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Emigrants, 2010

2010, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

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

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

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +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

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 2010.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 221 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 (2010). Emigrants, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/emigrants/2010

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07Questions

Emigrants, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest emigrants in Emigrants, 2010?

India, at 12,350,515, of the 221 countries in the file.

What year does Emigrants, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Emigrants, 2010 cover?

221.

Where can I download Emigrants, 2010?

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

Is Emigrants, 2010 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Emigrants, 2024.

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