List of countries by immigrant population

This is a list of countries by immigrant population
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...

, based on the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

report World Population Policies 2005.

The total immigrant population was estimated to be 186,579,300. UN member

United Nations member states

There are 193 United Nations member states, and each of them is a member of the United Nations General Assembly.The criteria for admission of new members are set out in the United Nations Charter, Chapter II, Article 4, as follows:...

and observer states

United Nations General Assembly observers

In addition to the current 193 member states, the United Nations welcomes many international organizations, entities, and non-member states as observers. Observer status is granted by a United Nations General Assembly resolution...

are ranked.
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Rank	State Sovereign state A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...	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		20.56	12.81	2009: 38.5 million foreign-born residents, 12.5% of the total population.
2	Russia	12,080,000		6.474	8.483
3	Germany	10,144,000		5.437	12.31
4	Ukraine	6,833,000		3.662	14.7
5	Early Modern France	6,471,000		3.468	10.18
6	Saudi Arabia	6,361,000		3.409	25.25
7	Canada	6,200,000		3.272	18.76
8	India	5,700,000		3.055	0.517
9	United Kingdom	5,408,000		2.898	8.982
10	Spain	4,790,000		2.567	10.79	5.6 million (2009)
11	Australia	4,097,000		2.196	19.93	Other sources give higher estimates.
12	People's Republic of China	3,852,000		2.064	0.2944	does not include Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... (SAR Special administrative region (People's Republic of China) A special administrative region is a provincial-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China, for which creation is provided by Article 31 of the 1982 Constitution of the People's Republic of China Article 31 reads "The state may establish special administrative regions when... ) and Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China... (SAR)
13	Pakistan	3,254,000		1.744	1.984
14	United Arab Emirates	3,212,000		1.722	71.4
	Hong Kong (PR China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... )	2,999,000		1.607	42.59
15	Israel	2,661,000		1.426	37.87
16	Italy	2,519,000		1.35	4.288	The number of immigrants has risen steeply since the publication of the UN report. According to a 2010 report, the number is now close to 4.3 million.
17	Kazakhstan	2,502,000		1.341	16.88
18	Côte d'Ivoire	2,371,000		1.271	13.06
19	Jordan	2,225,000		1.193	39.01	Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.
20	Japan	2,048,000		1.098	1.599
21	Iran	1,959,000		1.05	2.861
22	Singapore	1,843,000		0.9878	42.6
	Palestinian territories	1,680,000		0.9004	45.38	Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.
23	Ghana	1,669,000		0.8945	7.548
24	Kuwait	1,669,000		0.8945	62.11
25	Switzerland	1,660,000		0.8897	22.89
26	Malaysia	1,639,000		0.8784	6.15
27	Netherlands	1,638,000		0.8779	10.05
28	Argentina	1,500,000		0.8039	3.871
29	Turkey	1,328,000		0.7118	1.814
30	Uzbekistan	1,268,000		0.6796	4.768
31	Austria	1,234,000		0.6614	14.9
32	Belarus	1,191,000		0.6383	12.21
33	Sweden	1,117,000		0.5987	12.3
34	South Africa	1,106,000		0.5928	2.332	The real figure may be much higher.
35	Thailand	1,050,000		0.5628	1.635
36	Bangladesh	1,032,000		0.5531	0.7277
37	Venezuela	1,010,000		0.5413	3.776
38	Syria	985,000	×	0.5279	5.173	Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.
39	Greece	974,000	×	0.522	8.662
40	Nigeria	971,000	×	0.5204	0.7382
41	Nepal	819,000	×	< 0.5	3.018
42	Tanzania	792,000	×	< 0.5	2.066
43	Burkina Faso	773,000	×	< 0.5	5.844
44	Portugal	764,000	×	< 0.5	7.204
45	Belgium	719,000	×	< 0.5	6.901
46	Poland	703,000	×	< 0.5	1.843
47	Independent State of Croatia	661,000	×	< 0.5	14.52
48	Lebanon	657,000	×	< 0.5	16.96	Note the UN definition of Palestine refugees.
49	Mexico	644,000	×	< 0.5	0.6017
50	New Zealand	642,000	×	< 0.5	15.48
51	Brazil	641,000	×	< 0.5	0.3439
52	Sudan	639,000	×	< 0.5	1.727
53	Qatar	637,000	×	< 0.5	75.9
54	Oman	628,000	×	< 0.5	24.46
55	Libya	618,000	×	< 0.5	10.56
56	Republic of Ireland	585,000	×	< 0.5	13.81
57	Ethiopia	555,000	×	< 0.5	0.7393
58	South Korea	551,000	×	< 0.5	1.152
59	Democratic Republic of the Congo	539,000	×	< 0.5	0.9086
60	Uganda	518,000	×	< 0.5	1.876
61	Serbia and Montenegro	512,000	×	< 0.5	4.726	The UN report was produced before Montenegro Montenegro Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the... declared independence Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 The Montenegrin independence referendum was a referendum on the independence of the Republic of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro that was held on 21 May 2006.The total turnout of the referendum was 86.5%... from Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... on June 3, 2006.
62	Zimbabwe	511,000	×	< 0.5	3.928
63	Czech Republic	453,000	×	< 0.5	4.413
64	Latvia	449,000	×	< 0.5	19.46
65	Costa Rica	441,000	×	< 0.5	10.19
66	Moldova	440,000	×	< 0.5	12.96
67	Chad	437,000	×	< 0.5	4.483
68	Mozambique	406,000	×	< 0.5	2.051
69	Guinea	406,000	×	< 0.5	4.318
70	Denmark	389,000	×	< 0.5	7.163
71	Philippines	374,000	×	< 0.5	0.4503
72	Sri Lanka	368,000	×	< 0.5	1.774
73	Kenya	345,000	×	< 0.5	1.007
74	Norway	344,000	×	< 0.5	7.37
75	Senegal	326,000	×	< 0.5	2.796
76	Hungary	316,000	×	< 0.5	3.136
77	Tajikistan	306,000	×	< 0.5	4.703
78	Cambodia	304,000	×	< 0.5	2.16
79	Bahrain	295,000	×	< 0.5	42.22
80	Republic of the Congo	288,000	×	< 0.5	7.202
81	Kyrgyzstan	288,000	×	< 0.5	5.471
82	Somalia	282,000	×	< 0.5	3.427
83	Malawi	279,000	×	< 0.5	2.165
84	Zambia	275,000	×	< 0.5	2.357
85	Yemen	265,000	×	< 0.5	1.263
	Macau	257,000	×	< 0.5	51.09
86	Gabon	245,000	×	< 0.5	17.7
87	Algeria	242,000	×	< 0.5	0.7366
88	Armenia	235,000	×	< 0.5	7.308
89	The Gambia	232,000	×	< 0.5	15.29
90	Chile	231,000	×	< 0.5	1.406
91	Turkmenistan	224,000	×	< 0.5	4.634
92	Estonia	202,000	×	< 0.5	15.19
93	Georgia (country)	191,000	×	< 0.1	4.269
94	Togo	183,000	×	< 0.1	2.978
95	Azerbaijan	182,000	×	< 0.1	2.164
96	Benin	175,000	×	< 0.1	2.074
97	Luxembourg	174,000	×	< 0.1	37.42
98	Paraguay	168,000	×	< 0.1	2.728
99	Slovenia	167,000	×	< 0.1	8.332
100	Egypt	166,000	×	< 0.1	0.2242
101	Lithuania	165,000	×	< 0.1	4.809
102	Indonesia	160,000	×	< 0.1	0.0718
103	Finland	156,000	×	< 0.1	2.962
104	Dominican Republic	156,000	×	< 0.1	1.754
105	Namibia	143,000	×	< 0.1	7.041
106	Cameroon	137,000	×	< 0.1	0.8394
107	Kingdom of Romania	133,000	×	< 0.1	0.596
108	Morocco	132,000	×	< 0.1	0.4193
109	Brunei	124,000	×	< 0.1	33.16
110	Slovakia	124,000	×	< 0.1	2.296
111	Niger	124,000	×	< 0.1	0.8884
112	Colombia	123,000	×	< 0.1	0.2697
113	Rwanda	121,000	×	< 0.1	1.339
114	Republic of Macedonia	121,000	×	< 0.1	5.949
115	Sierra Leone	119,000	×	< 0.1	2.154
116	Myanmar	117,000	×	< 0.1	0.2316
117	Cyprus	116,000	×	< 0.1	13.89
118	Bolivia	116,000	×	< 0.1	1.263
119	Ecuador	114,000	×	< 0.1	0.8618
120	Kingdom of Bulgaria	104,000	×	< 0.1	1.346
121	Panama	102,000	×	< 0.1	3.156
122	Burundi	100,000	×	< 0.1	1.325
123	Uruguay	84,000	×	< 0.1	2.426
124	Albania	83,000	×	< 0.1	2.317
125	Botswana	80,000	×	< 0.1	4.533
126	Central African Republic	76,000	×	< 0.1	1.882
127	Cuba	74,000	×	< 0.1	0.6501
128	Comoros	67,000	×	< 0.1	8.396
129	Mauritania	66,000	×	< 0.1	2.151
130	Madagascar	63,000	×	< 0.1	0.3386
131	Angola	56,000	×	< 0.1	0.3513
132	Guatemala	53,000	×	< 0.1	0.4141
133	Andorra	52,000	×	< 0.1	77.25
134	Liberia	50,000	×	< 0.1	1.523
135	Mali	46,000	×	< 0.1	0.3403
136	Swaziland	45,000	×	< 0.1	4.36
137	Afghanistan	43,000	×	< 0.1	0.144
138	Peru	42,000	×	< 0.1	0.1502
139	Belize	41,000	×	< 0.1	15.19
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41,000	×	< 0.1	0.9113
141	Tunisia	38,000	×	< 0.1	0.3762
142	Trinidad and Tobago	38,000	×	< 0.1	2.912
143	North Korea	37,000	×	< 0.1	0.16
144	The Bahamas	32,000	×	< 0.1	9.907
145	Haiti	30,000	×	< 0.1	0.3518
146	Nicaragua	28,000	×	< 0.1	0.5103
147	Iraq	28,000	×	< 0.1	0.0972
148	Barbados	26,000	×	< 0.1	9.311
149	Honduras	26,000	×	< 0.1	0.3609
150	Monaco	25,000	×	< 0.1	70.11
151	Laos	25,000	×	< 0.1	0.422
152	Papua New Guinea	25,000	×	< 0.1	0.4247
153	El Salvador	24,000	×	< 0.1	0.3429
154	Iceland	23,000	×	< 0.1	7.667
155	Mauritius	21,000	×	< 0.1	1.687
156	Vietnam	21,000	×	< 0.1	0.0249
157	Djibouti	20,000	×	< 0.1	2.522
158	Guinea-Bissau	19,000	×	< 0.01	1.198
159	Antigua and Barbuda	18,000	×	< 0.01	22.09
160	Jamaica	18,000	×	< 0.01	0.679
161	Fiji	17,000	×	< 0.01	2.005
162	Eritrea	15,000	×	< 0.01	0.3408
163	Liechtenstein	12,000	×	< 0.01	35.31
164	Grenada	11,000	×	< 0.01	10.68
165	Malta	11,000	×	< 0.01	2.723
166	Cape Verde	11,000	×	< 0.01	2.17
167	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10,000	×	< 0.01	8.403
168	Bhutan	10,000	×	< 0.01	0.448
169	Saint Lucia	9,000	×	< 0.01	5.6
170	Samoa	9,000	×	< 0.01	4.865
171	Mongolia	9,000	×	< 0.01	0.3401
172	San Marino	9,000	×	< 0.01	32.01
173	São Tomé and Príncipe	7,000	×	< 0.01	4.459
174	Equatorial Guinea	6,000	×	< 0.01	1.19
175	Lesotho	6,000	×	< 0.01	0.334
176	East Timor	6,000	×	< 0.01	0.6336
177	Dominica	5,000	×	< 0.01	7.257
178	Nauru	5,000	×	< 0.01	38.45
179	Seychelles	5,000	×	< 0.01	6.199
180	Suriname	5,000	×	< 0.01	1.114
181	Federated States of Micronesia	4,000	×	< 0.01	3.687
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4,000	×	< 0.01	9.369
183	Palau	3,000	×	< 0.01	15.04
184	Kiribati	3,000	×	< 0.01	3.02
	Cook Islands	3,000	×	< 0.01	16.04	Non-sovereign Sovereignty Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided... territory in association with New Zealand
185	Maldives	3,000	×	< 0.01	0.9119
186	Solomon Islands	3,000	×	< 0.01	0.6276
187	Marshall Islands	2,000	×	< 0.01	3.228
188	Vatican City	1,000	×	< 0.01	100	Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens
189	Tonga	1,000	×	< 0.01	0.9804
190	Vanuatu	1,000	×	< 0.01	0.4739
191	Guyana	1,000	×	< 0.01	0.1332
192	Tuvalu	300	×	< 0.01	2.873
	Niue	100	×	< 0.01	4.617	Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand

Western Sahara did not supply data. (Western Sahara

Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...

is under military occupation

Military occupation

Military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory passes to a hostile army. The territory then becomes occupied territory.-Military occupation and the laws of war:...

by Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

. Immigration to the Moroccan-administered region

Southern Provinces

The Southern Provinces or Moroccan Sahara are the terms used by Morocco for Western Sahara, in reference to the part of Western Sahara that lies to the west of the Moroccan Berm...

is primarily Moroccan settlers. The area

Free Zone (region)

The Free Zone or Liberated Territories is a term used by the Polisario Front to describe the part of Western Sahara that lies to the east of the Moroccan Berm and west and north of the borders with Algeria and Mauritania, respectively...

administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a partially recognised state that claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about...

is sparsely populated.)

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