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Share of immigrants in the population
What this indicator measures
Share of the population born abroad or, failing that, of foreign nationality, according to estimates from the UN Population Division reused by the World Bank. This also includes refugees.
How to read this?
A value of 10 means one in ten inhabitants lives in a country different from the one where they were born (or whose nationality they hold).
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212countries with data
76.7 %maximum · Qatar
5.4 %median
0 %minimum · St. Martin
2024data year(s)
In brief
Share of immigrants in the population: across 212 countries and territories, values range from 0 % (St. Martin) to 76.7 % (Qatar), with a world median of 5.4 %. Data: 2024. The top 10% of countries exceed 43.1 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 0.5 %. By continent, the median is highest in Europe (14.2 %) and lowest in Africa (1.8 %).
Median by continent
- Europe 14.2 % (45)
- North America 11.4 % (34)
- Oceania 8.8 % (19)
- South America 4.6 % (12)
- Asia 3 % (48)
- Africa 1.8 % (51)
Why this indicator matters
This indicator shows what share of inhabitants live in a country other than the one where they were born. It helps compare the importance of immigration in the population.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on the economy, wars and crises, historical ties between countries, rules on entry and residence, and the size of the country.
Reading precautions
Not all countries use the same criterion (place of birth or nationality). Refugees are included. UN estimates may differ from national figures.
Full ranking
ranked from highest to lowest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 76.7 % | 2024 |
| 2e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 74 % | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 70.2 % | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | 69.5 % | 2024 |
| 5e | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 69.4 % | 2024 |
| 6e | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 68 % | 2024 |
| 7e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 67.3 % | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | 66.9 % | 2024 |
| 9e | 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | 62.1 % | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands | 61.1 % | 2024 |
| 11e | 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | 59.3 % | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 59.1 % | 2024 |
| 13e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 52.3 % | 2024 |
| 14e | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 51.9 % | 2024 |
| 15e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 51.2 % | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 50.6 % | 2024 |
| 17e | 🇬🇺 Guam | 50.2 % | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 49.7 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 48.7 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 45.7 % | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 43.2 % | 2024 |
| 22e | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 43.1 % | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 42.9 % | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | 41.3 % | 2024 |
| 25e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 40.3 % | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 37 % | 2024 |
| 27e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 32.5 % | 2024 |
| 28e | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 31.2 % | 2024 |
| 29e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 31.1 % | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 30.4 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 29.5 % | 2024 |
| 32e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 28.2 % | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 26.2 % | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 25.9 % | 2024 |
| 35e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 25.5 % | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 25.1 % | 2024 |
| 37e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 24.5 % | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 23.1 % | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 22.3 % | 2024 |
| 40e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 22.2 % | 2024 |
| 41e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 21.4 % | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 21.3 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 20 % | 2024 |
| 44e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 19.8 % | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 18.5 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 18.2 % | 2024 |
| 47e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 17.7 % | 2024 |
| 48e | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 17.4 % | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 17.1 % | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 17 % | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 16.8 % | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 16.5 % | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 16.2 % | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇺🇸 United States | 15.2 % | 2024 |
| 55e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 14.9 % | 2024 |
| 55e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 14.9 % | 2024 |
| 55e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 14.9 % | 2024 |
| 58e | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | 14.6 % | 2024 |
| 59e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 14.4 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 14.2 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 14.2 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 14.2 % | 2024 |
| 63e | 🇫🇷 France | 13.8 % | 2024 |
| 64e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 13.6 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 13.4 % | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 13.2 % | 2024 |
| 67e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 12.7 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 12.5 % | 2024 |
| 69e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 12.2 % | 2024 |
| 69e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 12.2 % | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 11.8 % | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 11.6 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 11 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 10.8 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 10.8 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 10.7 % | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 10.7 % | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 10.6 % | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 10.6 % | 2024 |
| 80e | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 10.4 % | 2024 |
| 81e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 10.2 % | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 10.1 % | 2024 |
| 83e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 9.5 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 9.2 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 9.2 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 9 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 8.8 % | 2024 |
| 88e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 8.6 % | 2024 |
| 89e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 8.3 % | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 8.2 % | 2024 |
| 91e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 8.1 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 7.8 % | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 7.5 % | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 7.1 % | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 7 % | 2024 |
| 96e | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 6.9 % | 2024 |
| 97e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 6.5 % | 2024 |
| 97e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 6.5 % | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 6.3 % | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 6.3 % | 2024 |
| 101e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 6.2 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 6.1 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 6.1 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 5.9 % | 2024 |
| 105e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 5.8 % | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 5.4 % | 2024 |
| 107e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 5.3 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 4.8 % | 2024 |
| 110e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 4.7 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 4.6 % | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 4.5 % | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 4.5 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 4.4 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 4.4 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 4.4 % | 2024 |
| 117e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 4.3 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 4.2 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 4.1 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 4.1 % | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 4.1 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 3.8 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 3.8 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 3.6 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 3.6 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 3.5 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 3.4 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 3.4 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 3.2 % | 2024 |
| 130e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 3.1 % | 2024 |
| 130e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 3.1 % | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 3 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 2.9 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 2.8 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2.8 % | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 % | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 2.7 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 2.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 2.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 2.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 2.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 2.6 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 2.6 % | 2024 |
| 144e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 2.5 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 2.3 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 2.2 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 2.2 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 2.1 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 2.1 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 1.8 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 1.7 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 1.7 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 1.7 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1.7 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 163e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 1.4 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 166e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 1.2 % | 2024 |
| 167e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 1 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 1 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 1 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 1 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 1 % | 2024 |
| 173e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 173e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 175e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 175e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 175e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 175e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 191e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 191e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 191e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 194e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 194e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 194e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 197e | 🇮🇳 India | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 197e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 197e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 197e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 197e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 207e | 🇨🇳 China | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 207e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 207e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 207e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 211e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 0 % | 2024 |
| 211e | 🇲🇫 St. Martin | 0 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Share of immigrants in the population"?
The highest value is in Qatar, at 76.7 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Share of immigrants in the population"?
The lowest value is in St. Martin, at 0 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "Share of immigrants in the population"?
The world median is 5.4 %, calculated across 212 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Share of immigrants in the population" for France?
France scores 13.8 % (2024), ranking 63 out of 212 countries (ranked from highest to lowest).
Where does the "Share of immigrants in the population" data come from?
It comes from ONU DAES / Banque mondiale (World Development Indicators). Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
Who is counted as an immigrant?
A person born in a country other than the one where they live, or, failing data, of foreign nationality.
Are refugees included?
Yes, refugees are included in the UN estimates.
Source and update
Source : ONU DAES / Banque mondiale (World Development Indicators). Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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