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Emigrants, 2000

2000, 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, 2000 covers 220 countries on 2 measures. Mexico is highest, at 9,367,663; Vatican City is lowest, at 41. The middle country reads 293,261. Against 1995, 220 values changed (167 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Emigrants · Data for 2000

HighestMexico

9,367,663

LowestVatican City

41

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MexicoMEXCentral America9,367,66344.794
RussiaRUSEastern Europe8,879,47058.425
IndiaINDSouthern Asia7,778,79239.418
ChinaCHNEastern Asia5,668,48051.527
UkraineUKREastern Europe5,483,59053.567
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia5,287,85839.546
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia4,544,51645.563
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,107,12057.634
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,965,07951.718
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia3,407,17852.732
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia3,310,10259.080
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,272,45935.859
ItalyITASouthern Europe2,998,64847.329
PalestinePSEWestern Asia2,851,67544.043
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,673,85446.132
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,502,86656.500
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia2,128,32853.854
United StatesUSANorthern America2,017,59949.979
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1,921,18328.650
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,897,54054.066
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia1,813,68849.772
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,805,28750.573
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1,756,02445.154
FranceFRAWestern Europe1,721,39052.885
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1,624,53751.978

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Mexico9,367,663
  2. Russia8,879,470
  3. India7,778,792
  4. China5,668,480
  5. Ukraine5,483,590

Lowest

  1. Vatican City41
  2. Liechtenstein52
  3. Cayman Islands146
  4. Channel Islands312
  5. Andorra436

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 293,261. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women among these emigrants (%)

    HighestSan Marino65.400

    LowestEgypt28.650

    Middle country: 50.593

031995 → 2000

Since 1995

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 220 in both
  • 167 · 53rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Mexico7,165,639 → 9,367,663+2,202,024
  • China4,676,354 → 5,668,480+992,126
  • India6,900,228 → 7,778,792+878,564
  • Philippines2,736,078 → 3,310,102+574,024
  • Palestine2,368,382 → 2,851,675+483,293

Fell most

  • Rwanda2,109,879 → 346,850−1,763,029
  • Russia10,281,407 → 8,879,470−1,401,937
  • Germany4,825,017 → 4,107,120−717,897
  • Ethiopia727,374 → 418,923−308,451
  • Liberia562,699 → 270,603−292,096

04Caveats

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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 2000.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 220 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2000). Emigrants, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/emigrants/2000

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