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International migrants as a share of the population

What share of the people living in each country were born in another country?

216 of 216 shown in the list

% of the population who are international migrants

  1. Qatar76.7% 2024
  2. United Arab Emirates74.0% 2024
  3. Monaco70.2% 2024
  4. Sint Maarten (Dutch part)69.5% 2024
  5. Liechtenstein69.4% 2024
  6. Aruba68.0% 2024
  7. Kuwait67.3% 2024
  8. Virgin Islands (U.S.)66.9% 2024
  9. British Virgin Islands62.1% 2024
  10. Turks and Caicos Islands61.1% 2024
  11. Macao SAR, China59.3% 2024
  12. Andorra59.1% 2024
  13. Bahrain52.3% 2024
  14. Isle of Man51.9% 2024
  15. Luxembourg51.2% 2024
  16. Channel Islands50.9% 2024
  17. American Samoa50.6% 2024
  18. Guam50.2% 2024
  19. Northern Mariana Islands49.7% 2024
  20. Singapore48.7% 2024
  21. Jordan45.7% 2024
  22. Oman43.2% 2024
  23. Curacao43.1% 2024
  24. Cayman Islands42.9% 2024
  25. Hong Kong41.3% 2024

Source: International Migrant Stock, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, International migrant stock (% of population), via the World Bank. Data for 2024. What it counts, how to cite it and the data

At a glance

  • 216 countries or territories have a figure.
  • The highest is Qatar at 76.7% (2024) and the lowest is Cuba at 0.0% (2024).
  • The middle value (the median) is 5.6%.

What it counts

The international migrant stock: people living in a country other than the one where they were born (or, where this is not known, of which they are citizens), as a share of the total population, as estimated by the United Nations Population Division.

What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison

Countries define migrants differently (by birth or by citizenship), and borders that changed make some people migrants who never moved. The figures are estimates built from censuses and registers of different years and say nothing about the legal status of the migrants.

Source

International Migrant Stock, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division: International migrant stock (% of population), via the World Bank, compiled in World Bank, World Development Indicators. Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.

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TheLawToKnow. (2026). International migrants as a share of the population [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/migrants-share-of-population. Data: International Migrant Stock, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, International migrant stock (% of population), via the World Bank, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.TOTL.ZS (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).

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Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/migrants-share-of-population). Data: International Migrant Stock, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, via World Bank, World Development Indicators.

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  author = {{TheLawToKnow}},
  title = {International migrants as a share of the population},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Law in Charts},
  url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/migrants-share-of-population},
  note = {Data: International Migrant Stock, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, International migrant stock (% of population), via the World Bank, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.TOTL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
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