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Emigrants, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the number of people from each country who live in another — international migrants counted by where they come from rather than where they live. It is the mirror of the migrants a country hosts, and covers everyone abroad, from students and workers to refugees.

Emigrants, 1990 covers 220 countries on 2 measures. Russia is highest, at 12,427,364; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 22. The middle country reads 216,937.

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Emigrants · Data for 1990

HighestRussia

12,427,364

Lowest2 countries share it

22

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Emigrants, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 220 countries · select a heading to sort

Emigrants, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
RussiaRUSEastern Europe12,427,36457.21682
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7,477,10446.55155
IndiaINDSouthern Asia6,575,41639.09817
UkraineUKREastern Europe5,528,99051.44254
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia5,076,54041.28257
MexicoMEXCentral America4,588,87443.00432
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,990,93547.36795
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,870,62057.16523
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,869,25152.15350
ItalyITASouthern Europe3,354,37247.49700
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia3,178,22151.99066
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,131,86537.98887
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,317,60755.62664
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,167,14056.73819
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa1,989,04847.12903
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1,862,30245.39742
PalestinePSEWestern Asia1,824,63445.09304
BelarusBLREastern Europe1,768,06754.24020
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,744,46552.86199
United StatesUSANorthern America1,725,05850.47303
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1,630,81050.19671
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1,630,72828.11934
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1,589,83047.27537
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1,458,50547.32174
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia1,449,40652.21091

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Russia12,427,364
  2. Afghanistan7,477,104
  3. India6,575,416
  4. Ukraine5,528,990
  5. Bangladesh5,076,540

Lowest

  1. Vatican Cityshared22
  2. Liechtensteinshared22
  3. Cayman Islands125
  4. Andorra143
  5. Channel Islands285

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 216,937. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women among these emigrants (%)

    HighestSan Marino66.09687

    LowestLesotho18.36147

    Middle country: 50.89308

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • 219 distinct values among 220

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 22. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 220 countries has every column.

04The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1990). Emigrants, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/emigrants/1990

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