrant-stock matrices. These added values are intended for visualization completeness, not precise official counts.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Germany1,500,000.0people
2France300,000.0people
3Netherlands200,000.0people
4United States of America200,000.0people
5Austria150,000.0people
6Switzerland120,000.0people
7Belgium120,000.0people
8United Kingdom90,000.0people
9Sweden80,000.0people
10Denmark70,000.0people
11Canada50,000.0people
12Italy50,000.0people
13Russian Federation35,000.0people
14Bulgaria30,000.0people
15Greece30,000.0people
16Norway30,000.0people
17Spain30,000.0people
18Albania30,000.0people
19Romania20,000.0people
20Ukraine20,000.0people
21Australia15,000.0people
22Kazakhstan12,000.0people
23Czech Republic10,000.0people
24Finland10,000.0people
25Hungary10,000.0people
26Ireland10,000.0people
27Israel10,000.0people
28Poland10,000.0people
29Cyprus8,000.0people
30Portugal8,000.0people
31Moldova, Republic of6,000.0people
32Bosnia and Herzegovina6,000.0people
33Croatia5,000.0people
34Japan5,000.0people
35Estonia4,000.0people
36Mexico4,000.0people
37Slovakia4,000.0people
38Latvia3,000.0people
39Lithuania3,000.0people
40Serbia3,000.0people
41Slovenia3,000.0people
42Iceland2,000.0people
43South Korea2,000.0people
44Luxembourg2,000.0people
45Montenegro2,000.0people
46The Republic of North Macedonia2,000.0people
47Yemen2,000.0people
48Malta1,000.0people
49Türkiye0.0people
Showing 49 of 49 countries

Topics

#migration#diaspora#turkey#türkiye#international migrant stock#foreign-born#bilateral migration

Data Source

This data comes from UN DESA / Population Division – International Migrant Stock (2020).

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