Data for 2024

International Migrants, 2024

Name: International Migrants, 2024
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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2024, 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, 2024 covers 221 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 52,375,047; Tuvalu is lowest, at 246. The middle country reads 223,323. Against 2020, 219 values changed (183 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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International Migrants · Data for 2024

HighestUnited States

52,375,047

LowestTuvalu

246

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

221countries
2measures per country
2024the year it describes
221distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of International Migrants, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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International Migrants, 2024: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

United States`USA`Northern America	52,375,047	51.0741	B
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16,750,084	50.0000	B R
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	13,683,841	22.2646	C R
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11,845,479	48.4894	B R
France`FRA`Western Europe	9,186,757	52.3032	B R
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8,870,527	51.6639	B R
Canada`CAN`Northern America	8,805,839	52.6383	B
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8,157,000	32.6836	C
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8,111,404	51.3806	B R
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7,605,774	50.7781	B R
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7,083,501	50.3104	B R
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6,553,671	53.6589	B R
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,280,168	44.2753	C R
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,064,173	56.9916	B
India`IND`Southern Asia	4,796,255	57.0683	C R
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,175,958	48.1099	B R
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,840,654	52.0326	C R
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,806,514	22.8894	B R
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,409,529	49.5567	C
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,323,191	33.9679	C
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,179,399	43.7697	C R
Colombia`COL`South America	3,063,518	50.3452	B R
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,063,318	62.6001	B R
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2,956,518	51.3424	B R
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,906,338	48.2853	B R
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,880,839	39.9522	B R
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,841,665	57.0993	B
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2,773,840	50.3452	B R
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,631,100	41.8783	B R
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,397,113	50.3188	B R
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2,349,032	51.0122	B R
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,337,000	22.6786	C
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2,327,064	52.7504	B R
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,283,366	19.7863	C
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2,272,158	52.0489	B R
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,091,569	54.3549	B R
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,089,797	59.2800	B R
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,057,759	54.9870	B R
Argentina`ARG`South America	1,958,039	55.0721	B R
Peru`PER`South America	1,837,219	53.8154	B R
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,811,507	46.9239	B R
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,739,901	59.4694	B R
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,726,089	47.2941	B R
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,638,718	51.6387	C R
Chile`CHL`South America	1,538,324	49.0817	B R
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,467,989	50.9035	B R
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,423,964	52.0582	B
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,422,583	49.3252	C R
Brazil`BRA`South America	1,406,299	41.7737	B R
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,403,281	45.4612	C R
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,269,673	55.5508	B R
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,263,304	50.7003	B R
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,216,237	51.9346	B R
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,168,455	49.7244	B R
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,154,963	53.2392	B R
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,139,820	47.0986	B R
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1,136,425	60.4963	C R
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,127,184	52.1005	B
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,085,090	51.8244	B R
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1,054,604	54.2013	B
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,025,199	51.2137	B R
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1,012,404	49.9501	B
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	992,536	49.5332	B R
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	914,001	49.7416	B R
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	897,751	28.1578	C R
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	896,042	50.2391	C R
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	847,475	50.9370	B R
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	840,202	26.6461	C
Ecuador`ECU`South America	747,749	51.6568	B R
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	739,820	52.4398	B R
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	738,667	39.7767	B R
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	712,550	55.8574	B R
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	689,565	48.1556	B
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	676,507	49.5149	B R
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	655,579	49.8361	B R
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	642,948	50.5784	B R
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	628,404	49.3717	B R
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	545,323	49.3014	B R
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	532,286	46.6003	B R
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	527,831	54.6614	B
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	514,432	49.1740	B
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	513,316	49.4253	B R
Panama`PAN`Central America	477,749	46.6553	B R
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	470,719	69.8644	B R
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	462,371	50.0003	B R
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	449,746	35.6699	C R
Niger`NER`Western Africa	449,236	53.4503	B R
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	445,726	46.2354	C R
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	429,108	43.1537	B R
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	426,862	53.5747	C R
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	418,202	52.9216	C B R
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	392,997	42.2619	C R
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	387,101	50.6550	B R
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	385,589	45.4593	B R
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	370,980	44.9302	C R
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	353,143	51.1611	B R
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	344,309	49.1204	B
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	326,418	52.8249	C R
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	323,991	61.4477	B
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	315,122	41.4259	B
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	299,100	52.6814	B
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	281,994	49.3429	C R
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	281,867	47.0442	B R
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	276,777	56.8259	B R
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	274,645	57.0449	B R
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	272,481	54.2724	B
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	259,458	47.2231	B R
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	249,205	48.0961	B R
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	248,930	22.9394	C
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	236,137	47.2471	B R
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	223,323	53.5198	B
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	220,471	59.4768	B
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	218,460	52.1359	B R
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	203,046	56.4591	B
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	202,062	54.9925	B
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	199,466	42.4408	B
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	195,937	43.3838	C R
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	194,816	59.5721	B R
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	193,763	52.6179	B R
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	188,207	58.5499	B R
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	186,719	51.0810	B R
Bolivia`BOL`South America	183,234	47.6233	B R
Paraguay`PRY`South America	180,837	47.9200	B R
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	175,194	47.0301	B
Uruguay`URY`South America	160,064	52.5259	B R
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	150,902	57.9628	B
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	125,996	47.4999	B R
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	119,933	43.3659	B
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	117,416	41.2158	C B R
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	116,402	43.0328	B R
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	116,035	46.0430	B R
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	113,478	50.3111	B R
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	111,069	48.5077	C R
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98,818	45.4087	B
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	98,110	51.9845	B R
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	94,556	47.6469	C R
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	92,732	52.6560	B R
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	92,237	54.4131	B
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	87,212	29.7425	C R
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	85,539	52.2043	B
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	84,159	48.4191	B
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	83,925	46.1436	B R
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	81,582	56.0540	B R
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	80,020	56.3747	B R
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	79,052	45.1930	C
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	77,972	44.8969	I R
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	76,738	47.6570	B
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	75,099	12.3317	C
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	73,494	54.6453	B R
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72,423	42.3581	B R
Belize`BLZ`Central America	68,706	49.6958	B R
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67,285	49.4196	B R
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	63,201	47.6701	C R
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56,779	52.8769	B
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55,705	15.0866	B
Guyana`GUY`South America	54,175	53.4896	B R
Suriname`SUR`South America	51,902	45.0407	C R
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	51,446	35.5791	C R
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50,439	50.2429	B R
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	49,997	43.4226	B R
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48,408	48.8019	C
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46,377	48.9682	B
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43,757	48.5797	B R
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	43,693	51.2393	B
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43,342	52.4295	B R
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40,698	47.3438	B R
Honduras`HND`Central America	39,901	47.5051	B R
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38,625	43.0265	C R
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	35,187	55.0658	B R
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	34,120	53.1653	I R
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	33,268	48.5031	B R
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	31,935	48.6457	C R
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31,171	39.1806	C R
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30,473	55.3539	B R
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	30,148	52.0831	B R
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	30,099	42.9881	B R
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29,142	44.6126	C
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	28,455	48.2481	B R
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	27,669	51.2342	B
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	27,106	51.5163	B
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24,520	51.8108	B R
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24,007	49.1815	B R
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	23,684	48.9698	B
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	22,589	33.1799	C R
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	22,000	57.9591	B
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	20,171	50.7362	B
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	19,581	44.4002	B R
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16,515	49.4217	B R
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15,064	50.5908	B R
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15,039	45.7943	C R
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14,362	46.0451	B R
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13,261	29.9902	B
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12,512	43.9178	I R
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,449	51.6347	B
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	11,291	49.4553	B
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8,440	47.9265	B
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,303	39.5640	B R
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	8,101	48.0064	B
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	8,079	51.9743	B R
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	7,958	47.3611	B R
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7,340	54.3597	B
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,918	52.6529	B R
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	5,838	46.0432	C
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	5,812	35.2030	B
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	5,212	43.2464	B
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	4,937	49.9899	B R
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4,820	48.4440	B R
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,843	49.4926	B R
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3,581	45.3784	B R
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,315	50.2866	B R
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3,309	38.7126	B
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3,302	47.2138	B
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2,894	46.5100	B
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	2,548	41.0911	C R
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,469	43.8639	B R
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,144	56.6231	B
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,955	50.1279	C
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	1,402	48.4308	B
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	588	45.7483	B
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	496	52.2177	I
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	246	44.7154	C

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

United States52,375,047
Germany16,750,084
Saudi Arabia13,683,841
United Kingdom11,845,479
France9,186,757

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 223,323. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women among these migrants (%)
HighestNepal69.8644
LowestMaldives12.3317
Middle country: 49.4926

032020 → 2024

Since 2020

+0 / −0countries joined / left
219values changed, of 221 in both
183 · 36rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

United States50,471,028 → 52,375,047+1,904,019
Germany15,021,300 → 16,750,084+1,728,784
Spain7,146,130 → 8,870,527+1,724,397
United Kingdom10,520,870 → 11,845,479+1,324,609
Colombia1,932,807 → 3,063,518+1,130,711

Fell most

Lebanon1,586,346 → 1,422,583−163,763
India4,929,816 → 4,796,255−133,561
Venezuela1,324,193 → 1,263,304−60,889
Kenya1,050,147 → 992,536−57,611
Afghanistan144,098 → 98,110−45,988

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 2024.
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Every one of the 221 countries has every column.

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