Share of the population born in another country by country
Immigrants as a share of the total population.
Countries reporting
231
Highest
100.0%
Vatican
Lowest
0.0%
Cuba
Median
6.3%
Years covered
35
1990β2024
Data points
1,848
What the numbers show
Share of the population born in another country is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Vatican; the lowest is 0.0% in Cuba.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.3%, and the mean is 14.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,121.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 1,769.9%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 77.1%).
Share of the population born in another country: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Qatar | 76.7% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 74.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 4 | Monaco | 70.2% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 5 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 69.5% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 69.4% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 7 | Aruba | 68.0% | 2024 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kuwait | 67.3% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Falkland Islands | 67.2% | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 10 | United States Virgin Islands | 66.9% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 11 | British Virgin Islands | 62.1% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 12 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 61.1% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 13 | Macao | 59.3% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 14 | Andorra | 59.1% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 15 | Bahrain | 52.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 16 | Isle of Man | 51.9% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 51.2% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 18 | Tokelau | 51.2% | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 19 | American Samoa | 50.6% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 20 | Guam | 50.2% | 2024 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 21 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49.7% | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 22 | Singapore | 48.7% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 45.7% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Mayotte | 44.0% | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 25 | Oman | 43.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | Curacao | 43.1% | 2024 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 27 | Cayman Islands | 42.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | French Guiana | 42.4% | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 41.3% | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 30 | Anguilla | 40.5% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 40.3% | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 32 | Malta | 37.0% | 2024 | up 212.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Cook Islands | 36.0% | 2024 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 34 | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.5% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 35 | Niue | 32.3% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 36 | Montserrat | 31.9% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 37 | Bermuda | 31.2% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 31.1% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 30.4% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 40 | Palau | 29.5% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 41 | Gibraltar | 28.7% | 2024 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 42 | New Zealand | 28.2% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 26.2% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 44 | Brunei | 25.9% | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 45 | Austria | 25.5% | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 46 | Iceland | 25.1% | 2024 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Lebanon | 24.5% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 48 | Guadeloupe | 23.9% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 23.1% | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 50 | Israel | 22.3% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 51 | Canada | 22.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 21.4% | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 53 | Nauru | 21.3% | 2024 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 54 | Belgium | 20.0% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 55 | Martinique | 19.9% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 56 | Germany | 19.8% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 18.5% | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Norway | 18.2% | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 59 | Wallis and Futuna | 18.0% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 17.9% | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 61 | Gabon | 17.7% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 62 | San Marino | 17.4% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 63 | United Kingdom | 17.1% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.0% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 65 | Bahamas | 16.8% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 66 | Belize | 16.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 67 | Netherlands | 16.2% | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 68 | Reunion | 15.4% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 15.2% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 14.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 71 | Cyprus | 14.9% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 72 | Slovenia | 14.9% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 73 | Faroe Islands | 14.6% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 74 | Montenegro | 14.4% | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 14.2% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 76 | Denmark | 14.2% | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 77 | Greece | 14.2% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 78 | France | 13.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 79 | Croatia | 13.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 80 | Ukraine | 13.4% | 2024 | up 24.6% | flat |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.2% | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Dominica | 12.7% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 83 | Barbados | 12.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 12.2% | 2024 | up 43.4% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 12.2% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 86 | Latvia | 11.8% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 87 | Belarus | 11.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 88 | Italy | 11.0% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 89 | Portugal | 10.8% | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 90 | Djibouti | 10.8% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 91 | Malaysia | 10.7% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 92 | French Polynesia | 10.7% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 93 | Panama | 10.6% | 2024 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Serbia | 10.6% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 95 | Greenland | 10.4% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 96 | Seychelles | 10.2% | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 10.1% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 98 | Czechia | 9.5% | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Helena | 9.4% | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 9.2% | 2024 | up 41.3% | falling |
| 101 | Finland | 9.2% | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.0% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 8.8% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 8.6% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 8.3% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 106 | Suriname | 8.2% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 107 | Turkey | 8.1% | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Chile | 7.8% | 2024 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 109 | South Sudan | 7.7% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5% | 2024 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 111 | Hungary | 7.1% | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 112 | Bhutan | 7.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 6.9% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 114 | Guyana | 6.5% | 2024 | up 471.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 6.5% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 116 | Grenada | 6.3% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 117 | Chad | 6.3% | 2024 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Moldova | 6.2% | 2024 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | 6.1% | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 120 | Congo | 6.1% | 2024 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 121 | Slovakia | 5.9% | 2024 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Colombia | 5.8% | 2024 | up 1,769.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Peru | 5.4% | 2024 | up 971.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Russia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 125 | Palestine | 5.0% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 126 | Taiwan | 4.9% | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.8% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 128 | Sudan | 4.8% | 2024 | up 206.5% | falling |
| 129 | Uruguay | 4.7% | 2024 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 130 | Botswana | 4.6% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 131 | Poland | 4.5% | 2024 | up 152.7% | rising |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | 4.5% | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 133 | Venezuela | 4.4% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 134 | Thailand | 4.4% | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 4.4% | 2024 | up 156.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Argentina | 4.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 137 | Iran | 4.2% | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 138 | Ecuador | 4.1% | 2024 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Uganda | 4.1% | 2024 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 140 | South Africa | 4.1% | 2024 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 141 | Namibia | 3.8% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 142 | Mauritania | 3.8% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 143 | Syria | 3.6% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 144 | Rwanda | 3.6% | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 145 | South Korea | 3.5% | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Romania | 3.4% | 2024 | up 222.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Tonga | 3.4% | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 3.2% | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 3.1% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 3.1% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 151 | Togo | 3.0% | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 152 | Benin | 2.9% | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 153 | Burundi | 2.8% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 154 | Japan | 2.8% | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.7% | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Eswatini | 2.7% | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Tajikistan | 2.6% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 158 | Paraguay | 2.6% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 2.6% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 160 | Zimbabwe | 2.6% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 161 | Micronesia (country) | 2.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 2.6% | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 163 | Kiribati | 2.5% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 164 | Mauritius | 2.3% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 165 | Mali | 2.2% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 166 | Cameroon | 2.2% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 167 | Georgia | 2.1% | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 2.1% | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Angola | 1.8% | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 1.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 171 | Samoa | 1.8% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 172 | Kenya | 1.8% | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 1.7% | 2024 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 174 | Pakistan | 1.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Niger | 1.7% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 176 | Albania | 1.7% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 177 | Nepal | 1.6% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 178 | Fiji | 1.5% | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 179 | Ghana | 1.5% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 180 | Senegal | 1.5% | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 181 | Bolivia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 1.4% | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 183 | Mexico | 1.3% | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 184 | Liberia | 1.3% | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Zambia | 1.2% | 2024 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.1% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 187 | Mozambique | 1.0% | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 1.0% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 189 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2024 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2024 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 192 | Western Sahara | 1.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 193 | Ethiopia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Malawi | 0.9% | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Jamaica | 0.8% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 196 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8% | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Iraq | 0.8% | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 198 | Guinea | 0.8% | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7% | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 200 | El Salvador | 0.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 201 | Tanzania | 0.7% | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Brazil | 0.7% | 2024 | up 106.9% | rising |
| 203 | Laos | 0.7% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 204 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 205 | Lesotho | 0.6% | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 206 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 207 | Nigeria | 0.6% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 208 | East Timor | 0.6% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 209 | Sierra Leone | 0.6% | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 210 | Algeria | 0.6% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 211 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 212 | Guatemala | 0.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 213 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 214 | Somalia | 0.4% | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 215 | Honduras | 0.4% | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 216 | Eritrea | 0.4% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 217 | India | 0.3% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 218 | Vietnam | 0.3% | 2024 | up 195.9% | rising |
| 219 | Solomon Islands | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 220 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 221 | Morocco | 0.3% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 222 | Afghanistan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 77.1% | flat |
| 223 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 224 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 225 | Haiti | 0.2% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 226 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 227 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 228 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 229 | China | 0.1% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 230 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 231 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |
About this data
Immigrants as a share of the total population.