International migrant stock (% of population) by country
International migrant stock (% of population) is the proportion of people at mid-year born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
76.7%
Qatar
Lowest
0.0%
Cuba
Median
5.8%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
2,112
What the numbers show
International migrant stock (% of population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 76.7% in Qatar; the lowest is 0.0% in Cuba.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.8%, and the mean is 13.5%.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 1,833.3%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 80.0%).
International migrant stock (% of population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 76.7% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 74.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 3 | Monaco | 70.2% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 4 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 69.5% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 69.4% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 6 | Aruba | 68.0% | 2024 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 7 | Kuwait | 67.3% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 8 | United States Virgin Islands | 66.9% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 9 | British Virgin Islands | 62.1% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 10 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 61.1% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Macao | 59.3% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 12 | Andorra | 59.1% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 13 | Bahrain | 52.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Isle of Man | 51.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 51.2% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 16 | Channel Islands | 50.9% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 17 | American Samoa | 50.6% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 18 | Guam | 50.2% | 2024 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 19 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49.7% | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 20 | Singapore | 48.7% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | Jordan | 45.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 22 | Oman | 43.2% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 23 | Curacao | 43.1% | 2024 | up 90.7% | rising |
| 24 | Cayman Islands | 42.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 41.3% | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 40.3% | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 37.0% | 2024 | up 213.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.5% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 29 | Bermuda | 31.2% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 31.1% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 31 | Australia | 30.4% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 32 | Palau | 29.5% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 33 | Gibraltar | 28.7% | 2024 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 34 | New Zealand | 28.2% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 35 | New Caledonia | 26.2% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Brunei | 25.9% | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 37 | Austria | 25.5% | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 38 | Iceland | 25.1% | 2024 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Lebanon | 24.5% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 40 | Ireland | 23.1% | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 41 | Israel | 22.3% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 42 | Canada | 22.2% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Sweden | 21.4% | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 44 | Nauru | 21.3% | 2024 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 45 | Belgium | 20.0% | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 46 | Germany | 19.8% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 18.5% | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Norway | 18.2% | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 49 | Gabon | 17.7% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 50 | San Marino | 17.4% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 17.1% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 53 | Bahamas | 16.8% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 54 | Belize | 16.5% | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 55 | Netherlands | 16.2% | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 56 | United States | 15.2% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 14.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 57 | Estonia | 14.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 57 | Slovenia | 14.9% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 60 | Faroe Islands | 14.6% | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 61 | Montenegro | 14.4% | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 62 | Denmark | 14.2% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 62 | Greece | 14.2% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 62 | Maldives | 14.2% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 65 | France | 13.8% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 66 | Croatia | 13.6% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 13.4% | 2024 | up 25.2% | flat |
| 68 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.2% | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominica | 12.7% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 70 | Barbados | 12.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 12.2% | 2024 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 71 | Libya | 12.2% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 73 | Latvia | 11.8% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 74 | Belarus | 11.6% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 75 | Italy | 11.0% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 76 | Djibouti | 10.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 76 | Portugal | 10.8% | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 78 | Malaysia | 10.7% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 78 | French Polynesia | 10.7% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 80 | Panama | 10.6% | 2024 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Serbia | 10.6% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 82 | Greenland | 10.4% | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 83 | Seychelles | 10.2% | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 10.1% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 85 | Czechia | 9.5% | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 86 | Armenia | 9.2% | 2024 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 86 | Finland | 9.2% | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.0% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 89 | Marshall Islands | 8.8% | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 90 | Gambia | 8.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 8.3% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 92 | Suriname | 8.2% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 93 | Turkey | 8.1% | 2024 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Chile | 7.8% | 2024 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 95 | South Sudan | 7.7% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5% | 2024 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 97 | Hungary | 7.1% | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 98 | Bhutan | 7.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 99 | Puerto Rico | 6.9% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 6.5% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 100 | Guyana | 6.5% | 2024 | up 490.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Grenada | 6.3% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 102 | Chad | 6.3% | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Moldova | 6.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Congo | 6.1% | 2024 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 105 | Lithuania | 6.1% | 2024 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 107 | Slovakia | 5.9% | 2024 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Colombia | 5.8% | 2024 | up 1,833.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Peru | 5.4% | 2024 | up 980.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Russia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 111 | Palestine | 5.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 112 | Sudan | 4.8% | 2024 | up 200.0% | falling |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.8% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 114 | Uruguay | 4.7% | 2024 | up 104.3% | rising |
| 115 | Botswana | 4.6% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 4.5% | 2024 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 116 | Poland | 4.5% | 2024 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 4.4% | 2024 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Thailand | 4.4% | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Venezuela | 4.4% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 121 | Argentina | 4.3% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 122 | Iran | 4.2% | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 123 | Ecuador | 4.1% | 2024 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Uganda | 4.1% | 2024 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 123 | South Africa | 4.1% | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 126 | Mauritania | 3.8% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 126 | Namibia | 3.8% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 128 | Rwanda | 3.6% | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 128 | Syria | 3.6% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 130 | South Korea | 3.5% | 2024 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Romania | 3.4% | 2024 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Tonga | 3.4% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 3.2% | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 134 | Burkina Faso | 3.1% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 3.1% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 136 | Togo | 3.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 137 | Benin | 2.9% | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 138 | Burundi | 2.8% | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 138 | Japan | 2.8% | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.7% | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Eswatini | 2.7% | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Micronesia (country) | 2.6% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 142 | Paraguay | 2.6% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 2.6% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 2.6% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 142 | Tuvalu | 2.6% | 2024 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 2.6% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 148 | Kiribati | 2.5% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Mauritius | 2.3% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 150 | Cameroon | 2.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Mali | 2.2% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 152 | Azerbaijan | 2.1% | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Georgia | 2.1% | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 154 | Angola | 1.8% | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Central African Republic | 1.8% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Kenya | 1.8% | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 154 | Samoa | 1.8% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 158 | Albania | 1.7% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 158 | Bangladesh | 1.7% | 2024 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 1.7% | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 158 | Pakistan | 1.7% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 162 | Nepal | 1.6% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 163 | Bolivia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 163 | Fiji | 1.5% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Ghana | 1.5% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 163 | Senegal | 1.5% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 167 | Comoros | 1.4% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 168 | Liberia | 1.3% | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Mexico | 1.3% | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 170 | Zambia | 1.2% | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Mozambique | 1.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 1.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 172 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Malawi | 0.9% | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Guinea | 0.8% | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Iraq | 0.8% | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 179 | Jamaica | 0.8% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8% | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Brazil | 0.7% | 2024 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7% | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 183 | Laos | 0.7% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | El Salvador | 0.7% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 183 | Tanzania | 0.7% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Algeria | 0.6% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 188 | Lesotho | 0.6% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 188 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 188 | Nigeria | 0.6% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 188 | Sierra Leone | 0.6% | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 188 | East Timor | 0.6% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 195 | Guatemala | 0.5% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 195 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 195 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | Eritrea | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 198 | Honduras | 0.4% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 198 | Somalia | 0.4% | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 201 | India | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 201 | Morocco | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 201 | Solomon Islands | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Vietnam | 0.3% | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Afghanistan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 80.0% | flat |
| 206 | Haiti | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | China | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 211 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 211 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 211 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 215 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 50.9%
- North America 16.0%
- Euro area 15.8%
- High income 14.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 14.5%
- European Union 14.1%
- OECD members 12.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 11.4%
- Other small states 10.1%
- Caribbean Small States 9.9%
- Arab World 9.1%
- Small states 8.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 7.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 6.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 6.1%
- World 3.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 2.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 2.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.2%
- Africa Western and Central 2.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 2.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.0%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 1.9%
- Low income 1.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.9%
- IDA blend 1.8%
- IDA total 1.7%
- Upper middle income 1.7%
- IDA only 1.7%
- Least developed countries 1.7%
- Pacific island small states 1.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.6%
- IBRD only 1.5%
About this data
International migrant stock (% of population) is the proportion of people at mid-year born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees.