Countries with the Most Immigrants 2024

About This Dataset

Countries with the Most Immigrants 2024
The 20 countries hosting the largest number of people born abroad in 2024. The United States hosts the most at 52,375,047 people, ahead of Germany at 16,750,084 and Saudi Arabia at 13,683,841. This counts everyone living in a country who was born in another one, whatever their reason for moving. Data covers 215 countries and territories.
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The United States alone hosts more foreign-born residents than the next 5 countries on this list combined. The 20 shown here account for 63.8% of all people counted as living outside their country of birth.

Source:  World Bank

Key Findings

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United States leads with 52,375,047 in 2024.
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Average value in 2024: 9,636,268  ·  median: 7,344,638.
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Gap in 2024: United States is 15.8× larger than Kuwait.

Countries with the Most Immigrants 2024

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Data Insights

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Data Points
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Top Value
52,375,047
United States
International migrant stock (people) · 2024
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2024
Single year snapshot

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · International migrant stock (people) · ranked by 2024

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# Category 2024 Source
🥇 United States 52,375,047
🥈 Germany 16,750,084
🥉 Saudi Arabia 13,683,841
4 United Kingdom 11,845,479
5 France 9,186,757
6 Spain 8,870,527
7 Canada 8,805,839
8 United Arab Emirates 8,157,000
9 Australia 8,111,404
10 Russia 7,605,774
11 Turkey 7,083,501
12 Italy 6,553,671
13 Jordan 5,280,168
14 Ukraine 5,064,173
15 India 4,796,255
16 Pakistan 4,175,958
17 Iran 3,840,654
18 Malaysia 3,806,514
19 Japan 3,409,529
20 Kuwait 3,323,191

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