List of countries by immigrant population

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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 &020.5600 20.56 12.81
2  Russia 12,080,000 &006.4740 6.474 8.483
3  Germany 10,144,000 &005.4370 5.437 12.31
4  Ukraine 6,833,000 &003.6620 3.662 14.7
5  France 6,471,000 &003.4680 3.468 10.18
6  Saudi Arabia 6,361,000 &003.4090 3.409 25.25
7  Canada 6,200,000 &003.2720 3.272 18.76
8  India 5,700,000 &003.0550 3.055 0.517
9  United Kingdom 5,408,000 &002.8980 2.898 8.982
10  Spain 4,790,000 &002.5670 2.567 10.79
11  Australia 4,097,000 &002.1960 2.196 19.93 Other sources give higher estimates.[3]
12 People's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3,852,000 &002.0640 2.064 0.2944 does not include Hong Kong (SAR) and Macau (SAR)
13 Pakistan Pakistan 3,254,000 &001.7440 1.744 1.984
14  United Arab Emirates 3,212,000 &001.722 1.722 71.4
 Hong Kong (PR China) 2,999,000 &001.6070 1.607 42.59
15  Israel 2,661,000 &001.4260 1.426 37.87
16  Italy 2,519,000 &001.3500 1.35 4.288
17  Kazakhstan 2,502,000 &001.3410 1.341 16.88
18  Côte d'Ivoire 2,371,000 &001.2710 1.271 13.06
19  Jordan 2,225,000 &001.1930 1.193 39.01
20  Japan 2,048,000 &001.0980 1.098 1.599
21  Iran 1,959,000 &001.0500 1.05 2.861
22  Singapore 1,843,000 &000.9878 0.9878 42.6
 Palestinian territories[citation needed] 1,680,000 &000.9004 0.9004 45.38
23  Ghana 1,669,000 &000.8945 0.8945 7.548
24  Kuwait 1,669,000 &000.8945 0.8945 62.11
25  Switzerland 1,660,000 &000.8897 0.8897 22.89
26  Malaysia 1,639,000 &000.8784 0.8784 6.15
27  Netherlands 1,638,000 &000.8779 0.8779 10.05
28  Argentina 1,500,000 &000.8039 0.8039 3.871
29  Turkey 1,328,000 &000.7118 0.7118 1.814
30  Uzbekistan 1,268,000 &000.6796 0.6796 4.768
31  Austria 1,234,000 &000.6614 0.6614 14.9
32  Belarus 1,191,000 &000.6383 0.6383 12.21
33  Sweden 1,117,000 &000.5987 0.5987 12.3
34  South Africa 1,106,000 &000.5928 0.5928 2.332 The real figure may be much higher.[4][5][6]
35  Thailand 1,050,000 &000.5628 0.5628 1.635
36  Bangladesh 1,032,000 &000.5531 0.5531 0.7277
37  Venezuela 1,010,000 &000.5413 0.5413 3.776
38  Syria 985,000 × &000.5279 0.5279 5.173
39  Greece 974,000 × &000.5220 0.522 8.662
40  Nigeria 971,000 × &000.5204 0.5204 0.7382
41  Nepal 819,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 3.018
42  Tanzania 792,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 2.066
43  Burkina Faso 773,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 5.844
44  Portugal 764,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 7.204
45  Belgium 719,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 6.901
46  Poland 703,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.843
47  Croatia 661,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 14.52
48  Lebanon 657,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 16.96
49  Mexico 644,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 0.6017
50  New Zealand 642,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 15.48
51  Brazil 641,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 0.3439
52  Sudan 639,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.727
53  Qatar 637,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 75.9
54  Oman 628,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 24.46
55  Libya 618,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 10.56
56  Ireland 585,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 13.81
57  Ethiopia 555,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 0.7393
58  South Korea 551,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.152
59  Democratic Republic of the Congo 539,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 0.9086
60  Uganda 518,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.876
61  Serbia and Montenegro 512,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 4.726 The UN report was produced before Montenegro and Serbia gained independence from each other on June 3, 2006
62  Zimbabwe 511,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 3.928
63  Czech Republic 453,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 4.413
64  Latvia 449,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 19.46
65  Costa Rica 441,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 10.19
66  Moldova 440,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 12.96
67  Chad 437,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 4.483
68  Mozambique 406,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 2.051
69  Guinea 406,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 4.318
70  Denmark 389,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 7.163
71  Philippines 374,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 0.4503
72  Sri Lanka 368,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.774
73  Kenya 345,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.007
74  Norway 344,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 7.37
75  Senegal 326,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 2.796
76  Hungary 316,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 3.136
77  Tajikistan 306,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 4.703
78  Cambodia 304,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 2.16
79  Bahrain 295,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 42.22
80  Republic of the Congo 288,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 7.202
81  Kyrgyzstan 288,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 5.471
82  Somalia 282,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 3.427
83  Malawi 279,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 2.165
84  Zambia 275,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 2.357
85  Yemen 265,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.263
 Macau 257,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 51.09
86  Gabon 245,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 17.7
87  Algeria 242,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 0.7366
88  Armenia 235,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 7.308
89  The Gambia 232,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 15.29
90  Chile 231,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 1.406
91  Turkmenistan 224,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 4.634
92  Estonia 202,000 × &000.5000 < 0.5 15.19
93  Georgia 191,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 4.269
94  Togo 183,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.978
95  Azerbaijan 182,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.164
96  Benin 175,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.074
97  Luxembourg 174,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 37.42
98  Paraguay 168,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.728
99  Slovenia 167,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 8.332
100  Egypt 166,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.2242
101  Lithuania 165,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 4.809
102  Indonesia 160,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.0718
103  Finland 156,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.962
104  Dominican Republic 156,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.754
105  Namibia 143,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 7.041
106  Cameroon 137,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.8394
107  Romania 133,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.596
108  Morocco 132,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.4193
109  Brunei 124,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 33.16
110  Slovakia 124,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.296
111  Niger 124,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.8884
112  Colombia 123,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.2697
113  Rwanda 121,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.339
114  Republic of Macedonia 121,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 5.949
115  Sierra Leone 119,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.154
116  Myanmar 117,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.2316
117  Cyprus 116,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 13.89
118  Bolivia 116,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.263
119  Ecuador 114,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.8618
120  Bulgaria 104,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.346
121  Panama 102,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 3.156
122  Burundi 100,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.325
123  Uruguay 84,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.426
124  Albania 83,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.317
125  Botswana 80,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 4.533
126  Central African Republic 76,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.882
127  Cuba 74,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.6501
128  Comoros 67,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 8.396
129  Mauritania 66,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.151
130  Madagascar 63,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.3386
131  Angola 56,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.3513
132  Guatemala 53,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.4141
133  Andorra 52,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 77.25
134  Liberia 50,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.523
135  Mali 46,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.3403
136  Swaziland 45,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 4.36
137  Afghanistan 43,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.144
138  Peru 42,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.1502
139  Belize 41,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 15.19
140  Bosnia and Herzegovina 41,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.9113
141  Tunisia 38,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.3762
142  Trinidad and Tobago 38,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.912
143  North Korea 37,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.16
144  The Bahamas 32,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 9.907
145  Haiti 30,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.3518
146  Nicaragua 28,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.5103
147  Iraq 28,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.0972
148  Barbados 26,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 9.311
149  Honduras 26,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.3609
150  Monaco 25,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 70.11
151  Laos 25,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.422
152  Papua New Guinea 25,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.4247
153  El Salvador 24,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.3429
154  Iceland 23,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 7.667
155  Mauritius 21,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 1.687
156  Vietnam 21,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 0.0249
157  Djibouti 20,000 × &000.1000 < 0.1 2.522
158  Guinea-Bissau 19,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 1.198
159  Antigua and Barbuda 18,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 22.09
160  Jamaica 18,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.679
161  Fiji 17,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 2.005
162  Eritrea 15,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.3408
163  Liechtenstein 12,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 35.31
164  Grenada 11,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 10.68
165  Malta 11,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 2.723
166  Cape Verde 11,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 2.17
167  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 8.403
168  Bhutan 10,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.448
169  Saint Lucia 9,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 5.6
170  Samoa 9,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 4.865
171  Mongolia 9,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.3401
172  San Marino 9,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 32.01
173  São Tomé and Príncipe 7,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 4.459
174  Equatorial Guinea 6,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 1.19
175  Lesotho 6,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.334
176  East Timor 6,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.6336
177  Dominica 5,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 7.257
178  Nauru 5,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 38.45
179  Seychelles 5,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 6.199
180  Suriname 5,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 1.114
181  Federated States of Micronesia 4,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 3.687
182  Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 9.369
183  Palau 3,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 15.04
184  Kiribati 3,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 3.02
 Cook Islands 3,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 16.04 Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand
185  Maldives 3,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.9119
186  Solomon Islands 3,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.6276
187  Marshall Islands 2,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 3.228
188  Vatican City 1,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 100 Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens
189  Tonga 1,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.9804
190  Vanuatu 1,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.4739
191  Guyana 1,000 × &000.0100 < 0.01 0.1332
192  Tuvalu 300 × &000.0100 < 0.01 2.873
 Niue 100 × &000.0100 < 0.01 4.617 Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand

 Western Sahara did not supply data. (Western Sahara is under military occupation by Morocco. Immigration to the Moroccan-administered region is primarily Moroccan settlers. The area administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is sparsely populated.)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "World Population Policies 2005", United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ISBN 9789211514209.
  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. ^ http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/15population.htm: 5,350,000 immigrants or 25% of the population.
  4. ^ So where are Zimbabweans going?, BBC News. November 8, 2005.
  5. ^ SA population may be much larger than previously thought Beeld June 1, 2009.
  6. ^ http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/faq.asp Reference to 1996 HSRC study
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