List of countries by foreign-born population in 2005

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This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on the United Nations report World Population Policies 2005.[1] [2] The total immigrant population was estimated to be 186,579,300. UN member and observer states are ranked.


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Rank State Number of immigrants X Percentage of
total number of
immigrants
in the world		 Immigrants as
percentage of
national population		 Notes
1  United States 38,355,000 700120560999990000020.56 12.81 2009: 38.5 million foreign-born residents, 12.5% of the total population.[3]
2  Russia 12,080,000 70006474000000000006.474 8.483
3  Germany 10,144,000 70005437000000000005.437 12.31 2011: 10.7 million foreign-born residents[4]
4  Ukraine 6,833,000 70003662000000000003.662 14.7
5  France 6,471,000 70003468000000000003.468 10.18
6  Saudi Arabia 6,361,000 70003409000000000003.409 25.25
7  Canada 6,200,000 70003271900000000003.272 18.76
8  India 5,700,000 70003055000000000003.055 0.517
9  United Kingdom 5,408,000 70002898000000000002.898 8.982
10  Spain 4,790,000 70002567000000000002.567 10.79 5.6 million (2009) [5]
11  Australia 4,097,000 70002196000000000002.196 19.93 Other sources give higher estimates.[6]
12  People's Republic of China 3,852,000 70002064000000000002.064 0.2944 does not include Hong Kong (SAR) and Macau (SAR)
13  Pakistan 3,254,000 70001744000000000001.744 1.984
14  United Arab Emirates 3,212,000 70001722000000000001.722 71.4
 Hong Kong 2,999,000 70001607000000000001.607 42.59 According to the 2006 By-Census, 60.3% of the population was born in Hong Kong, 33.5% in other parts of China, and 6.2% elsewhere.[7]
15  Israel 2,661,000 70001426000000000001.426 37.87
16  Italy 2,519,000 70001350000000000001.35 4.288 The number of immigrants has risen steeply since the publication of the UN report.[8] According to a 2010 report, the number is now close to 4.3 million.[9]
17  Kazakhstan 2,502,000 70001341000000000001.341 16.88
18  Côte d'Ivoire 2,371,000 70001270900000999991.271 13.06
19  Jordan 2,225,000 70001193000000000001.193 39.01 Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.[10]
20  Japan 2,048,000 70001098000000000001.098 1.599
21  Iran 1,959,000 70001050000000000001.05 2.861
22  Singapore 1,843,000 69999878000000000000.9878 42.6
 Palestinian territories 1,680,000 69999004000000000000.9004 45.38 Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.[10]
23  Ghana 1,669,000 69998945000000000000.8945 7.548
24  Kuwait 1,669,000 69998945000000000000.8945 62.11
25  Switzerland 1,660,000 69998897000000000000.8897 22.89
26  Malaysia 1,639,000 69998784000000000000.8784 6.15
27  Netherlands 1,638,000 69998779000000000000.8779 10.05
28  Argentina 1,500,000 69998039099999000000.8039 3.871
29  Turkey 1,328,000 69997118000000000000.7118 1.814
30  Uzbekistan 1,268,000 69996796000000000000.6796 4.768
31  Austria 1,234,000 69996614000000000000.6614 14.9
32  Belarus 1,191,000 69996383000000000000.6383 12.21
33  Sweden 1,117,000 69995987000000000000.5987 12.3
34  South Africa 1,106,000 69995928000000000000.5928 2.332 The real figure may be much higher.[11][12][13] The 2011 Census placed the figure at 4.4%,[14] and that may be an underestimate due to xenophobia.
35  Thailand 1,050,000 69995628000000999990.5628 1.635
36  Bangladesh 1,032,000 69995531000000000000.5531 0.7277
37  Venezuela 1,010,000 69995413000000000000.5413 3.776
38  Syria 985,000 × 69995279000000000000.5279 5.173 Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.[10]
39  Greece 974,000 × 69995220000000000000.522 8.662
40  Nigeria 971,000 × 69995204000000000000.5204 0.7382
41  Nepal 819,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 3.018
42  Tanzania 792,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 2.066
43  Burkina Faso 773,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 5.844
44  Portugal 764,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 7.204
45  Belgium 719,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 6.901
46  Poland 703,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.843
47  Croatia 661,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 14.52
48  Lebanon 657,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 16.96 Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.[10]
49  Mexico 644,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 0.6017
50  New Zealand 642,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 15.48
51  Brazil 641,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 0.3439
52  Sudan 639,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.727
53  Qatar 637,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 75.9
54  Oman 628,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 24.46
55  Libya 618,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 10.56
56  Ireland 585,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 13.81
57  Ethiopia 555,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 0.7393
58  South Korea 551,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.152
59  Democratic Republic of the Congo 539,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 0.9086
60  Uganda 518,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.876
61  Serbia and Montenegro 512,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 4.726 The UN report was produced before Montenegro declared independence from Serbia on June 3, 2006.
62  Zimbabwe 511,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 3.928
63  Czech Republic 453,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 4.413
64  Latvia 449,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 19.46 Note the special case of Latvian non-citizens
65  Costa Rica 441,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 10.19
66  Moldova 440,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 12.96
67  Chad 437,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 4.483
68  Mozambique 406,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 2.051
69  Guinea 406,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 4.318
70  Denmark 389,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 7.163
71  Philippines 374,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 0.4503
72  Sri Lanka 368,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.774
73  Kenya 345,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.007
74  Norway 655,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 13.1 Updated feb. 2013
75  Senegal 326,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 2.796
76  Hungary 316,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 3.136
77  Tajikistan 306,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 4.703
78  Cambodia 304,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 2.16
79  Bahrain 295,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 42.22
80  Republic of the Congo 288,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 7.202
81  Kyrgyzstan 288,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 5.471
82  Somalia 282,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 3.427
83  Malawi 279,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 2.165
84  Zambia 275,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 2.357
85  Yemen 265,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.263
 Macau 257,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 51.09 According to the 2006 By-Census, 42.5% of the population was born in Macau, 51% in other parts of China, and 6.5% elsewhere.[15]
86  Gabon 245,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 17.7
87  Algeria 242,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 0.7366
88  Armenia 235,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 7.308
89  The Gambia 232,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 15.29
90  Chile 231,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 1.406
91  Turkmenistan 224,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 4.634
92  Estonia 202,000 × 6999500000000000000 < 0.5 15.19
93  Georgia 191,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 4.269
94  Togo 183,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.978
95  Azerbaijan 182,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.164
96  Benin 175,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.074
97  Luxembourg 174,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 37.42
98  Paraguay 168,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.728
99  Slovenia 167,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 8.332
100  Egypt 166,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.2242
101  Lithuania 165,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 4.809
102  Indonesia 160,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.0718
103  Finland 156,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.962
104  Dominican Republic 156,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.754
105  Namibia 143,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 7.041
106  Cameroon 137,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.8394
107  Romania 133,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.596
108  Morocco 132,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.4193
109  Brunei 124,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 33.16
110  Slovakia 124,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.296
111  Niger 124,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.8884
112  Colombia 123,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.2697
113  Rwanda 121,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.339
114  Macedonia 121,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 5.949
115  Sierra Leone 119,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.154
116  Myanmar 117,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.2316
117  Cyprus 116,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 13.89
118  Bolivia 116,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.263
119  Ecuador 114,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.8618
120  Bulgaria 104,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.346
121  Panama 102,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 3.156
122  Burundi 100,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.325
123  Uruguay 84,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.426
124  Albania 83,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.317
125  Botswana 80,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 4.533
126  Central African Republic 76,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.882
127  Cuba 74,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.6501
128  Comoros 67,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 8.396
129  Mauritania 66,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.151
130  Madagascar 63,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.3386
131  Angola 56,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.3513
132  Guatemala 53,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.4141
133  Andorra 52,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 77.25
134  Liberia 50,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.523
135  Mali 46,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.3403
136  Swaziland 45,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 4.36
137  Afghanistan 43,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.144
138  Peru 42,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.1502
139  Belize 41,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 15.19
140  Bosnia and Herzegovina 41,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.9113
141  Tunisia 38,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.3762
142  Trinidad and Tobago 38,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.912
143  North Korea 37,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.16
144  The Bahamas 32,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 9.907
145  Haiti 30,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.3518
146  Nicaragua 28,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.5103
147  Iraq 28,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.0972
148  Barbados 26,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 9.311
149  Honduras 26,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.3609
150  Monaco 25,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 70.11
151  Laos 25,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.422
152  Papua New Guinea 25,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.4247
153  El Salvador 24,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.3429
154  Iceland 23,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 7.667
155  Mauritius 21,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 1.687
156  Vietnam 21,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 0.0249
157  Djibouti 20,000 × 6999100000000000000 < 0.1 2.522
158  Guinea-Bissau 19,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 1.198
159  Antigua and Barbuda 18,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 22.09
160  Jamaica 18,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.679
161  Fiji 17,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 2.005
162  Eritrea 15,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.3408
163  Liechtenstein 12,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 35.31
164  Grenada 11,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 10.68
165  Malta 11,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 2.723
166  Cape Verde 11,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 2.17
167  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 8.403
168  Bhutan 10,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.448
169  Saint Lucia 9,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 5.6
170  Samoa 9,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 4.865
171  Mongolia 9,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.3401
172  San Marino 9,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 32.01
173  São Tomé and Príncipe 7,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 4.459
174  Equatorial Guinea 6,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 1.19
175  Lesotho 6,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.334
176  East Timor 6,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.6336
177  Dominica 5,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 7.257
178  Nauru 5,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 38.45
179  Seychelles 5,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 6.199
180  Suriname 5,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 1.114
181  Federated States of Micronesia 4,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 3.687
182  Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 9.369
183  Palau 3,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 15.04
184  Kiribati 3,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 3.02
185  Cook Islands 3,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 16.04 Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand
186  Maldives 3,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.9119
187  Solomon Islands 3,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.6276
188  Marshall Islands 2,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 3.228
189  Vatican City 1,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 100 Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens
190  Tonga 1,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.9804
191  Vanuatu 1,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.4739
192  Guyana 1,000 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 0.1332
193  Tuvalu 300 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 2.873
194  Niue 100 × 6998100000000000000 < 0.01 4.617 Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand

 Western Sahara did not supply data. Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, mostly administered by Morocco, and claimed by both Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Immigration to the Moroccan-administered region is primarily from other Moroccan regions. The area administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is sparsely populated.)

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ “World Population Policies 2005”, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ISBN 978-92-1-151420-9.
  2. ^ “International Migration 2006”, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication, No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.
  3. ^ “Place of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 2009”, United States Census Bureau.
  4. ^ "10,7 Millionen Migranten aus 194 Ländern leben in Deutschland", press release 448/12, Statistisches Bundesamt. 2012-12-18.
  5. ^ 5,598,691 foreign population in Spain (2009), Spanish National Statitistic Institute press report, INE (Spain). June 3, 2009. (Spanish)
  6. ^ http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/15population.htm: 5,350,000 immigrants or 25% of the population.
  7. ^ "Place of Birth", 2006 Population By-Census, Census and Statistics Department, 2006, retrieved 2012-06-24  Unknown parameter |population-place= ignored (help)
  8. ^ “Immigrants should be citizens”, press report, ANSA. November 3, 2009.
  9. ^ “Italy wakes up to the realities of immigration”, The Guardian. February 21, 2010.
  10. ^ a b c d The UN source uses a broader definition of “immigrant” (i.e., other than “people born outside their country of residence”) for all countries where the UNRWA registers Palestine refugees, defined by UNRWA as both actual refugees of 1949 and all of their descendants. See “Palestine refugees”, UNRWA. Accessed October 25, 2011.
  11. ^ So where are Zimbabweans going?, BBC News. November 8, 2005.
  12. ^ SA population may be much larger than previously thought, Beeld June 1, 2009.
  13. ^ http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/faq.asp Reference to 1996 HSRC study
  14. ^ [1] Census in Brief
  15. ^ "Resident Population By Age Group, Gender, and Place of Birth", Global Results of 2006 By-Census, Macau: Statistics and Census Service, 2006, p. 200, retrieved 2012-06-24 
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