International migrants (% of population) by country
United States: 15.2% in 2024, 17th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 56th of all 216 with data.
Highest: 
Qatar (76.7%, 2024) · Lowest: 
Cuba (0.0%, 2024) · 216 countries and territories with data.
People living in a country other than where they were born, as a share of the population. UN estimates, available every few years.
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).
World ranking (highest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 76.7% | 2024 |
| 2 |  United Arab Emirates | 74.0% | 2024 |
| 3 |  Monaco | 70.2% | 2024 |
| 4 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 69.5% | 2024 |
| 5 |  Liechtenstein | 69.4% | 2024 |
| 6 |  Aruba | 68.0% | 2024 |
| 7 |  Kuwait | 67.3% | 2024 |
| 8 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 66.9% | 2024 |
| 9 |  British Virgin Islands | 62.1% | 2024 |
| 10 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 61.1% | 2024 |
| 11 |  Macao | 59.3% | 2024 |
| 12 |  Andorra | 59.1% | 2024 |
| 13 |  Bahrain | 52.3% | 2024 |
| 14 |  Isle of Man | 51.9% | 2024 |
| 15 |  Luxembourg | 51.2% | 2024 |
| 16 | Channel Islands | 50.9% | 2024 |
| 17 |  American Samoa | 50.6% | 2024 |
| 18 |  Guam | 50.2% | 2024 |
| 19 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 49.7% | 2024 |
| 20 |  Singapore | 48.7% | 2024 |
| 21 |  Jordan | 45.7% | 2024 |
| 22 |  Oman | 43.2% | 2024 |
| 23 |  Curaçao | 43.1% | 2024 |
| 24 |  Cayman Islands | 42.9% | 2024 |
| 25 |  Hong Kong | 41.3% | 2024 |
| 26 |  Saudi Arabia | 40.3% | 2024 |
| 27 |  Malta | 37.0% | 2024 |
| 28 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 32.5% | 2024 |
| 29 |  Bermuda | 31.2% | 2024 |
| 30 |  Switzerland | 31.1% | 2024 |
| 31 |  Australia | 30.4% | 2024 |
| 32 |  Palau | 29.5% | 2024 |
| 33 |  Gibraltar | 28.7% | 2024 |
| 34 |  New Zealand | 28.2% | 2024 |
| 35 |  New Caledonia | 26.2% | 2024 |
| 36 |  Brunei | 25.9% | 2024 |
| 37 |  Austria | 25.5% | 2024 |
| 38 |  Iceland | 25.1% | 2024 |
| 39 |  Lebanon | 24.5% | 2024 |
| 40 |  Ireland | 23.1% | 2024 |
| 41 |  Israel | 22.3% | 2024 |
| 42 |  Canada | 22.2% | 2024 |
| 43 |  Sweden | 21.4% | 2024 |
| 44 |  Nauru | 21.3% | 2024 |
| 45 |  Belgium | 20.0% | 2024 |
| 46 |  Germany | 19.8% | 2024 |
| 47 |  Spain | 18.5% | 2024 |
| 48 |  Norway | 18.2% | 2024 |
| 49 |  Gabon | 17.7% | 2024 |
| 50 |  San Marino | 17.4% | 2024 |
| 51 |  United Kingdom | 17.1% | 2024 |
| 52 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 17.0% | 2024 |
| 53 |  Bahamas | 16.8% | 2024 |
| 54 |  Belize | 16.5% | 2024 |
| 55 |  Netherlands | 16.2% | 2024 |
| 56 |  United States | 15.2% | 2024 |
| 57 |  Cyprus | 14.9% | 2024 |
| 58 |  Estonia | 14.9% | 2024 |
| 59 |  Slovenia | 14.9% | 2024 |
| 60 |  Faroe Islands | 14.6% | 2024 |
| 61 |  Montenegro | 14.4% | 2024 |
| 62 |  Denmark | 14.2% | 2024 |
| 63 |  Greece | 14.2% | 2024 |
| 64 |  Maldives | 14.2% | 2024 |
| 65 |  France | 13.8% | 2024 |
| 66 |  Croatia | 13.6% | 2024 |
| 67 |  Ukraine | 13.4% | 2024 |
| 68 |  Equatorial Guinea | 13.2% | 2024 |
| 69 |  Dominica | 12.7% | 2024 |
| 70 |  Barbados | 12.5% | 2024 |
| 71 |  Costa Rica | 12.2% | 2024 |
| 72 |  Libya | 12.2% | 2024 |
| 73 |  Latvia | 11.8% | 2024 |
| 74 |  Belarus | 11.6% | 2024 |
| 75 |  Italy | 11.0% | 2024 |
| 76 |  Djibouti | 10.8% | 2024 |
| 77 |  Portugal | 10.8% | 2024 |
| 78 |  Malaysia | 10.7% | 2024 |
| 79 |  French Polynesia | 10.7% | 2024 |
| 80 |  Panama | 10.6% | 2024 |
| 81 |  Serbia | 10.6% | 2024 |
| 82 |  Greenland | 10.4% | 2024 |
| 83 |  Seychelles | 10.2% | 2024 |
| 84 |  Kazakhstan | 10.1% | 2024 |
| 85 |  Czechia | 9.5% | 2024 |
| 86 |  Armenia | 9.2% | 2024 |
| 87 |  Finland | 9.2% | 2024 |
| 88 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 9.0% | 2024 |
| 89 |  Marshall Islands | 8.8% | 2024 |
| 90 |  Gambia | 8.6% | 2024 |
| 91 |  North Macedonia | 8.3% | 2024 |
| 92 |  Suriname | 8.2% | 2024 |
| 93 |  Türkiye | 8.1% | 2024 |
| 94 |  Chile | 7.8% | 2024 |
| 95 |  South Sudan | 7.7% | 2024 |
| 96 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5% | 2024 |
| 97 |  Hungary | 7.1% | 2024 |
| 98 |  Bhutan | 7.0% | 2024 |
| 99 |  Puerto Rico | 6.9% | 2024 |
| 100 |  Dominican Republic | 6.5% | 2024 |
| 101 |  Guyana | 6.5% | 2024 |
| 102 |  Grenada | 6.3% | 2024 |
| 103 |  Chad | 6.3% | 2024 |
| 104 |  Moldova | 6.2% | 2024 |
| 105 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.1% | 2024 |
| 106 |  Lithuania | 6.1% | 2024 |
| 107 |  Slovakia | 5.9% | 2024 |
| 108 |  Colombia | 5.8% | 2024 |
| 109 |  Peru | 5.4% | 2024 |
| 110 |  Russia | 5.3% | 2024 |
| 111 |  West Bank and Gaza | 5.0% | 2024 |
| 112 |  Sudan | 4.8% | 2024 |
| 113 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.8% | 2024 |
| 114 |  Uruguay | 4.7% | 2024 |
| 115 |  Botswana | 4.6% | 2024 |
| 116 |  St. Lucia | 4.5% | 2024 |
| 117 |  Poland | 4.5% | 2024 |
| 118 |  Bulgaria | 4.4% | 2024 |
| 119 |  Thailand | 4.4% | 2024 |
| 120 |  Venezuela | 4.4% | 2024 |
| 121 |  Argentina | 4.3% | 2024 |
| 122 |  Iran | 4.2% | 2024 |
| 123 |  Ecuador | 4.1% | 2024 |
| 124 |  Uganda | 4.1% | 2024 |
| 125 |  South Africa | 4.1% | 2024 |
| 126 |  Mauritania | 3.8% | 2024 |
| 127 |  Namibia | 3.8% | 2024 |
| 128 |  Rwanda | 3.6% | 2024 |
| 129 |  Syria | 3.6% | 2024 |
| 130 |  South Korea | 3.5% | 2024 |
| 131 |  Romania | 3.4% | 2024 |
| 132 |  Tonga | 3.4% | 2024 |
| 133 |  Uzbekistan | 3.2% | 2024 |
| 134 |  Burkina Faso | 3.1% | 2024 |
| 135 |  Cabo Verde | 3.1% | 2024 |
| 136 |  Togo | 3.0% | 2024 |
| 137 |  Benin | 2.9% | 2024 |
| 138 |  Burundi | 2.8% | 2024 |
| 139 |  Japan | 2.8% | 2024 |
| 140 |  Kyrgyzstan | 2.7% | 2024 |
| 141 |  Eswatini | 2.7% | 2024 |
| 142 |  Micronesia | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 143 |  Paraguay | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 144 |  Tajikistan | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 145 |  Turkmenistan | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 146 |  Tuvalu | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 147 |  Zimbabwe | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 148 |  Kiribati | 2.5% | 2024 |
| 149 |  Mauritius | 2.3% | 2024 |
| 150 |  Cameroon | 2.2% | 2024 |
| 151 |  Mali | 2.2% | 2024 |
| 152 |  Azerbaijan | 2.1% | 2024 |
| 153 |  Georgia | 2.1% | 2024 |
| 154 |  Angola | 1.8% | 2024 |
| 155 |  Central African Republic | 1.8% | 2024 |
| 156 |  Kenya | 1.8% | 2024 |
| 157 |  Samoa | 1.8% | 2024 |
| 158 |  Albania | 1.7% | 2024 |
| 159 |  Bangladesh | 1.7% | 2024 |
| 160 |  Niger | 1.7% | 2024 |
| 161 |  Pakistan | 1.7% | 2024 |
| 162 |  Nepal | 1.6% | 2024 |
| 163 |  Bolivia | 1.5% | 2024 |
| 164 |  Fiji | 1.5% | 2024 |
| 165 |  Ghana | 1.5% | 2024 |
| 166 |  Senegal | 1.5% | 2024 |
| 167 |  Comoros | 1.4% | 2024 |
| 168 |  Liberia | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 169 |  Mexico | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 170 |  Zambia | 1.2% | 2024 |
| 171 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.1% | 2024 |
| 172 |  DR Congo | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 173 |  Egypt | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 174 |  Mozambique | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 175 |  Vanuatu | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 176 |  Yemen | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 177 |  Ethiopia | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 178 |  Malawi | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 179 |  Guinea | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 180 |  Iraq | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 181 |  Jamaica | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 182 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 183 |  Brazil | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 184 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 185 |  Laos | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 186 |  El Salvador | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 187 |  Tanzania | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 188 |  Algeria | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 189 |  Lesotho | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 190 |  Mongolia | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 191 |  Nigeria | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 192 |  Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 193 |  Sierra Leone | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 194 |  Timor-Leste | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 195 |  Guatemala | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 196 |  Cambodia | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 197 |  Tunisia | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 198 |  Eritrea | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 199 |  Honduras | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 200 |  Somalia | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 201 |  India | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 202 |  Morocco | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 203 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 204 |  Solomon Islands | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 205 |  Vietnam | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 206 |  Afghanistan | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 207 |  Haiti | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 208 |  Indonesia | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 209 |  Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 210 |  North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 211 |  China | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 212 |  Madagascar | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 213 |  Myanmar | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 214 |  Philippines | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 215 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 216 |  St. Martin (French part) | 0.0% | 2024 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SM.POP.TOTL.ZS). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.
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