Japan vs Kuwait: Total number of international immigrants

Japan

3.41 million immigrants

in 2024

Kuwait

3.32 million immigrants

in 2024

Japan rank

19th

Kuwait rank

20th

Total number of international immigrants over time

Japan currently reports 3.41 million immigrants against 3.32 million immigrants in Kuwait, a difference of 86,340 immigrants.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kuwait ahead.

Japan ranks 19th and Kuwait ranks 20th of 232 countries.

Indicator: Total number of international immigrants
Unit: immigrants
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 1,856 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

People living in a given country who were born in another country.