Data for 2010

International Migrants, 2010

Name: International Migrants, 2010
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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2010, 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, 2010 covers 221 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 43,947,211; Tuvalu is lowest, at 220. The middle country reads 157,788. Against 2005, 220 values changed (158 up, 62 down), 1 country joined.

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International Migrants · Data for 2010

HighestUnited States

43,947,211

LowestTuvalu

220

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

221countries
2measures per country
2010the year it describes
221distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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Every country and every column of International Migrants, 2010, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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International Migrants, 2010: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

United States`USA`Northern America	43,947,211	50.8320	B
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11,665,950	52.0000	B R
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11,199,727	50.7509	B R
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8,976,961	28.9833	C R
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,713,303	51.7471	B R
France`FRA`Western Europe	7,322,210	51.4846	B R
Canada`CAN`Northern America	7,035,001	52.1380	B
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,281,193	48.6805	B R
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5,879,802	50.3309	B R
India`IND`Southern Asia	5,601,237	52.0087	C R
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5,446,000	31.2156	C
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4,818,767	56.9916	B
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,719,233	54.7206	B R
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,943,681	47.3712	B R
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3,723,368	45.0115	C R
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,086,876	38.7293	B R
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,779,950	58.7209	B R
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,722,397	45.2534	C R
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,640,454	44.7526	C R
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,458,796	40.2560	B R
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,274,466	38.0227	B R
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,161,780	54.8294	C
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,160,350	56.1128	B
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2,053,953	51.1451	B R
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,953,214	53.7394	B R
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,871,827	39.1630	C
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,856,870	57.2508	B R
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1,850,649	51.9741	B R
Argentina`ARG`South America	1,799,680	53.9483	B R
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,783,595	48.9244	C R
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,567,639	51.3891	B R
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,420,433	53.0766	B R
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,409,000	19.0206	C
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,372,074	51.3895	B R
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,347,347	49.8080	B R
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,345,546	47.1926	B R
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,321,149	51.5020	B
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1,285,706	52.3575	B R
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,220,149	54.2368	B R
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1,090,378	54.2008	B
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,010,008	40.7487	C R
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	990,494	41.7818	C R
Mexico`MEX`Central America	957,593	49.2595	B R
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	956,982	51.5662	B R
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	954,925	50.4576	B R
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	901,044	55.5409	B R
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	803,387	23.7066	C
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	762,825	51.2947	B
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	751,381	49.9793	B R
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	692,197	48.4970	B R
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	687,192	28.5057	C R
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	674,438	52.4139	B R
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	649,114	59.0506	B R
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	643,007	27.5526	C
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	625,884	36.3398	C R
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	618,709	49.1599	B R
Brazil`BRA`South America	596,859	45.9583	B R
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	589,882	51.7373	B R
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	587,646	71.7999	C R
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	581,889	67.1472	B R
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	573,248	53.1676	B
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	566,098	44.3517	B R
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	524,601	49.0594	B
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	515,055	51.2683	B R
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	509,751	51.7162	B R
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	436,616	51.8543	B
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	426,901	49.8600	B R
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	425,173	45.6445	B R
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	417,034	55.2025	B R
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	405,779	51.6843	B R
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	398,307	42.9583	B R
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	395,479	39.3626	B R
Chile`CHL`South America	361,531	52.8314	B R
Ecuador`ECU`South America	358,874	49.7882	B R
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	341,078	49.2527	B R
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	337,766	46.6998	B R
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	336,367	51.7396	B R
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	323,177	45.3396	B R
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	318,506	54.0332	C R
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	313,786	60.2675	B
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	309,847	50.1073	B R
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	309,225	53.5510	C B R
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	306,471	51.6741	B R
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	304,969	53.1300	B
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	291,474	44.5971	B R
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	288,394	45.8647	C R
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	279,808	56.4773	B R
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	273,840	54.4771	B
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	270,829	41.4095	C R
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	256,092	46.9413	B R
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	255,564	49.3575	C R
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	253,786	42.8109	B
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	251,417	53.1392	B R
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	247,321	50.7676	B R
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	232,065	59.2373	B R
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	230,732	48.3791	B R
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	228,481	49.6216	B
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	227,078	49.0228	B R
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	217,890	59.7760	B
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	217,722	52.2928	B R
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	217,268	47.1188	B R
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	210,873	59.1162	B R
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	197,979	54.2204	B R
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	188,472	56.2391	B
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	185,837	47.1994	B R
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	178,762	47.8262	C B R
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	178,147	43.1722	C R
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	163,142	50.0926	B
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	160,772	56.7051	B
Paraguay`PRY`South America	160,299	47.9760	B R
Panama`PAN`Central America	157,788	48.5366	B R
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	149,962	49.3598	B R
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	148,107	49.8916	B R
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	146,319	54.2520	B
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	132,386	60.2964	B R
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	129,701	58.3141	B
Niger`NER`Western Africa	126,482	52.5292	B R
Colombia`COL`South America	126,424	47.6017	B R
Bolivia`BOL`South America	122,846	47.5929	B R
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	120,466	38.1278	C R
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	113,288	46.4056	C R
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	103,826	46.2533	B R
Peru`PER`South America	102,662	49.9104	B R
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	102,307	47.5412	B R
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	102,276	43.5586	B R
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100,587	43.6080	B
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	99,165	42.6189	B R
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	94,863	43.0558	B R
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	94,685	46.7593	C R
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	84,920	42.5977	C R
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	84,408	52.5092	C R
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82,028	47.0766	B R
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	79,265	44.9669	B R
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	78,512	59.7017	B
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	77,581	52.3311	B
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	76,414	45.5937	C
Uruguay`URY`South America	76,303	54.7397	B R
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	76,287	55.6399	B
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	75,416	48.3876	B
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	73,078	56.2208	B R
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	71,189	49.5976	C R
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66,386	53.4254	B R
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	61,158	46.2278	B
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56,684	52.8579	B
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	54,745	49.0675	B R
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	54,659	23.6869	C
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52,784	49.0357	B
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	52,053	47.5784	C
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	48,420	18.8703	B
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48,226	51.9927	B R
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	48,106	47.5887	I R
Belize`BLZ`Central America	46,390	49.3964	B R
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	44,010	50.5431	B R
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	43,447	50.8343	B
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43,172	48.4944	C R
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40,342	52.5135	B R
Suriname`SUR`South America	39,713	45.4637	C R
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	38,959	46.8826	B R
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38,945	52.2891	I R
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37,345	48.7615	B R
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	35,091	49.7905	B
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	34,630	59.0066	B R
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	34,328	55.3950	B R
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	33,008	48.1398	B
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32,955	38.9076	C R
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	32,825	55.0769	B R
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32,637	48.5553	B R
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31,640	42.9930	B R
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30,425	39.3065	C R
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28,905	43.2278	C R
Honduras`HND`Central America	27,288	47.5740	B R
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	26,412	55.3688	B R
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	26,203	52.0284	B R
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24,836	46.8997	C
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	24,168	57.7003	B
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	24,062	48.8405	C R
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,677	49.2165	B R
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	23,555	48.6394	B
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	22,342	51.3607	B
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	21,391	51.0869	B R
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,132	51.1405	B
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18,547	51.2859	B
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	17,216	48.2632	B R
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17,182	44.4069	B R
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	17,076	51.4230	B R
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,062	26.0366	C R
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	15,813	45.1148	I R
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14,373	49.2590	B R
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13,357	46.5224	B R
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,618	51.9734	B
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,540	49.4194	B R
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11,420	31.6637	B
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10,369	50.1302	B
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	9,050	51.6354	B R
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8,658	45.3222	C
Guyana`GUY`South America	8,182	44.6346	B R
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8,110	48.2121	B
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,373	56.1644	B
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	7,245	47.4672	B R
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6,980	50.3868	B
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6,414	45.9152	C R
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	6,091	32.3756	B
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	5,490	41.5118	B
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5,122	49.3557	B R
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,103	52.6749	B R
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	5,096	47.0173	B
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4,880	43.4221	C
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4,607	45.6696	B R
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4,569	49.6170	B R
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	3,769	49.7214	B R
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3,089	38.6533	B
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2,991	50.2842	B R
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,868	47.2803	B
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2,806	46.4362	B
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,760	43.9855	B R
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,700	49.9259	C
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	1,291	48.5670	B
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	906	46.3576	C R
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	621	52.0129	I
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	589	45.8404	B
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	220	45.0000	C

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

United States43,947,211
Germany11,665,950
Russia11,199,727
Saudi Arabia8,976,961
United Kingdom7,713,303

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 157,788. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women among these migrants (%)
HighestTaiwan71.7999
LowestBhutan18.8703
Middle country: 49.3598

032005 → 2010

Since 2005

+1 / −0countries joined / left
220values changed, of 220 in both
158 · 62rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United States39,545,828 → 43,947,211+4,401,383
Saudi Arabia6,605,114 → 8,976,961+2,371,847
United Arab Emirates3,218,730 → 5,446,000+2,227,270
Spain4,372,449 → 6,281,193+1,908,744
United Kingdom5,989,992 → 7,713,303+1,723,311

Fell most

Russia11,667,588 → 11,199,727−467,861
Tanzania771,153 → 309,847−461,306
South Sudan652,365 → 230,732−421,633
India5,954,999 → 5,601,237−353,762
Armenia476,812 → 210,873−265,939

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04Caveats

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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.
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Every one of the 221 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (2010). International Migrants, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/international-migrants/2010

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