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Emigrants, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Emigrants, 2005 covers 220 countries on 2 measures. Mexico is highest, at 11,329,536; Vatican City is lowest, at 52. The middle country reads 326,144. Against 2000, 220 values changed (163 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Emigrants · Data for 2005

HighestMexico

11,329,536

LowestVatican City

52

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Emigrants, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MexicoMEXCentral America11,329,53644.5204
IndiaINDSouthern Asia9,500,67337.3356
RussiaRUSEastern Europe8,675,25058.2770
ChinaCHNEastern Asia6,892,92053.4530
UkraineUKREastern Europe5,401,29554.9292
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia5,198,99137.7455
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,236,41450.4046
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,078,80454.6162
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia3,925,72758.4579
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3,902,69945.3400
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,715,06133.5789
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia3,648,31053.0533
PalestinePSEWestern Asia3,445,32043.2665
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,798,77655.9222
ItalyITASouthern Europe2,751,01846.8532
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,651,43046.4708
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia2,406,44955.3799
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2,371,08027.7946
United StatesUSANorthern America2,320,39849.6320
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa2,291,14544.0380
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,091,84353.1250
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,001,95054.1464
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1,960,90752.7535
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia1,946,32248.1768
FranceFRAWestern Europe1,855,04252.4327

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Mexico11,329,536
  2. India9,500,673
  3. Russia8,675,250
  4. China6,892,920
  5. Ukraine5,401,295

Lowest

  1. Vatican City52
  2. Liechtenstein154
  3. Cayman Islands179
  4. Channel Islands306
  5. Marshall Islands435

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 326,144. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032000 → 2005

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 220 in both
  • 163 · 57rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Mexico9,367,663 → 11,329,536+1,961,873
  • India7,778,792 → 9,500,673+1,721,881
  • China5,668,480 → 6,892,920+1,224,440
  • Romania1,226,172 → 1,960,907+734,735
  • Philippines3,310,102 → 3,925,727+615,625

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.

  • 219 distinct values among 220

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 2,549. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 220 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2005). Emigrants, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/emigrants/2005

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07Questions

Emigrants, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest emigrants in Emigrants, 2005?

Mexico, at 11,329,536, of the 220 countries in the file.

What year does Emigrants, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Emigrants, 2005 cover?

220.

Where can I download Emigrants, 2005?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Emigrants, 2005 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Emigrants, 2024.

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