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To / Destination country Total number of migrants From North America From Latin America, Caribbean From Asia-Pacific From Europe From Middle East-North Africa From Sub-Saharan Africa
Afghanistan 90,000 <1% 3% 87% 6% 2% 2%
Albania 90,000 <1% <1% <1% >99% <1% <1%
Algeria 240,000 1% 3% 9% 9% 73% 5%
American Samoa 30,000 14% <1% 85% <1% <1% <1%
Andorra 60,000 <1% 2% 3% 93% 2% <1%
Angola 70,000 <1% <1% <1% 38% <1% 61%
Anguilla <10,000 21% 64% <1% 15% <1% <1%
Antigua and Barbuda 20,000 11% 84% <1% 4% <1% <1%
Argentina 1,450,000 <1% 68% 2% 28% <1% <1%
Armenia 320,000 <1% <1% 60% 37% 3% <1%
Aruba 30,000 2% 77% 6% 14% <1% <1%
Australia 4,710,000 2% 2% 40% 47% 4% 4%
Austria 1,310,000 <1% 1% 20% 74% 3% 2%
Azerbaijan 260,000 <1% <1% 11% 89% <1% <1%
Bahamas 30,000 16% 74% 2% 8% <1% <1%
Bahrain 320,000 <1% <1% 86% 3% 9% 1%
Bangladesh 1,090,000 <1% <1% >99% <1% <1% <1%
Barbados 30,000 12% 69% 3% 16% <1% <1%
Belarus 1,090,000 <1% <1% 11% 89% <1% <1%
Belgium 970,000 1% 3% 14% 56% 15% 10%
Belize 50,000 6% 86% 6% 1% <1% <1%
Benin 230,000 <1% <1% <1% 1% <1% 99%
Bermuda 20,000 34% 17% 3% 45% <1% <1%
Bhutan 40,000 <1% <1% >99% <1% <1% <1%
Bolivia 150,000 6% 83% 4% 7% <1% <1%
Bosnia-Herzegovina 30,000 <1% <1% <1% 99% <1% <1%
Botswana 110,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 99%
Brazil 690,000 2% 21% 15% 56% 4% 2%
British Virgin Islands <10,000 10% 82% 1% 6% <1% <1%
Brunei 150,000 <1% <1% 96% 3% <1% <1%
Bulgaria 110,000 <1% <1% 25% 67% 7% <1%
Burkina Faso 1,040,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 99%
Burma (Myanmar) 90,000 <1% 2% 90% 5% 1% 1%
Burundi 60,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 99%
Cambodia 340,000 <1% <1% 99% <1% <1% <1%
Cameroon 200,000 <1% <1% <1% 4% <1% 95%
Canada 7,200,000 4% 11% 39% 36% 5% 4%
Cape Verde 10,000 <1% 3% 2% 25% <1% 69%
Cayman Islands 40,000 24% 61% <1% 16% <1% <1%
Central African Republic 80,000 <1% <1% <1% 4% 6% 91%
Chad 390,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% 65% 34%
Channel Islands 70,000 <1% <1% <1% >99% <1% <1%
Chile 320,000 5% 71% 4% 17% 1% <1%
China 690,000 2% 8% 86% 3% 1% <1%
Colombia 110,000 15% 65% 3% 15% 2% <1%
Comoros 10,000 <1% <1% 2% 5% <1% 93%
Congo 440,000 <1% 6% 13% 13% 10% 56%
Cook Islands <10,000 5% <1% 88% 6% <1% <1%
Costa Rica 490,000 1% 95% 1% 3% <1% <1%
Croatia 700,000 <1% <1% <1% 99% <1% <1%
Cuba 20,000 4% 14% 17% 56% 4% 4%
Cyprus 150,000 3% <1% 17% 68% 9% 4%
Czech Republic 450,000 <1% <1% 19% 78% 1% <1%
Denmark 480,000 6% 3% 28% 48% 10% 5%
Djibouti 110,000 <1% <1% 1% 1% 2% 95%
Dominica <10,000 15% 71% <1% 15% <1% <1%
Dominican Republic 430,000 4% 83% 2% 10% <1% <1%
Ecuador 390,000 10% 71% 4% 14% <1% <1%
Egypt 240,000 2% <1% 7% 7% 67% 18%
El Salvador 40,000 14% 82% <1% 3% <1% <1%
Equatorial Guinea <10,000 <1% <1% <1% 14% 11% 73%
Eritrea 20,000 <1% 2% 4% 5% 6% 83%
Estonia 180,000 <1% 1% 2% 96% <1% <1%
Ethiopia 550,000 <1% <1% 1% 1% 5% 91%
Faeroe Islands <10,000 <1% <1% <1% 99% <1% <1%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) <10,000 1% 13% 5% 55% <1% 26%
Federated States of Micronesia <10,000 24% 4% 72% <1% <1% <1%
Fiji 20,000 1% 4% 87% 8% <1% <1%
Finland 230,000 2% 2% 18% 65% 5% 7%
France 6,680,000 <1% 6% 11% 32% 37% 13%
French Guiana 110,000 <1% 72% 3% 22% <1% 2%
French Polynesia 30,000 <1% 4% 13% 78% 1% 3%
Gabon 280,000 <1% <1% <1% 6% 4% 89%
Gambia 290,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% >99%
Georgia 170,000 <1% <1% 22% 77% <1% <1%
Germany 10,760,000 1% 2% 29% 62% 5% 1%
Ghana 1,850,000 <1% 3% 7% 7% 12% 71%
Gibraltar <10,000 <1% <1% 3% 80% 15% <1%
Greece 1,130,000 <1% <1% 7% 89% 3% <1%
Greenland <10,000 <1% <1% <1% >99% <1% <1%
Grenada 10,000 15% 61% <1% 24% <1% <1%
Guadeloupe 100,000 <1% 33% <1% 61% 3% 2%
Guam 80,000 26% <1% 72% <1% <1% <1%
Guatemala 60,000 12% 79% 4% 5% <1% <1%
Guinea 390,000 <1% <1% <1% 3% <1% 96%
Guinea Bissau 20,000 <1% <1% <1% 4% <1% 95%
Guyana 10,000 12% 76% 8% 4% <1% <1%
Haiti 30,000 23% 58% 6% 11% 1% 1%
Honduras 20,000 18% 73% 3% 4% <1% <1%
Hong Kong 2,740,000 <1% <1% 98% <1% <1% <1%
Hungary 370,000 1% <1% 5% 90% 2% <1%
Iceland 40,000 6% <1% 12% 81% <1% <1%
India 5,440,000 <1% <1% 98% <1% <1% <1%
Indonesia 120,000 2% 1% 87% 8% <1% <1%
Iran 2,130,000 <1% <1% 82% <1% 18% <1%
Iraq 80,000 <1% <1% 29% 2% 69% <1%
Ireland 900,000 4% 1% 8% 80% 1% 5%
Isle of Man 40,000 <1% <1% <1% >99% <1% <1%
Israel 2,940,000 3% 3% 9% 61% 21% 3%
Italy 4,460,000 <1% 8% 16% 53% 16% 7%
Ivory Coast 2,410,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 99%
Jamaica 30,000 30% 38% 11% 20% <1% <1%
Japan 2,180,000 3% 19% 75% 3% <1% <1%
Jordan 2,970,000 <1% <1% 4% <1% 95% <1%
Kazakhstan 3,080,000 <1% <1% 14% 86% <1% <1%
Kenya 820,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% 6% 94%
Kiribati <10,000 <1% <1% 89% 11% <1% <1%
Kosovo <1,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Kuwait 2,100,000 <1% <1% 69% <1% 31% <1%
Kyrgyzstan 220,000 <1% <1% 52% 48% <1% <1%
Laos 20,000 3% <1% 96% 1% <1% <1%
Latvia 340,000 <1% <1% 5% 94% <1% <1%
Lebanon 760,000 <1% <1% 19% 6% 72% <1%
Lesotho <10,000 <1% 3% 6% 11% 3% 77%
Liberia 100,000 4% <1% 2% 7% 6% 80%
Libya 680,000 <1% 5% 14% 10% 62% 9%
Liechtenstein 10,000 <1% 1% 8% 90% <1% <1%
Lithuania 130,000 <1% <1% 7% 92% <1% <1%
Luxembourg 170,000 <1% 1% 3% 90% 1% 3%
Macau 300,000 <1% 1% 94% 3% <1% <1%
Madagascar 40,000 <1% <1% 32% 37% 10% 20%
Malawi 280,000 <1% <1% 2% 8% <1% 89%
Malaysia 2,360,000 <1% <1% 98% 1% <1% <1%
Maldives <10,000 <1% 3% 87% 6% 2% 2%
Mali 160,000 <1% <1% <1% 2% <1% 96%
Malta 20,000 7% 2% 15% 40% 4% 32%
Marshall Islands <10,000 37% <1% 63% <1% <1% <1%
Martinique 70,000 <1% 22% 1% 71% 3% 3%
Mauritania 100,000 <1% <1% <1% 3% 6% 90%
Mauritius 40,000 <1% <1% 58% 30% 1% 10%
Mayotte 70,000 <1% <1% <1% 13% <1% 87%
Mexico 730,000 71% 16% 2% 10% <1% <1%
Moldova 410,000 <1% 1% 2% 95% <1% <1%
Monaco 20,000 2% <1% 1% 93% 3% <1%
Mongolia 10,000 <1% 4% 43% 48% 2% 2%
Montenegro 40,000 <1% <1% <1% >99% <1% <1%
Montserrat <1,000 1% 26% 4% 17% 8% 44%
Morocco 50,000 2% 4% 14% 15% 57% 8%
Mozambique 450,000 <1% <1% 2% 5% 2% 90%
Namibia 140,000 <1% <1% <1% 11% <1% 87%
Nauru <10,000 <1% <1% 96% 3% <1% <1%
Nepal 950,000 <1% <1% 99% <1% <1% <1%
Netherlands 1,750,000 2% 19% 31% 29% 14% 6%
Netherlands Antilles 50,000 3% 73% 2% 19% 2% <1%
New Caledonia 60,000 <1% <1% 63% 36% <1% <1%
New Zealand 960,000 3% <1% 52% 36% 1% 7%
Nicaragua 40,000 10% 83% 1% 5% <1% <1%
Niger 200,000 <1% <1% <1% 3% <1% 96%
Nigeria 1,130,000 <1% 5% 3% 5% 3% 83%
Niue <1,000 <1% <1% 99% <1% <1% <1%
North Korea 40,000 2% 6% 89% 2% 1% <1%
Northern Mariana Islands 50,000 5% <1% 94% <1% <1% <1%
Norway 490,000 4% 4% 26% 50% 7% 8%
Oman 830,000 <1% <1% 92% 5% 3% <1%
Pakistan 4,230,000 <1% 6% 75% 12% 3% 3%
Palau <10,000 6% <1% 91% 2% 1% <1%
Palestinian territories 1,920,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% >99% <1%
Panama 120,000 7% 66% 18% 7% 2% <1%
Papua New Guinea 20,000 8% <1% 80% 9% <1% 1%
Paraguay 160,000 2% 90% 4% 3% <1% <1%
Peru 40,000 12% 45% 15% 27% 1% <1%
Philippines 440,000 13% 6% 56% 18% 4% 2%
Poland 830,000 3% <1% 3% 93% <1% <1%
Portugal 920,000 1% 19% 4% 35% <1% 40%
Puerto Rico 320,000 65% 32% <1% 2% <1% <1%
Qatar 1,310,000 <1% <1% 90% <1% 10% <1%
Republic of Congo 140,000 <1% <1% <1% 5% <1% 94%
Republic of Macedonia 130,000 <1% <1% 13% 83% 3% <1%
Reunion 170,000 <1% 1% 2% 68% 3% 26%
Romania 130,000 2% <1% 5% 86% 7% <1%
Russia 12,270,000 <1% <1% 50% 48% <1% <1%
Rwanda 470,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 99%
Samoa <10,000 11% <1% 79% 10% <1% <1%
San Marino 10,000 <1% <1% <1% 99% <1% <1%
Sao Tome and Principe <10,000 <1% <1% <1% 14% 1% 84%
Saudi Arabia 7,290,000 <1% <1% 57% <1% 40% 2%
Senegal 210,000 <1% <1% <1% 9% 4% 86%
Serbia 530,000 <1% <1% <1% >99% <1% <1%
Seychelles 10,000 <1% 1% 59% 9% <1% 30%
Sierra Leone 110,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 98%
Singapore 1,970,000 <1% <1% 96% 2% 1% <1%
Slovakia 130,000 2% 1% 14% 80% 2% <1%
Slovenia 160,000 <1% <1% <1% 98% <1% <1%
Solomon Islands <10,000 3% <1% 92% 4% <1% <1%
Somalia 20,000 <1% 2% 5% 6% 8% 79%
South Africa 1,860,000 <1% 1% 5% 22% <1% 71%
South Korea 530,000 7% <1% 88% 3% <1% <1%
Spain 6,380,000 <1% 38% 5% 40% 13% 4%
Sri Lanka 340,000 <1% <1% 99% <1% <1% <1%
St. Helena <1,000 <1% <1% <1% 62% 1% 35%
St. Kitts and Nevis <10,000 25% 64% <1% 10% <1% <1%
St. Lucia 10,000 13% 73% <1% 14% <1% <1%
St. Pierre and Miquelon <10,000 17% <1% 2% 77% 3% 1%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines <10,000 11% 73% 2% 13% <1% <1%
Sudan 750,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% 3% 97%
Suriname 40,000 <1% 51% 11% 36% <1% <1%
Swaziland 40,000 <1% <1% 1% 8% 5% 85%
Sweden 1,310,000 1% 6% 19% 54% 14% 6%
Switzerland 1,760,000 1% 3% 11% 81% 2% 2%
Syria 2,210,000 <1% <1% 3% <1% 95% 1%
Taiwan 400,000 3% <1% 95% 1% <1% <1%
Tajikistan 280,000 <1% <1% 29% 71% <1% <1%
Tanzania 660,000 <1% <1% 4% 2% <1% 93%
Thailand 1,160,000 1% <1% 94% 5% <1% <1%
Timor-Leste 10,000 <1% <1% 98% 1% <1% <1%
Togo 190,000 <1% 1% 3% 6% 3% 86%
Tokelau <1,000 <1% <1% 96% 4% <1% <1%
Tonga <1,000 <1% 15% 44% 39% 2% <1%
Trinidad and Tobago 30,000 9% 72% 7% 10% 1% 2%
Tunisia 30,000 <1% <1% 4% 17% 76% 3%
Turkey 1,410,000 1% <1% 14% 82% 2% <1%
Turkmenistan 210,000 <1% 2% 61% 35% <1% <1%
Turks and Caicos Islands <10,000 10% 77% 2% 10% <1% <1%
Tuvalu <1,000 14% <1% 78% 7% <1% <1%
Uganda 650,000 <1% <1% 1% <1% 37% 61%
Ukraine 5,260,000 <1% <1% 15% 83% <1% <1%
United Arab Emirates 3,290,000 <1% <1% 86% <1% 14% <1%
United Kingdom 6,450,000 4% 6% 35% 34% 4% 16%
United States 42,810,000 2% 54% 25% 14% 2% 3%
Uruguay 80,000 2% 50% 2% 45% 1% <1%
U.S. Virgin Islands 60,000 28% 68% 3% 2% <1% <1%
Uzbekistan 1,180,000 <1% 5% 46% 43% 3% 3%
Vanuatu <1,000 <1% 3% 60% 35% <1% <1%
Vatican City <1,000 <1% <1% <1% >99% <1% <1%
Venezuela 1,010,000 1% 76% 1% 20% 2% <1%
Vietnam 70,000 4% 4% 77% 10% 2% 2%
Wallis and Futuna <10,000 <1% <1% 66% 34% <1% <1%
Western Sahara <10,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% >99% <1%
Yemen 520,000 <1% <1% 3% 2% 60% 34%
Zambia 230,000 <1% <1% 5% 3% <1% 90%
Zimbabwe 370,000 <1% <1% 2% 10% <1% 87%
The figures in this interactive feature refer to the total number (or cumulative “stocks”) of migrants living around the world as of 2010 rather than to the annual rate of migration (or current “flows”). Since migrants have both an origin and a destination, international migrants can be viewed from two directions – as an emigrant (leaving an origin country) or as an immigrant (entering a destination country).Large numbers are rounded to the nearest 10,000. Estimates between 1,000 and 9,999 are shown as < 10,000. Estimates between 0 and 999 are shown as < 1,000. All percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number and may not add to 100%. Ties are listed in alphabetical order. For a more detailed explanation of estimates, including data reliability tests, see the report methodology (Appendix B). A complete list of the data sources used for each country is provided in Appendix C (PDF).

According to the United Nations Population Division, an international migrant is someone who has been living for one year or longer in a country other than the one in which he or she was born. This means that many foreign workers and international students are counted as migrants. Additionally, the U.N. considers refugees and, in some cases, their descendants (such as Palestinians born in refugee camps) to be international migrants. For the purposes of this interactive feature, estimates of the number of unauthorized or illegal immigrants living in various countries also are included in the total counts. On the other hand, tourists, foreign-aid workers, temporary workers employed abroad for less than a year and overseas military personnel typically are not counted as migrants.

For a complete analysis, read the full report.