Countries with the Highest Share of Migrants 2024
About This Dataset
Countries with the Highest Share of Migrants 2024
Countries ranked by migrant population (% of total) in 2024, using World Bank figures for the 216 countries that reported that year. Qatar leads on 76.70, ahead of United Arab Emirates (74.00) and Monaco (70.20). The share of residents born in another country, counted at the most recent census or estimate. Refugees are included, and states built on migrant labour sit at the top of this ranking.
Analysis
Qatar (76.70), United Arab Emirates (74.00) and Monaco (70.20) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 76.70 down to 48.70, a spread of 28.00. Only 2.70 separates Qatar from United Arab Emirates in second, 3.5% of the leading figure. The chart shows the twenty highest of 216 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Qatar leads in Migrant Population (% of Total) with 76.70 in 2024.
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Average Migrant Population (% of Total) in 2024: 60 · median: 60.
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Gap in 2024: Qatar is 1.6× larger than Singapore.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2024 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Migrant Population (% of Total)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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