Data for 1990

International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990

Name: International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country's population made up of international migrants — people born abroad, or foreign citizens where a country counts by citizenship, including refugees. The same share among women and among men is shown beside it.

International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990 covers 220 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 100.0000; South Korea is lowest, at 0.0420. The middle country reads 4.7320.

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International Migrants as a Share of Population · Data for 1990

HighestVatican City

100.0000

LowestSouth Korea

0.0420

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

220countries
3measures per country
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International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	100.0000	100.00000	100.0000	I
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	85.0326	87.49736	82.5087	B R
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	73.9415	72.11457	75.5770	C
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	68.6063	63.26149	71.0942	C
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	67.0630	68.52108	65.4617	B
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.6858	55.78960	67.9816	C
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	61.3562	59.97179	62.6059	B
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	58.3975	60.09933	56.5903	C R
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	51.1653	51.06466	51.2547	B R
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	50.7976	51.33801	50.2205	B
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	50.4513	51.54368	49.2791	B
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	50.3247	46.90910	53.3221	B
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	48.9596	47.53981	49.6033	C
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	45.6325	45.13306	46.0939	B
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	43.3094	43.76344	42.9016	B R
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	43.0927	44.15404	41.9572	B
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	42.1483	31.28719	51.4348	C R
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	39.8963	39.85423	39.9373	B R
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	37.7540	34.15442	41.3755	B
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	35.8283	35.75588	35.9033	C R
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.6987	37.75068	33.6259	B R
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	34.3770	25.43516	40.4831	C
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	32.0184	31.46685	32.5451	B
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.2412	27.22078	34.9929	C R
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	30.5989	31.00189	30.1896	B R
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29.8638	12.25793	42.8615	C
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	29.8127	29.63372	29.9994	B
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	29.2559	28.01798	30.4242	C R
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	28.6730	27.10715	29.9695	B
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	27.7066	30.63706	24.4961	B R
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	27.2468	28.33827	26.1642	B
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	24.3263	25.17546	23.3612	B
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	24.2848	24.96384	23.5038	B
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23.9959	25.75273	22.2891	B
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23.3063	22.81601	23.7989	B R
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	22.4171	24.42481	20.3334	B R
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	21.3498	19.30609	23.3355	B
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	21.0894	19.87604	22.3190	B R
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19.1736	19.99252	18.2876	B R
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.0737	19.33469	18.7982	B R
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	18.8536	18.39940	19.3094	B
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	18.6547	17.87890	19.4675	B R
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	18.5663	17.82178	19.2762	B
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18.3564	14.20261	21.9245	B
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	16.6852	11.00407	21.5052	B
Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.6073	15.49667	17.6912	B R
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.4952	15.30825	15.6879	B R
Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.2974	15.45195	15.1400	B
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15.1110	13.88518	16.2500	B R
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.9500	12.32144	17.5241	B R
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	14.1001	13.20644	15.0326	C
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	13.9719	15.49551	12.2891	B R
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	13.7699	13.23071	14.3365	B R
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.5196	13.82629	13.1874	B R
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.4793	14.75549	12.2285	B
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.3782	13.20798	13.5473	B R
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13.2418	14.11152	12.2361	B
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	13.0308	10.97097	15.1726	C R
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	12.6757	10.52802	14.6911	B R
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12.2614	12.51428	11.9750	B
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.2051	13.78709	10.4790	B R
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.9834	12.63408	11.2324	B R
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.8845	13.88524	9.7723	B
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.8138	11.82163	11.8054	B R
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11.8072	10.32935	13.3215	C R
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11.1997	9.70218	12.7360	B R
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.3351	9.88072	10.8158	B R
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10.2823	10.58862	10.0262	C R
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.8331	10.06343	9.5838	B
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	9.7320	9.42760	10.0375	B R
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9.4804	9.46652	9.4949	B R
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.4521	9.48733	9.4130	B
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.2907	10.45015	8.0517	B R
United States`USA`Northern America	9.1826	9.21515	9.1488	B
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.1637	9.31292	9.0109	B R
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	9.0908	9.23213	8.9403	B
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	9.0216	8.10241	9.8682	B
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.9127	8.60014	9.2452	B
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.8104	8.03995	9.6344	B R
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.7320	8.44065	9.0442	B R
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8.5957	7.79831	9.4447	B R
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.2524	8.49679	7.9863	B R
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.1504	9.01828	7.2538	B R
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.0772	9.10754	7.0525	B R
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.9457	8.01396	7.8755	B R
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.9444	8.68418	7.1624	B R
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	7.9393	7.62794	8.2612	B R
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.7359	7.41176	8.1038	B R
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.3511	6.73052	7.9457	C R
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.7529	6.59062	6.9161	I R
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.4821	6.63566	6.3269	B R
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.3884	6.40982	6.3654	B R
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.2729	6.18586	6.3629	C B R
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.2603	5.33787	7.2376	B R
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.0256	5.52218	6.5467	B
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.9622	5.98688	5.9367	B R
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.7621	4.93185	6.5599	B R
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.7201	5.50983	5.9329	C R
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.6771	5.64493	5.7085	C R
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.5878	5.90162	5.2305	B R
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.5618	5.70217	5.4102	B R
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.5565	6.03037	5.0995	B
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.4353	5.42360	5.4472	B R
Honduras`HND`Central America	5.4296	5.36786	5.4907	B R
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.3447	5.27419	5.4100	B R
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.2932	4.66384	5.9407	B R
Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.1698	5.13194	5.2074	B R
Argentina`ARG`South America	5.0310	5.18876	4.8682	B R
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	5.0295	4.20094	5.8198	B
Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.8537	4.65399	5.0499	B R
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4.6103	5.23331	3.9521	B
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.5889	4.64251	4.5338	B R
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.5406	4.33826	4.7475	B
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4.5389	4.25597	4.8245	C
Suriname`SUR`South America	4.3838	4.04475	4.7208	C R
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.3624	4.36429	4.3604	B
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.2946	4.62845	3.9406	B R
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.2706	3.68898	4.8529	B R
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	4.2648	4.29425	4.2351	B
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.0980	4.31650	3.8726	B
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.0714	3.06959	5.0680	B R
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.0461	4.30171	3.7866	B R
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.0400	1.55748	6.3240	B
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.8659	3.67410	4.0385	C
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.8482	3.84472	3.8518	B R
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.8174	3.90541	3.7265	B R
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.7609	4.20479	3.3206	B
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.6526	3.17537	4.1205	B
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.6178	3.42543	3.8160	B
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3.6145	3.01771	4.2604	C
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.5892	3.39949	3.7911	B R
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.5506	3.70384	3.4016	B R
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.5025	3.39049	3.6157	B R
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.3475	3.54497	3.1336	B
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.1905	3.03982	3.3476	B R
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.1667	3.27309	3.0578	B
Uruguay`URY`South America	3.1605	3.28911	3.0256	B R
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.1554	2.32836	3.9537	B R
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.9625	3.38395	2.5188	B R
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.9281	3.35965	2.4964	B R
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.9198	2.87504	2.9638	B R
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.8883	2.77128	3.0094	B
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.6816	2.92351	2.4254	B R
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.5947	2.00532	3.1572	B
Panama`PAN`Central America	2.5552	2.43178	2.6764	B R
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2.3789	2.29667	2.4687	B R
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.3471	2.09763	2.6018	B R
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.3411	2.22231	2.4572	C R
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.2022	3.16290	1.2707	B R
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.1985	2.21485	2.1819	B R
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.1697	2.14243	2.1972	B R
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.1218	2.08209	2.1620	C R
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.1069	1.62972	2.6077	B R
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.0816	2.10879	2.0533	B R
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.0698	2.10204	2.0382	B R
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.0559	2.10918	2.0015	B R
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.0138	2.17214	1.8570	B
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.9859	1.96095	2.0088	B R
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.8385	1.81899	1.8586	B R
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.7512	1.71860	1.7836	B R
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.7177	1.67740	1.7573	B R
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.5784	1.53096	1.6287	B R
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.5588	1.50231	1.6083	B R
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.4532	1.34727	1.5637	C B R
Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.3935	1.45618	1.3310	B R
Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.3291	1.32422	1.3339	B R
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.3021	1.18415	1.4223	B R
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.2751	1.18798	1.3544	B R
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.2685	1.22995	1.3094	B
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.2588	1.29217	1.2237	I R
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.2426	1.12502	1.3641	B R
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.1776	1.22567	1.1327	B R
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.0796	1.00610	1.1487	B R
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.0708	1.05774	1.0841	B R
Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.0345	1.01256	1.0565	B R
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.9951	0.96896	1.0222	B R
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.9342	0.82925	1.0471	B R
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.8771	0.91142	0.8412	B R
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.8651	0.77971	0.9416	C R
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.8603	0.86686	0.8536	B R
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.8559	0.74910	0.9620	C R
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.8513	0.83570	0.8673	C
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.8470	0.79259	0.9034	B R
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.8339	0.83598	0.8319	C R
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.7897	0.74419	0.8332	B R
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.7842	0.85755	0.7073	B
Chile`CHL`South America	0.7452	0.74177	0.7486	B R
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.5918	0.65079	0.5290	B R
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.5829	0.54089	0.6267	I R
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.5777	0.52593	0.6319	C
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.5461	0.50032	0.5928	B R
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.5386	0.50098	0.5764	B R
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.5303	0.51507	0.5454	C R
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.5260	0.36938	0.6819	C R
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.5204	0.50052	0.5421	B R
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.4789	0.41641	0.5416	B R
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.4757	0.31245	0.6441	C R
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.4702	0.41110	0.5297	C R
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.4563	0.46980	0.4434	C R
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.4553	0.42368	0.4885	C R
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.3354	0.30850	0.3621	C
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.3318	0.34641	0.3177	C
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.3250	0.32922	0.3209	B
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.3223	0.45857	0.1989	C R
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.3104	0.30070	0.3203	C R
Colombia`COL`South America	0.3103	0.30531	0.3154	B R
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.2883	0.26111	0.3162	B R
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.2784	0.24470	0.3129	B R
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.2542	0.22372	0.2841	B R
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.2478	0.21328	0.2816	B R
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.2438	0.27861	0.2080	B
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.2252	0.21255	0.2378	C R
Peru`PER`South America	0.2225	0.22578	0.2192	B R
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.2141	0.20261	0.2256	C R
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.1984	0.17620	0.2204	C R
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.1615	0.15360	0.1700	B R
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.1352	0.13179	0.1388	C R
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.0502	0.04739	0.0530	C R
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.0449	0.03741	0.0522	C R
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.0420	0.03911	0.0447	B R

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

Vatican City100.0000
Sint Maarten85.0326
Andorra73.9415
United Arab Emirates68.6063
Monaco67.0630

Lowest

South Korea0.0420
China0.0449
Indonesia0.0502
Vietnam0.1352
North Korea0.1615

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.7320. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women who are international migrants (% of women)
HighestVatican City100.00000
LowestChina0.03741
Middle country: 4.64825
Men who are international migrants (% of men)
HighestVatican City100.0000
LowestSouth Korea0.0447
Middle country: 5.0590

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