These are lists of countries by foreign-born population (immigrants) and lists of countries by number of native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).

According to the United Nations, in 2024 the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, France and the United Kingdom had the largest numbers of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest. In terms of percentage of population, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait had the highest shares, while Cuba, Madagascar and China had the lowest.

According to estimates from the same UN 2015 report, in 2013 India and Mexico had the highest numbers of native-born persons living in a foreign country, while Tokelau and San Marino had the lowest.

Illegal immigration can be underreported. __TOC__

Definition The United Nations defines "foreign-born" as "born in a country other than that in which one resides" to estimate the international migrant stock, whenever this information is available. In countries lacking data on place of birth, the UN uses the country of citizenship instead.

According to the UN: "Equating international migrants with foreign citizens when estimating the migrant stock has important shortcomings. In countries where citizenship is conferred on the basis of jus sanguinis, people who were born in the country of residence may be included in the number of international migrants even though they may have never lived abroad. Conversely, persons who were born abroad and who naturalized in their country of residence are excluded from the stock of international migrants when using citizenship as the criterion to define international migrants."

Immigrant population by destination

Country or territory Immigrants 2024 Percentage of total population Percentage female immigrants 98,110 0.22 52.0 46,377 1.96 49.0 259,458 0.55 47.2 23,684 47.64 49.0 48,408 54.36 48.8 676,507 1.85 49.5 5,918 36.96 52.7 30,473 29.41 55.4 1,958,039 4.22 55.1 274,645 8.93 57.0 41,806 38.20 54.5 7,111,404 25.75 51.4 2,327,064 25.24 52.8 218,460 2.13 52.1 67,285 16.90 49.4 840,202 52.69 26.6 2,906,338 1.71 48.3 35,187 13.14 55.1 1,054,604 11.58 54.2 2,349,032 19.69 51.0 68,706 16.45 49.7 418,202 3.16 52.9 20,171 31.49 50.7 55,705 7.10 15.1 183,234 1.61 47.6 34,120 1.00 53.2 116,402 4.93 43.0 1,406,299 0.66 41.8 24,520 62.12 51.8 119,933 26.33 43.4 299,100 4.65 52.7 739,820 3.07 52.4 387,101 3.14 50.7 16,515 3.36 49.4 83,925 0.48 46.1 642,948 2.18 50.6 8,805,839 21.18 52.6 1,811,926 4.10 47.6 31,935 35.95 48.6 94,556 1.46 47.6 1,269,673 6.56 55.6 85,539 51.22 52.2 1,538,324 7.61 49.1 1,638,718 0.12 51.6 3,063,318 40.70 62.6 426,862 62.17 53.6 1,136,425 4.88 60.5 3,063,518 5.77 50.3 12,449 1.35 51.6 385,589 6.28 45.5 4,937 32.83 50.0 628,404 12.10 49.4 527,831 13.65 54.7 2,144 0.02 56.6 80,020 51.26 56.4 202,062 20.56 55.0 1,025,199 9.41 51.2 2,880,839 9.08 40.0 50,439 0.19 50.2 1,085,090 0.96 51.8 847,475 14.06 50.9 125,996 11.81 47.5 8,440 11.73 47.9 738,667 6.86 39.8 747,749 4.13 51.7 9,985,453 9.26 47.1 43,342 0.72 52.4 248,930 14.92 22.9 12,512 0.35 43.9 203,046 14.90 56.5 33,268 2.69 48.5 1,168,455 1.05 49.7 2,333 63.71 44.4 8,101 14.73 48.0 14,362 1.59 46.0 514,432 9.09 49.2 12 986 757 18.80 48.5 130,924 43.64 52.5 30,099 10.77 43.0 449,746 18.21 35.7 236,137 9.75 47.2 81,582 2.20 56.1 17,750,084 21.26 50.0 532,286 1.58 46.6 11,291 29.56 49.5 1,423,964 13.73 52.1 5,812 10.24 35.2 7,340 6.73 54.4 89,610 22.65 58.0 84,159 54.71 48.4 92,732 0.51 52.7 117,416 0.82 41.2 15,064 0.81 50.6 54,175 5.67 53.5 19,581 0.17 44.4 496 56.24 52.2 39,901 0.40 47.5 250,912 2.64 48.2 98,818 25.05 45.4 4,796,255 0.34 57.1 445,726 0.16 46.2 3,840,654 4.44 52.0 370,980 0.80 44.9 1,216,237 22.28 51.9 43,693 51.42 51.2 2,091,569 20.55 54.4 6,553,671 11.12 53.7 24,007 0.87 49.2 3,409,529 2.77 49.6 3,480,168 29.66 44.3 2,089,797 10.20 59.3 992,536 1.86 49.5 3,302 2.73 47.2 3,323,191 68.08 34.0 194,816 2.68 59.6 51,446 0.67 35.6 220,471 12.09 59.5 1,422,583 25.91 49.3 15,039 0.71 45.8 72,423 1.38 42.4 897,751 12.04 28.2 27,669 67.45 51.2 175,194 6.05 47.0 344,309 50.49 49.1 38,625 0.12 43.0 186,719 0.90 51.1 3,806,514 11.10 22.9 75,099 14.58 12.3 545,323 2.43 49.3 199,466 34.74 42.4 3,309 7.80 38.7 68,187 18.94 57.5 195,937 3.98 43.4 29,142 2.34 44.6 143,528 44.03 53.7 1,726,089 1.32 47.3 2,894 2.74 46.5 27,106 70.55 51.5 22,589 0.64 33.2 92,237 14.80 54.4 1,402 31.97 48.4 111,069 0.30 48.5 353,143 1.04 51.2 79,052 0.15 45.2 116,035 3.84 46.0 2,548 21.82 41.1 470,719 1.57 69.9 2,956,518 16.31 51.3 76,738 29.00 47.7 1,467,989 27.48 50.9 43,757 0.64 48.6 449,236 1.63 53.5 1,403,281 0.63 45.5 588 34.98 45.7 150,902 8.28 58.0 22,000 46.48 58.0 1,012,404 17.99 50.0 2,283,366 42.60 19.8 4,175,958 1.73 48.1 5,212 31.15 43.2 477,749 11.75 46.7 31,171 0.31 39.2 180,837 2.96 47.9 1,837,219 5.35 53.8 87,212 0.08 29.7 2,300,000 5.90 59.5 1,127,184 10.49 52.1 223,323 7.01 53.5 2,337,000 72.70 22.7 2,650,783 5.19 46.9 188,207 7.90 58.5 655,579 3.44 49.8 7,605,774 5.21 50.8 513,316 3.64 49.4 135,534 15.06 49.3 492 8.71 30.1 7,958 15.51 47.4 8,079 4.39 52.0 1,008 17.32 47.6 4,820 4.35 48.4 3,843 1.87 49.5 5,838 17.08 46.0 1,955 0.93 50.1 13,683,841 38.76 22.3 281,867 1.52 47.0 712,550 10.85 55.9 13,261 10.81 30.0 49,997 0.55 43.4 2,841,665 46.51 57.1 30,148 72.91 52.1 323,991 5.99 61.4 315,122 14.77 41.4 2,469 0.33 43.9 77,972 0.40 44.9 2,631,100 4.17 41.9 914,001 5.79 49.7 9,510,527 19.19 51.7 40,698 0.19 47.3 272,481 4.97 54.3 2,397,113 4.64 50.3 51,902 8.42 45.0 2,272,158 21.42 52.0 2,503,840 27.50 50.3 896,042 3.50 50.2 276,777 2.64 56.8 3,179,399 4.83 43.8 8,303 0.60 39.6 281,994 3.48 49.3 1,282 49.16 52.7 3,581 3.57 45.4 113,478 8.30 50.3 63,201 0.53 47.7 193,763 2.75 52.6 28,455 55.98 48.2 246 2.31 44.7 7,083,501 8.23 50.3 2,057,759 4.48 55.0 5,064,173 17.65 57.0 8,157,000 72.22 32.7 11,845,479 17.05 48.5 462,371 0.68 50.0 56,779 65.15 52.9 52,375,047 15.32 51.1 160,064 4.59 52.5 1,154,963 3.02 53.2 3,315 1.03 50.3 1,263,304 4.43 50.7 326,418 0.32 52.8 2,032 17.49 49.5 5,628 0.94 40.9 392,997 1.20 42.3 249,205 1.27 48.1 429,108 2.51 43.2

Emigrant population + Countries and regions of origin by emigrant population in 2019UN_MigrantStockByOriginAndDestination_2019, Table 1, Line 1715 Country or region of origin EmigrantsDestinations Article World 271,642,105 Other South 7,950,425 Other North 3,407,920 5,120,756 Germany, London, Scandinavia, United States, Canada Afghan diaspora 1,207,032 Italy, Germany, London, Switzerland, Michigan, New York Albanian diaspora 1,944,784 France, Quebec 1,817 9,114 661,590 Portugal, Brazil 2,707 55,089 New York City 1,013,414 Spain, Florida, Italy 964,848 California, France, Russia Armenian diaspora 19,640 Netherlands 577,255 United States, UAE, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan Australian diaspora 575,950 Germany, Switzerland Austrians Abroad 1,155,852 Turkey, Russia, Germany Azerbaijani diaspora 46,467 United States, England 60,153 7,835,152 England, New York, Ontario, Japan, India, UAE Bangladeshi diaspora 112,925 England 1,480,794 Russia, Poland, United States, Latvia Belarusian diaspora 581,740 France, Canada, England 68,144 United States 666,357 France 18,049 United States, England 49,216 878,211 Brazil, Argentina, Spain, United States 12,764 1,653,056 Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Austria Bosnian diaspora 86,501 South Africa 4,996,951https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/portal-consular/arquivos/BrasileirosnoExterior2023.pdfUnited States, Portugal, London, Netherlands, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Uruguay, Italy, Switzerland, Paris, Spain Brazilian diaspora 5,417 46,977 1,541,860 Germany, Spain, Turkey Bulgarian diaspora 1,581,083 France, Ivory Coast 623,999 186,372 Boston, Rhode Island, Portugal, France, Rotterdam 1,097,884 Vietnam, Australia, Paris 383,029 France, United States, Gabon, Chad, Nigeria, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Ivory Coast, Sweden, Italy