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This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on United Nations' (UN) World Population Policies 2005 publication[1][2], released by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. The total immigrant population was estimated to be 186,579,300. UN member and observer states are ranked.

Rank	State	Number of immigrants	Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	Immigrants as percentage of state population	Notes
1	Template:Country data flagcountry	38,355,000	20.56	12.81
2	Template:Country data flagcountry	12,080,000	6.474	8.483
3	Template:Country data flagcountry	10,144,000	5.437	12.31
4	Template:Country data flagcountry	6,833,000	3.662	14.7
5	Template:Country data flagcountry	6,471,000	3.468	10.18
6	Template:Country data flagcountry	6,361,000	3.409	25.25
7	Template:Country data flagcountry	6,106,000	3.272	18.76
8	Template:Country data flagcountry	5,700,000	3.055	0.517
9	Template:Country data flagcountry	5,408,000	2.898	8.982
10	Template:Country data flagcountry	4,790,000	2.567	10.79
11	Template:Country data flagcountry	4,097,000	2.196	19.93
12	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,852,000	2.064	0.2944	Includes mainland China, and the Free Area of the Republic of China (administered by the Template:Country data flagcountry); does not include Hong Kong (SAR) and Macau (SAR).
13	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,254,000	1.744	1.984
14	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,212,000	1.722	123.4
—	Template:Country data flagcountry (PR China)	2,999,000	1.607	42.59
15	Template:Country data flagcountry	2,661,000	1.426	37.87
16	Template:Country data flagcountry	2,519,000	1.35	4.288
17	Template:Country data flagcountry	2,502,000	1.341	16.88
18	Template:Country data flagcountry	2,371,000	1.271	13.06
19	Template:Country data flagcountry	2,225,000	1.193	39.01
20	Template:Country data flagcountry	2,048,000	1.098	1.599
21	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,959,000	1.05	2.861
22	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,843,000	0.9878	42.6
—	Template:Country data flagcountry (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	1,680,000	0.9004	45.38
23	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,669,000	0.8945	7.548
24	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,669,000	0.8945	62.11
25	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,660,000	0.8897	22.89
26	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,639,000	0.8784	6.15
27	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,638,000	0.8779	10.05
28	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,500,000	0.8039	3.871
29	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,328,000	0.7118	1.814
30	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,268,000	0.6796	4.768
31	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,234,000	0.6614	14.9
32	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,191,000	0.6383	12.21
33	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,117,000	0.5987	12.3
34	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,106,000	0.5928	2.332
35	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,050,000	0.5628	1.635
36	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,032,000	0.5531	0.7277
37	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,010,000	0.5413	3.776
38	Template:Country data flagcountry	985,000	0.5279	5.173
39	Template:Country data flagcountry	974,000	0.522	8.662
40	Template:Country data flagcountry	971,000	0.5204	0.7382
41	Template:Country data flagcountry	819,000	>0.5%	3.018
42	Template:Country data flagcountry	792,000	>0.5%	2.066
43	Template:Country data flagcountry	773,000	>0.5%	5.844
44	Template:Country data flagcountry	764,000	>0.5%	7.204
45	Template:Country data flagcountry	719,000	>0.5%	6.901
46	Template:Country data flagcountry	703,000	>0.5%	1.843
47	Template:Country data flagcountry	661,000	>0.5%	14.52
48	Template:Country data flagcountry	657,000	>0.5%	16.96
49	Template:Country data flagcountry	644,000	>0.5%	0.6017
50	Template:Country data flagcountry	642,000	>0.5%	15.48
51	Template:Country data flagcountry	641,000	>0.5%	0.3439
52	Template:Country data flagcountry	639,000	>0.5%	1.727
53	Template:Country data flagcountry	637,000	>0.5%	75.9
54	Template:Country data flagcountry	628,000	>0.5%	24.46
55	Template:Country data flagcountry	618,000	>0.5%	10.56
56	Template:Country data flagcountry	585,000	>0.5%	13.81
57	Template:Country data flagcountry	555,000	>0.5%	0.7393
58	Template:Country data flagcountry	551,000	>0.5%	1.152
59	Template:Country data flagcountry	539,000	>0.5%	0.9086
60	Template:Country data flagcountry	518,000	>0.5%	1.876
61	Template:Country data flagcountry	512,000	>0.5%	4.726	The UN report was produced before Template:Country data flagcountry and Template:Country data flagcountry gained independence from each other on June 3, 2006.
62	Template:Country data flagcountry	511,000	>0.5%	3.928
63	Template:Country data flagcountry	453,000	>0.5%	4.413
64	Template:Country data flagcountry	449,000	>0.5%	19.46
65	Template:Country data flagcountry	441,000	>0.5%	10.19
66	Template:Country data flagcountry	440,000	>0.5%	12.96
67	Template:Country data flagcountry	437,000	>0.5%	4.483
68	Template:Country data flagcountry	406,000	>0.5%	2.051
69	Template:Country data flagcountry	406,000	>0.5%	4.318
70	Template:Country data flagcountry	389,000	>0.5%	7.163
71	Template:Country data flagcountry	374,000	>0.5%	0.4503
72	Template:Country data flagcountry	368,000	>0.5%	1.774
73	Template:Country data flagcountry	345,000	>0.5%	1.007
74	Template:Country data flagcountry	344,000	>0.5%	7.37
75	Template:Country data flagcountry	326,000	>0.5%	2.796
76	Template:Country data flagcountry	316,000	>0.5%	3.136
77	Template:Country data flagcountry	306,000	>0.5%	4.703
78	Template:Country data flagcountry	304,000	>0.5%	2.16
79	Template:Country data flagcountry	295,000	>0.5%	42.22
80	Template:Country data flagcountry	288,000	>0.5%	7.202
81	Template:Country data flagcountry	288,000	>0.5%	5.471
82	Template:Country data flagcountry	282,000	>0.5%	3.427
83	Template:Country data flagcountry	279,000	>0.5%	2.165
84	Template:Country data flagcountry	275,000	>0.5%	2.357
85	Template:Country data flagcountry	265,000	>0.5%	1.263
—	Template:Country data flagcountry	257,000	>0.5%	51.09
86	Template:Country data flagcountry	245,000	>0.5%	17.7
87	Template:Country data flagcountry	242,000	>0.5%	0.7366
88	Template:Country data flagcountry	235,000	>0.5%	7.308
89	Template:Country data flagcountry	232,000	>0.5%	15.29
90	Template:Country data flagcountry	231,000	>0.5%	1.406
91	Template:Country data flagcountry	224,000	>0.5%	4.634
92	Template:Country data flagcountry	202,000	>0.5%	15.19
93	Template:Country data flagcountry	191,000	>0.1%	4.269
94	Template:Country data flagcountry	183,000	>0.1%	2.978
95	Template:Country data flagcountry	182,000	>0.1%	2.164
96	Template:Country data flagcountry	175,000	>0.1%	2.074
97	Template:Country data flagcountry	174,000	>0.1%	37.42
98	Template:Country data flagcountry	168,000	>0.1%	2.728
99	Template:Country data flagcountry	167,000	>0.1%	8.332
100	Template:Country data flagcountry	166,000	>0.1%	0.2242
101	Template:Country data flagcountry	165,000	>0.1%	4.809
102	Template:Country data flagcountry	160,000	>0.1%	0.0718
103	Template:Country data flagcountry	156,000	>0.1%	2.962
104	Template:Country data flagcountry	156,000	>0.1%	1.754
105	Template:Country data flagcountry	143,000	>0.1%	7.041
106	Template:Country data flagcountry	137,000	>0.1%	0.8394
107	Template:Country data flagcountry	133,000	>0.1%	0.596
108	Template:Country data flagcountry	132,000	>0.1%	0.4193
109	Template:Country data flagcountry	124,000	>0.1%	33.16
110	Template:Country data flagcountry	124,000	>0.1%	2.296
111	Template:Country data flagcountry	124,000	>0.1%	0.8884
112	Template:Country data flagcountry	123,000	>0.1%	0.2697
113	Template:Country data flagcountry	121,000	>0.1%	1.339
114	Template:Country data flagcountry	121,000	>0.1%	5.949
115	Template:Country data flagcountry	119,000	>0.1%	2.154
116	Template:Country data flagcountry	117,000	>0.1%	0.2316
117	Template:Country data flagcountry	116,000	>0.1%	13.89
118	Template:Country data flagcountry	116,000	>0.1%	1.263
119	Template:Country data flagcountry	114,000	>0.1%	0.8618
120	Template:Country data flagcountry	104,000	>0.1%	1.346
121	Template:Country data flagcountry	102,000	>0.1%	3.156
122	Template:Country data flagcountry	100,000	>0.1%	1.325
123	Template:Country data flagcountry	84,000	>0.1%	2.426
124	Template:Country data flagcountry	83,000	>0.1%	2.317
125	Template:Country data flagcountry	80,000	>0.1%	4.533
126	Template:Country data flagcountry	76,000	>0.1%	1.882
127	Template:Country data flagcountry	74,000	>0.1%	0.6501
128	Template:Country data flagcountry	67,000	>0.1%	8.396
129	Template:Country data flagcountry	66,000	>0.1%	2.151
130	Template:Country data flagcountry	63,000	>0.1%	0.3386
131	Template:Country data flagcountry	56,000	>0.1%	0.3513
132	Template:Country data flagcountry	53,000	>0.1%	0.4141
133	Template:Country data flagcountry	52,000	>0.1%	77.25
134	Template:Country data flagcountry	50,000	>0.1%	1.523
135	Template:Country data flagcountry	46,000	>0.1%	0.3403
136	Template:Country data flagcountry	45,000	>0.1%	4.36
137	Template:Country data flagcountry	43,000	>0.1%	0.144
138	Template:Country data flagcountry	42,000	>0.1%	0.1502
139	Template:Country data flagcountry	41,000	>0.1%	15.19
140	Template:Country data flagcountry	41,000	>0.1%	0.9113
141	Template:Country data flagcountry	38,000	>0.1%	0.3762
142	Template:Country data flagcountry	38,000	>0.1%	2.912
143	Template:Country data flagcountry	37,000	>0.1%	0.16
144	Template:Country data flagcountry	32,000	>0.1%	9.907
145	Template:Country data flagcountry	30,000	>0.1%	0.3518
146	Template:Country data flagcountry	28,000	>0.1%	0.5103
147	Template:Country data flagcountry	28,000	>0.1%	0.0972
148	Template:Country data flagcountry	26,000	>0.1%	9.311
149	Template:Country data flagcountry	26,000	>0.1%	0.3609
150	Template:Country data flagcountry	25,000	>0.1%	70.11
151	Template:Country data flagcountry	25,000	>0.1%	0.422
152	Template:Country data flagcountry	25,000	>0.1%	0.4247
153	Template:Country data flagcountry	24,000	>0.1%	0.3429
154	Template:Country data flagcountry	23,000	>0.1%	7.667
155	Template:Country data flagcountry	21,000	>0.1%	1.687
156	Template:Country data flagcountry	21,000	>0.1%	0.0249
157	Template:Country data flagcountry	20,000	>0.1%	2.522
158	Template:Country data flagcountry	19,000	>0.01%	1.198
159	Template:Country data flagcountry	18,000	>0.01%	22.09
160	Template:Country data flagcountry	18,000	>0.01%	0.679
161	Template:Country data flagcountry	17,000	>0.01%	2.005
162	Template:Country data flagcountry	15,000	>0.01%	0.3408
163	Template:Country data flagcountry	12,000	>0.01%	35.31
164	Template:Country data flagcountry	11,000	>0.01%	10.68
165	Template:Country data flagcountry	11,000	>0.01%	2.723
166	Template:Country data flagcountry	11,000	>0.01%	2.17
167	Template:Country data flagcountry	10,000	>0.01%	8.403
168	Template:Country data flagcountry	10,000	>0.01%	0.448
169	Template:Country data flagcountry	9,000	>0.01%	5.6
170	Template:Country data flagcountry	9,000	>0.01%	4.865
171	Template:Country data flagcountry	9,000	>0.01%	0.3401
172	Template:Country data flagcountry	9,000	>0.01%	32.01
173	Template:Country data flagcountry	7,000	>0.01%	4.459
174	Template:Country data flagcountry	6,000	>0.01%	1.19
175	Template:Country data flagcountry	6,000	>0.01%	0.334
176	Template:Country data flagcountry	6,000	>0.01%	0.6336
177	Template:Country data flagcountry	5,000	>0.01%	7.257
178	Template:Country data flagcountry	5,000	>0.01%	38.45
179	Template:Country data flagcountry	5,000	>0.01%	6.199
180	Template:Country data flagcountry	5,000	>0.01%	1.114
181	Template:Country data flagcountry	4,000	>0.01%	3.687
182	Template:Country data flagcountry	4,000	>0.01%	9.369
183	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,000	>0.01%	15.04
184	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,000	>0.01%	3.02
-	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,000	>0.01%	16.04	Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand.
185	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,000	>0.01%	0.9119
186	Template:Country data flagcountry	3,000	>0.01%	0.6276
187	Template:Country data flagcountry	2,000	>0.01%	3.228
188	Template:Country data flagcountry ( Holy See)	1,000	>0.01%	100%	Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens.
189	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,000	>0.01%	0.9804
190	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,000	>0.01%	0.4739
191	Template:Country data flagcountry	1,000	>0.01%	0.1332
192	Template:Country data flagcountry	300	>0.01%	2.873
-	Template:Country data flagcountry	100	>0.01%	4.617	Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand.
-	Template:Country data flagcountry	-	-	-	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.

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 This is a '''list of countries by [[immigration|immigrant population]]''', based on [[United Nations]]' (UN) World Population Policies 2005 publication[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WPP2005/WPPdownload.htm][http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WPP2005/WPP2005%20web/Countries/], released by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. The total immigrant population was estimated to be 186,579,300. [[United Nations member states|UN member]] and [[United Nations General Assembly observers|observer states]] are ranked.
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 ! Rank !! [[State]] !! Number of immigrants !! Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world !! Immigrants as percentage of state population !! Notes
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 | 11 || {{country|flagcountry|Australia}} || 4,097,000 || 2.196 || 19.93 ||
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-| 12 || {{country|flagcountry|People's Republic of China}} || 3,852,000 || 2.064 || 0.2944 || <small>Includes [[mainland China]], and the [[Free Area of the Republic of China]] (administered by the [[Republic of China]]); does not include [[Hong Kong]] ([[Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|SAR]]) and [[Macau]] (SAR)</small>
+| 12 || {{country|flagcountry|People's Republic of China}} || 3,852,000 || 2.064 || 0.2944 || Includes [[mainland China]], and the [[Free Area of the Republic of China]] (administered by the {{country|flagcountry|Republic of China}}); does not include {{HKG}} ([[Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|SAR]]) and {{MAC}} (SAR).
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 | 13 || {{country|flagcountry|Pakistan}} || 3,254,000 || 1.744 || 1.984 ||
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 | 60 || {{country|flagcountry|Uganda}} || 518,000 || >0.5% || 1.876 ||
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-| 61 || {{country|flagcountry|Serbia and Montenegro}} || 512,000 || >0.5% || 4.726 ||<small>The UN report was produced before [[Montenegro]] and [[Serbia]] [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|gained independence from each]] other on June 3, 2006</small>
+| 61 || {{country|flagcountry|Serbia and Montenegro}} || 512,000 || >0.5% || 4.726 ||The UN report was produced before {{country|flagcountry|Montenegro}} and {{country|flagcountry|Serbia}} [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|gained independence from each]] other on June 3, 2006.
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 | 62 || {{country|flagcountry|Zimbabwe}} || 511,000 || >0.5% || 3.928 ||
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 | 184 || {{country|flagcountry|Kiribati}} || 3,000 || >0.01% || 3.02 ||
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-| - || {{country|flagcountry|Cook Islands}} || 3,000 || >0.01% || 16.04 || <small>[[sovereignty|Non-sovereign]] territory in association with New Zealand</small>
+| - || {{country|flagcountry|Cook Islands}} || 3,000 || >0.01% || 16.04 || [[sovereignty|Non-sovereign]] territory in association with New Zealand.
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 | 185 || {{country|flagcountry|Maldives}} || 3,000 || >0.01% || 0.9119 ||
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 | 187 || {{country|flagcountry|Marshall Islands}} || 2,000 || >0.01% || 3.228 ||
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-| 188 || {{country|flagcountry|Vatican City}} ({{flagcountry|Holy See}}) || 1,000 || >0.01% || 100% || <small>Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens</small>
+| 188 || {{country|flagcountry|Vatican City}} ({{flagcountry|Holy See}}) || 1,000 || >0.01% || 100% || Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens.
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 | 189 || {{country|flagcountry|Tonga}} || 1,000 || >0.01% || 0.9804 ||
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 | 192 || {{country|flagcountry|Tuvalu}} || 300 || >0.01% || 2.873 ||
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-| - || {{country|flagcountry|Niue}} || 100 || >0.01% || 4.617 || <small>Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand</small>
+| - || {{country|flagcountry|Niue}} || 100 || >0.01% || 4.617 || Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand.
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-| - || {{country|flagcountry|Western Sahara}} || - || - || - || <small>Western Sahara is under [[military occupation]] by [[Morocco]]. Immigration to the [[Southern Provinces|Moroccan-administered region]] is primarily Moroccan settlers. [[Free Zone (region)|The area]] administered by the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] is sparsely populated</small>
+| - || {{country|flagcountry|Western Sahara}} || - || - || - || Western Sahara is under [[military occupation]] by [[Morocco]]. Immigration to the [[Southern Provinces|Moroccan-administered region]] is primarily Moroccan settlers. [[Free Zone (region)|The area]] administered by the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] is sparsely populated.
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