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List of countries by immigrant population

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This is a list of countries by immigrant population
Immigration
Immigration is the arrival of new individuals into a habitat or population. It is a biological concept and is important in population ecology, differentiated from emigration and migration.-As a political term:...

, 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 the achieving 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 currently 192 United Nations member states, and each of them is a member of the United Nations General Assembly.According to the United Nations Charter, Chapter II, Article 4:...

and observer states

United Nations General Assembly observers

In addition to the current 192 member states, the United Nations welcomes many international agencies, entities, and one non-member state as observers...

are ranked.
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report World Population Policies 2005.

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

United Nations member states

There are currently 192 United Nations member states, and each of them is a member of the United Nations General Assembly.According to the United Nations Charter, Chapter II, Article 4:...

and observer states

United Nations General Assembly observers

In addition to the current 192 member states, the United Nations welcomes many international agencies, entities, and one non-member state as observers...

are ranked.
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To view the immigrant percentage for countries that have more than one million immigrants:

Press the sorting button twice in column "Immigrants as percentage of national population".
Press button of column "X".

Rank	State Sovereign state A sovereign state is a political association with effective internal and external sovereignty over a geographic area and population which is not dependent on, or subject to any other power or state...	Number of immigrants	X	Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	Immigrants as percentage of national population	38,355,000	12.81
2	Russia	12,080,000			8.483
3	Germany	10,144,000			12.31
4	Ukraine	6,833,000			14.7
5	France	6,471,000			10.18
6	Saudi Arabia	6,361,000			25.25
7	Canada	6,106,000			18.76
8	India	5,700,000			0.517
9	United Kingdom	5,408,000			8.982
10	Spain	4,790,000			10.79
11	Australia	5,350,000			25.00
12	PRC People's Republic of China People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...	3,852,000			0.2944	does not include Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south... (SAR Special administrative region (People's Republic of China) A Special Administrative Region is a provincial-level administrative division in the People's Republic of China. Each SAR has a governmental chief executive as head of the region and head of government. The People's Republic of China, at present, has two Special Administrative Regions, Hong Kong... ) and Macau Macau The Macau Special Administrative Region , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong... (SAR)
13	Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...	3,254,000			1.984
14	United Arab Emirates	3,212,000			71.4
	Hong Kong (PR China People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population... )	2,999,000			42.59
15	Israel	2,661,000			37.87
16	Italy	2,519,000			4.288
17	Kazakhstan	2,502,000			16.88
18	Côte d'Ivoire	2,371,000			13.06
19	Jordan	2,225,000			39.01
20	Japan	2,048,000			1.599
21	Iran	1,959,000			2.861
22	Singapore	1,843,000			42.6
		1,680,000			45.38
23	Ghana	1,669,000			7.548
24	Kuwait	1,669,000			62.11
25	Switzerland	1,660,000			22.89
26	Malaysia	1,639,000			6.15
27	Netherlands	1,638,000			10.05
28	Argentina	1,500,000			3.871
29	Turkey	1,328,000			1.814
30	Uzbekistan	1,268,000			4.768
31	Austria	1,234,000			14.9
32	Belarus	1,191,000			12.21
33	Sweden	1,117,000			12.3
34	South Africa	1,106,000			2.332	The real figure may be much higher.
35	Thailand	1,050,000			1.635
36	Bangladesh	1,032,000			0.7277
37	Venezuela	1,010,000			3.776
38	Syria	985,000	×		5.173
39	Greece	974,000	×		8.662
40	Nigeria	971,000	×		0.7382
41	Nepal	819,000	×		3.018
42	Tanzania	792,000	×		2.066
43	Burkina Faso	773,000	×		5.844
44	Portugal	764,000	×		7.204
45	Belgium	719,000	×		6.901
46	Poland	703,000	×		1.843
47	Croatia	661,000	×		14.52
48	Lebanon	657,000	×		16.96
49	Mexico	644,000	×		0.6017
50	New Zealand	642,000	×		15.48
51	Brazil	641,000	×		0.3439
52	Sudan	639,000	×		1.727
53	Qatar	637,000	×		75.9
54	Oman	628,000	×		24.46
55	Libya	618,000	×		10.56
56	Ireland	585,000	×		13.81
57	Ethiopia	555,000	×		0.7393
58	South Korea	551,000	×		1.152
59	Democratic Republic of the Congo	539,000	×		0.9086
60	Uganda	518,000	×		1.876
61	Serbia and Montenegro	512,000	×		4.726	The UN report was produced before Montenegro Montenegro Montenegro , 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, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south... and Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country located in both Central and Southeastern Europe. Its territory covers the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans... gained independence from each 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%... other on June 3, 2006
62	Zimbabwe	511,000	×		3.928
63	Czech Republic	453,000	×		4.413
64	Latvia	449,000	×		19.46
65	Costa Rica	441,000	×		10.19
66	Moldova	440,000	×		12.96
67	Chad	437,000	×		4.483
68	Mozambique	406,000	×		2.051
69	Guinea	406,000	×		4.318
70	Denmark	389,000	×		7.163
71	Philippines	374,000	×		0.4503
72	Sri Lanka	368,000	×		1.774
73	Kenya	345,000	×		1.007
74	Norway	344,000	×		7.37
75	Senegal	326,000	×		2.796
76	Hungary	316,000	×		3.136
77	Tajikistan	306,000	×		4.703
78	Cambodia	304,000	×		2.16
79	Bahrain	295,000	×		42.22
80	Republic of the Congo	288,000	×		7.202
81	Kyrgyzstan	288,000	×		5.471
82	Somalia	282,000	×		3.427
83	Malawi	279,000	×		2.165
84	Zambia	275,000	×		2.357
85	Yemen	265,000	×		1.263
	Macau	257,000	×		51.09
86	Gabon	245,000	×		17.7
87	Algeria	242,000	×		0.7366
88	Armenia	235,000	×		7.308
89	The Gambia	232,000	×		15.29
90	Chile	231,000	×		1.406
91	Turkmenistan	224,000	×		4.634
92	Estonia	202,000	×		15.19
93	Georgia	191,000	×		4.269
94	Togo	183,000	×		2.978
95	Azerbaijan	182,000	×		2.164
96	Benin	175,000	×		2.074
97	Luxembourg	174,000	×		37.42
98	Paraguay	168,000	×		2.728
99	Slovenia	167,000	×		8.332
100	Egypt	166,000	×		0.2242
101	Lithuania	165,000	×		4.809
102	Indonesia	160,000	×		0.0718
103	Finland	156,000	×		2.962
104	Dominican Republic	156,000	×		1.754
105	Namibia	143,000	×		7.041
106	Cameroon	137,000	×		0.8394
107	Romania	133,000	×		0.596
108	Morocco	132,000	×		0.4193
109	Brunei	124,000	×		33.16
110	Slovakia	124,000	×		2.296
111	Niger	124,000	×		0.8884
112	Colombia	123,000	×		0.2697
113	Rwanda	121,000	×		1.339
114	Republic of Macedonia	121,000	×		5.949
115	Sierra Leone	119,000	×		2.154
116	Myanmar	117,000	×		0.2316
117	Cyprus	116,000	×		13.89
118	Bolivia	116,000	×		1.263
119	Ecuador	114,000	×		0.8618
120	Bulgaria	104,000	×		1.346
121	Panama	102,000	×		3.156
122	Burundi	100,000	×		1.325
123	Uruguay	84,000	×		2.426
124	Albania	83,000	×		2.317
125	Botswana	80,000	×		4.533
126	Central African Republic	76,000	×		1.882
127	Cuba	74,000	×		0.6501
128	Comoros	67,000	×		8.396
129	Mauritania	66,000	×		2.151
130	Madagascar	63,000	×		0.3386
131	Angola	56,000	×		0.3513
132	Guatemala	53,000	×		0.4141
133	Andorra	52,000	×		77.25
134	Liberia	50,000	×		1.523
135	Mali	46,000	×		0.3403
136	Swaziland	45,000	×		4.36
137	Afghanistan	43,000	×		0.144
138	Peru	42,000	×		0.1502
139	Belize	41,000	×		15.19
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41,000	×		0.9113
141	Tunisia	38,000	×		0.3762
142	Trinidad and Tobago	38,000	×		2.912
143	North Korea	37,000	×		0.16
144	The Bahamas	32,000	×		9.907
145	Haiti	30,000	×		0.3518
146	Nicaragua	28,000	×		0.5103
147	Iraq	28,000	×		0.0972
148	Barbados	26,000	×		9.311
149	Honduras	26,000	×		0.3609
150	Monaco	25,000	×		70.11
151	Laos	25,000	×		0.422
152	Papua New Guinea	25,000	×		0.4247
153	El Salvador	24,000	×		0.3429
154	Iceland	23,000	×		7.667
155	Mauritius	21,000	×		1.687
156	Vietnam	21,000	×		0.0249
157	Djibouti	20,000	×		2.522
158	Guinea-Bissau	19,000	×		1.198
159	Antigua and Barbuda	18,000	×		22.09
160	Jamaica	18,000	×		0.679
161	Fiji	17,000	×		2.005
162	Eritrea	15,000	×		0.3408
163	Liechtenstein	12,000	×		35.31
164	Grenada	11,000	×		10.68
165	Malta	11,000	×		2.723
166	Cape Verde	11,000	×		2.17
167	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10,000	×		8.403
168	Bhutan	10,000	×		0.448
169	Saint Lucia	9,000	×		5.6
170	Samoa	9,000	×		4.865
171	Mongolia	9,000	×		0.3401
172	San Marino	9,000	×		32.01
173	São Tomé and Príncipe	7,000	×		4.459
174	Equatorial Guinea	6,000	×		1.19
175	Lesotho	6,000	×		0.334
176	East Timor	6,000	×		0.6336
177	Dominica	5,000	×		7.257
178	Nauru	5,000	×		38.45
179	Seychelles	5,000	×		6.199
180	Suriname	5,000	×		1.114
181	Federated States of Micronesia	4,000	×		3.687
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4,000	×		9.369
183	Palau	3,000	×		15.04
184	Kiribati	3,000	×		3.02
	Cook Islands	3,000	×		16.04	Non-sovereign Sovereignty Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over 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	×		0.9119
186	Solomon Islands	3,000	×		0.6276
187	Marshall Islands	2,000	×		3.228
188	Vatican City	1,000	×		100	Due to the unique nature of the Vatican state, there are no natural citizens
189	Tonga	1,000	×		0.9804
190	Vanuatu	1,000	×		0.4739
191	Guyana	1,000	×		0.1332
192	Tuvalu	300	×		2.873
	Niue	100	×		4.617	Non-sovereign territory in association with New Zealand

Western Sahara did not supply data. (Western Sahara

Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a territory of 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 consisting of...

is under military occupation

Military occupation

Belligerent military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory passes to a hostile army.-Military occupation and the laws of war:...

by Morocco

Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 32 million and an area just under . Its capital is Rabat, and its largest city is Casablanca. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the...

. Immigration to the Moroccan-administered region

Southern Provinces

The Southern Provinces or Moroccan Sahara are the Moroccan names for Western Sahara in reference to the provinces of Río de Oro and Saguia el-Hamra. Following the Madrid Accords with Spain in 1975, Morocco took control of Saguia el-Hamra, and the northern part of Rio de Oro, while Mauritania took...

is primarily Moroccan settlers. The area

Free Zone (region)

The Free Zone 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 which claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976...

is sparsely populated.)