Data for 2000

International Migrants, 2000

Name: International Migrants, 2000
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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2000, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the number of international migrants living in each country — people born in another country, or foreign citizens where a country counts by citizenship, including refugees. The UN Population Division estimates it for every country from censuses, population registers and surveys.

International Migrants, 2000 covers 220 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 34,806,848; Tuvalu is lowest, at 218. The middle country reads 135,875. Against 1995, 216 values changed (143 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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International Migrants · Data for 2000

HighestUnited States

34,806,848

LowestTuvalu

218

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

220countries
2measures per country
2000the year it describes
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United States`USA`Northern America	34,806,848	50.565	B
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11,900,297	49.725	B R
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10,397,459	51.000	B R
India`IND`Southern Asia	6,391,543	48.530	C R
France`FRA`Western Europe	6,141,350	50.614	B R
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,527,087	57.150	B
Canada`CAN`Northern America	5,525,404	51.755	B
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,219,382	33.106	C R
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,747,902	52.916	B R
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4,389,847	50.079	B R
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,181,912	46.198	B R
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,669,122	54.081	B R
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,476,469	44.865	C R
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,373,577	27.840	C
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,157,339	40.546	B R
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,143,259	54.138	B R
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,023,886	49.534	B R
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,838,155	53.803	B R
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,834,160	44.829	C R
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,733,374	55.705	B R
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,651,869	52.483	C
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,613,819	44.952	B R
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1,584,638	50.745	B R
Argentina`ARG`South America	1,543,851	54.275	B R
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1,484,514	46.414	B R
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,419,951	54.411	B R
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,406,498	56.903	B R
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,319,433	55.485	B
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,279,019	51.851	B R
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1,123,586	54.201	B
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,116,932	34.964	C
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,111,665	49.644	B
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,076,676	51.507	B R
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,022,156	51.297	B R
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,013,738	49.821	B R
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	997,703	39.879	B R
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	987,853	46.155	B R
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	949,600	49.261	B R
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	920,045	52.118	B R
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	834,916	48.740	C R
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	822,627	59.342	B R
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	771,234	49.549	C R
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	744,387	50.954	B R
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	720,915	40.748	C R
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	717,900	66.296	B R
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	707,852	50.140	B R
Brazil`BRA`South America	687,362	46.477	B R
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	685,966	51.435	B R
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	652,365	49.238	B R
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	651,472	50.832	B
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	639,018	51.952	B R
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	624,296	50.003	B R
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	588,242	57.019	B R
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	585,298	53.046	B
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	567,436	34.979	C R
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	560,075	50.166	C B R
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	550,760	25.680	C
Mexico`MEX`Central America	526,172	49.226	B R
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	523,518	51.224	B R
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	520,363	51.850	B R
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	514,836	41.602	C R
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	487,882	44.616	C R
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	450,366	56.773	C R
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	439,215	29.725	C
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	430,178	58.707	B
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	410,109	42.971	B R
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	389,824	58.205	B R
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	376,321	50.623	B R
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	372,128	51.484	B R
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	355,611	39.257	B R
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	355,038	52.546	B
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	347,076	49.365	B R
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	343,703	49.051	B R
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	311,441	49.653	B R
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	310,946	49.574	B R
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	305,880	49.945	B R
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	299,499	56.042	B R
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	296,957	53.455	B
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	292,440	50.477	B
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	287,645	41.496	C R
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	275,202	54.741	B
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	250,134	59.853	B R
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	250,110	45.161	B R
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	249,512	59.584	B
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	240,791	54.570	C R
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	238,924	30.931	C
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	232,620	52.055	B R
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	231,901	47.610	B R
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	227,242	45.429	B R
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	219,067	53.069	B R
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	214,508	46.495	B
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	214,431	42.645	C R
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	214,311	53.084	B
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	210,525	42.779	C R
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	195,702	47.280	B R
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	191,601	49.228	B R
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	189,475	48.409	B R
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	182,514	46.778	B R
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	179,364	43.599	B R
Paraguay`PRY`South America	176,608	47.878	B R
Chile`CHL`South America	166,608	51.931	B R
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	157,361	44.927	C R
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	151,868	45.921	B R
Ecuador`ECU`South America	150,585	49.610	B R
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	146,085	50.961	B R
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	144,940	44.450	C R
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	144,426	40.104	B R
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	139,750	50.421	B
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	137,968	49.907	C R
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	136,203	50.464	B
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	135,547	46.031	B R
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	134,655	46.389	C B R
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	134,204	52.872	B R
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	125,665	58.314	B
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	125,628	51.369	B R
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	123,529	46.866	C R
Niger`NER`Western Africa	122,260	52.403	B R
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	116,376	55.959	B
Colombia`COL`South America	109,863	48.857	B R
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	104,825	46.136	B R
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100,507	47.347	B R
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	98,011	46.792	C
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	97,974	44.696	B R
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	96,296	44.123	B
Bolivia`BOL`South America	92,658	48.558	B R
Uruguay`URY`South America	88,874	53.760	B R
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	86,213	49.687	C R
Panama`PAN`Central America	83,410	49.122	B R
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	82,952	52.152	I R
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	80,076	56.610	B
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	76,695	53.074	B
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	76,117	56.224	B R
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	75,917	43.559	B R
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	74,934	41.495	B R
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	74,070	48.319	B
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	73,743	60.000	B
Peru`PER`South America	66,103	50.556	B R
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	64,301	52.981	B
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57,366	45.677	C R
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56,611	52.783	B
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	53,034	48.650	C R
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	49,651	45.757	B
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48,119	55.920	B R
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	46,108	49.321	B R
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	43,360	57.938	B
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	43,150	57.810	B R
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	42,147	47.581	C
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	41,753	53.805	B R
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40,132	45.253	B R
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	40,122	56.665	B
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	39,002	51.990	B
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36,719	49.130	C R
Belize`BLZ`Central America	36,488	48.939	B R
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36,454	46.744	B R
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	36,183	50.996	B R
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34,084	47.421	B R
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32,137	18.474	B
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31,713	52.988	B R
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30,389	49.248	B R
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	30,329	41.957	B R
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	30,104	55.092	B R
Honduras`HND`Central America	28,461	48.768	B R
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	28,424	56.357	B R
Suriname`SUR`South America	27,506	45.692	C R
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	27,092	44.976	C
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26,304	39.652	C R
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24,952	49.892	B R
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	24,912	48.226	B
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	23,861	52.060	B R
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23,541	43.605	C R
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	23,071	55.286	B R
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	21,948	47.312	C R
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,787	51.999	B
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	21,521	52.191	B
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20,450	50.342	B R
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20,097	47.116	I R
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	19,176	49.567	C R
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18,545	55.719	B
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	17,684	51.708	B
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17,222	44.420	B R
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15,892	54.650	B
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15,543	63.295	C
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	15,483	48.460	B
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13,799	52.815	B
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	12,958	50.718	B R
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12,952	47.066	I R
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12,719	48.101	B R
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11,027	47.828	B R
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,602	51.943	B R
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	9,871	49.752	B R
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	9,015	48.253	B R
Guyana`GUY`South America	8,610	46.446	B R
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8,206	44.382	C R
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	8,054	52.011	B
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6,825	50.388	B
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	6,601	30.071	B
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6,574	41.634	B
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	6,310	38.114	B
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6,167	45.922	C R
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5,998	48.299	B R
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5,871	47.743	B R
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4,517	47.000	C
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4,365	49.324	C
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4,307	51.265	B R
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	4,063	52.990	B R
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4,045	46.230	C
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,981	44.135	B R
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3,723	47.489	B
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3,684	46.227	B R
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	3,593	46.535	B
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,116	44.769	B
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	2,785	44.273	B R
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2,626	49.733	B R
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	2,394	46.408	C R
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,283	47.963	B
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	1,891	38.445	B
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	1,211	48.637	B
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	691	51.809	I
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	498	46.185	B
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	218	44.495	C

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

United States34,806,848
Russia11,900,297
Germany10,397,459
India6,391,543
France6,141,350

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 135,875. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women among these migrants (%)
HighestNepal66.296
LowestBhutan18.474
Middle country: 49.542

031995 → 2000

Since 1995

+0 / −0countries joined / left
216values changed, of 220 in both
143 · 73rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

United States28,525,723 → 34,806,848+6,281,125
Spain1,258,176 → 2,023,886+765,710
Germany9,637,208 → 10,397,459+760,251
Canada4,853,738 → 5,525,404+671,666
United Arab Emirates1,795,514 → 2,373,577+578,063

Fell most

DR Congo1,816,963 → 744,387−1,072,576
Ukraine6,172,338 → 5,527,087−645,251
Kazakhstan2,259,955 → 1,733,374−526,581
Iran2,937,668 → 2,476,469−461,199
India6,836,861 → 6,391,543−445,318

04Caveats

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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.
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UN DESA Population Division (2000). International Migrants, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/international-migrants/2000

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