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Emigrants, 2010

2010, 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, 2010 covers 221 countries on 2 measures. India is highest, at 12,350,515; Vatican City is lowest, at 74. The middle country reads 342,391. Against 2005, 219 values changed (180 up, 39 down), 1 country joined.

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Emigrants · Data for 2010

HighestIndia

12,350,515

LowestVatican City

74

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, 2010, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 221 countries · select a heading to sort

Emigrants, 2010: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
IndiaINDSouthern Asia12,350,51536.5089
MexicoMEXCentral America12,108,92846.6406
ChinaCHNEastern Asia8,773,15055.1498
RussiaRUSEastern Europe8,545,80658.3864
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia6,221,64232.2976
UkraineUKREastern Europe5,179,22456.2679
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia5,074,82546.3374
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia4,941,99457.7343
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4,684,52331.1166
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,535,07749.4014
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,260,81054.0223
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia3,753,54253.3586
PolandPOLEastern Europe3,673,71555.0983
PalestinePSEWestern Asia3,493,67843.9306
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa3,213,30828.0741
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,031,60053.8341
RomaniaROUEastern Europe2,979,84453.1702
United StatesUSANorthern America2,774,89949.3161
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa2,733,74745.3517
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,709,64647.2895
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,697,91346.7527
ItalyITASouthern Europe2,666,86246.8342
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,558,29854.2436
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,339,77951.9827
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,164,78255.2354

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. India12,350,515
  2. Mexico12,108,928
  3. China8,773,150
  4. Russia8,545,806
  5. Bangladesh6,221,642

Lowest

  1. Vatican City74
  2. Cayman Islands248
  3. Liechtenstein264
  4. Marshall Islands379
  5. Channel Islands381

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 342,391. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032005 → 2010

Since 2005

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 220 in both
  • 180 · 39rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • India9,500,673 → 12,350,515+2,849,842
  • China6,892,920 → 8,773,150+1,880,230
  • Iraq1,202,149 → 2,697,913+1,495,764
  • Afghanistan3,902,699 → 5,074,825+1,172,126
  • Bangladesh5,198,991 → 6,221,642+1,022,651

Fell most

  • Burundi651,030 → 290,788−360,242
  • Azerbaijan1,350,981 → 1,050,055−300,926
  • Ukraine5,401,295 → 5,179,224−222,071
  • Liberia349,718 → 186,132−163,586
  • Belarus1,462,091 → 1,310,899−151,192
+ Sudan

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 2010.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 221 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2010). Emigrants, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/emigrants/2010

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