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To / Destination country Total number of migrants Christian Muslim Hindu Buddhist Jewish Other Unaffiliated
Afghanistan 90,000 11% 71% 10% 4% <1% 3% 2%
Albania 90,000 89% 6% <1% <1% <1% <1% 4%
Algeria 240,000 15% 77% <1% <1% <1% 2% 3%
American Samoa 30,000 92% <1% <1% 1% <1% 2% 3%
Andorra 60,000 84% 5% <1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
Angola 70,000 89% 3% <1% <1% <1% 3% 5%
Anguilla <10,000 84% 2% 3% <1% <1% 3% 7%
Antigua and Barbuda 20,000 79% 3% 9% <1% <1% 5% 4%
Argentina 1,450,000 85% 2% <1% <1% <1% 3% 9%
Armenia 320,000 75% 15% <1% <1% <1% <1% 9%
Aruba 30,000 84% 3% 2% <1% <1% 3% 7%
Australia 4,710,000 60% 6% 3% 7% 2% 2% 20%
Austria 1,310,000 58% 24% <1% <1% <1% 1% 15%
Azerbaijan 260,000 82% 8% <1% <1% <1% <1% 9%
Bahamas 30,000 88% 1% 2% <1% <1% 4% 5%
Bahrain 320,000 23% 53% 13% 4% <1% 3% 3%
Bangladesh 1,090,000 6% 15% 69% 2% <1% 6% 1%
Barbados 30,000 78% 4% 9% <1% <1% 3% 5%
Belarus 1,090,000 80% 7% <1% <1% <1% <1% 12%
Belgium 970,000 55% 27% 1% 2% <1% 3% 11%
Belize 50,000 90% <1% <1% 1% <1% 4% 4%
Benin 230,000 27% 56% <1% <1% <1% 17% <1%
Bermuda 20,000 80% 3% 1% 1% <1% 3% 12%
Bhutan 40,000 5% 13% 71% 1% <1% 7% 2%
Bolivia 150,000 88% 1% <1% 1% <1% 3% 5%
Bosnia-Herzegovina 30,000 84% 6% <1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
Botswana 110,000 75% 8% 2% <1% <1% 13% 2%
Brazil 690,000 78% 2% <1% 5% 2% 3% 9%
British Virgin Islands <10,000 85% 2% 5% <1% <1% 3% 4%
Brunei 150,000 20% 39% 10% 13% <1% 16% 2%
Bulgaria 110,000 60% 25% <1% 2% <1% 2% 10%
Burkina Faso 1,040,000 12% 82% <1% <1% <1% 3% 2%
Burma (Myanmar) 90,000 13% 14% 27% 7% <1% 20% 20%
Burundi 60,000 83% 7% <1% <1% <1% 8% 1%
Cambodia 340,000 7% 3% <1% 63% <1% 15% 12%
Cameroon 200,000 52% 32% <1% <1% <1% 15% 1%
Canada 7,200,000 59% 9% 4% 4% 2% 4% 17%
Cape Verde 10,000 82% 8% <1% <1% <1% 6% 4%
Cayman Islands 40,000 83% <1% <1% <1% <1% 7% 8%
Central African Republic 80,000 51% 35% <1% <1% <1% 12% 2%
Chad 390,000 27% 66% <1% <1% <1% 6% <1%
Channel Islands 70,000 81% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% 14%
Chile 320,000 77% 1% <1% <1% 2% 5% 14%
China 690,000 30% 8% 2% 28% <1% 15% 17%
Colombia 110,000 86% 2% <1% <1% <1% 3% 7%
Comoros 10,000 45% 11% 1% <1% <1% 42% 1%
Congo 440,000 62% 24% 2% 1% <1% 7% 4%
Cook Islands <10,000 73% 2% 2% 3% <1% 3% 17%
Costa Rica 490,000 94% 1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 2%
Croatia 700,000 90% 3% <1% <1% <1% <1% 7%
Cuba 20,000 69% 15% 2% 2% <1% 3% 8%
Cyprus 150,000 70% 14% 2% 4% <1% 1% 8%
Czech Republic 450,000 69% 6% <1% 7% <1% 4% 14%
Denmark 480,000 51% 30% 2% 5% <1% 3% 9%
Djibouti 110,000 11% 86% <1% <1% <1% 2% <1%
Dominica <10,000 89% 1% 2% <1% <1% 2% 5%
Dominican Republic 430,000 90% <1% <1% <1% <1% 4% 5%
Ecuador 390,000 87% 2% <1% <1% <1% 3% 7%
Egypt 240,000 10% 89% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
El Salvador 40,000 93% <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 4%
Equatorial Guinea <10,000 51% 34% <1% <1% <1% 12% 2%
Eritrea 20,000 40% 51% 1% <1% <1% 7% 2%
Estonia 180,000 56% 2% <1% <1% <1% <1% 41%
Ethiopia 550,000 34% 61% <1% <1% <1% 2% 2%
Faeroe Islands <10,000 85% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) <10,000 84% 3% <1% <1% <1% 1% 11%
Federated States of Micronesia <10,000 80% 5% <1% 4% <1% 4% 5%
Fiji 20,000 49% 14% 25% 1% <1% 4% 7%
Finland 230,000 55% 19% 2% 5% <1% 3% 17%
France 6,680,000 41% 46% <1% 3% <1% 4% 6%
French Guiana 110,000 73% 7% 6% 1% <1% 5% 7%
French Polynesia 30,000 68% 11% <1% 1% <1% 2% 17%
Gabon 280,000 51% 33% <1% <1% <1% 13% 3%
Gambia 290,000 5% 81% <1% <1% <1% 14% <1%
Georgia 170,000 73% 17% <1% <1% <1% <1% 8%
Germany 10,760,000 51% 30% <1% 2% <1% 2% 15%
Ghana 1,850,000 31% 52% 1% <1% <1% 13% 2%
Gibraltar <10,000 69% 18% <1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
Greece 1,130,000 61% 27% 1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
Greenland <10,000 85% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
Grenada 10,000 76% 4% 10% <1% <1% 3% 7%
Guadeloupe 100,000 79% 3% <1% <1% <1% 2% 14%
Guam 80,000 77% 5% <1% 4% <1% 7% 6%
Guatemala 60,000 90% <1% <1% <1% <1% 3% 5%
Guinea 390,000 32% 55% <1% <1% <1% 5% 7%
Guinea Bissau 20,000 10% 77% <1% <1% <1% 12% <1%
Guyana 10,000 68% 6% 8% 2% <1% 7% 8%
Haiti 30,000 76% 5% 1% <1% <1% 6% 11%
Honduras 20,000 89% 1% <1% <1% <1% 3% 6%
Hong Kong 2,740,000 14% 3% <1% 14% <1% 35% 34%
Hungary 370,000 84% 6% <1% <1% <1% 1% 8%
Iceland 40,000 80% 3% <1% 4% <1% 1% 11%
India 5,440,000 3% 13% 67% 9% <1% 7% <1%
Indonesia 120,000 21% 8% 3% 15% <1% 29% 24%
Iran 2,130,000 <1% 99% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Iraq 80,000 7% 87% 1% <1% 2% <1% 2%
Ireland 900,000 76% 6% 2% <1% <1% 2% 13%
Isle of Man 40,000 81% 3% <1% <1% <1% 1% 14%
Israel 2,940,000 1% <1% <1% <1% 94% 4% <1%
Italy 4,460,000 55% 32% 2% 2% <1% 3% 5%
Ivory Coast 2,410,000 20% 57% <1% <1% <1% 23% <1%
Jamaica 30,000 69% 3% 5% 2% <1% 7% 14%
Japan 2,180,000 46% 4% <1% 11% <1% 24% 14%
Jordan 2,970,000 3% 95% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Kazakhstan 3,080,000 70% 15% <1% <1% <1% 2% 12%
Kenya 820,000 49% 47% <1% <1% <1% 3% <1%
Kiribati <10,000 86% 2% 5% <1% <1% 2% 4%
Kosovo <1,000 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Kuwait 2,100,000 13% 69% 9% 9% <1% <1% <1%
Kyrgyzstan 220,000 43% 39% <1% <1% <1% 2% 16%
Laos 20,000 11% 1% <1% 48% <1% 21% 19%
Latvia 340,000 82% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% 13%
Lebanon 760,000 10% 80% 6% <1% 1% 1% 1%
Lesotho <10,000 72% 11% 2% <1% <1% 10% 4%
Liberia 100,000 26% 48% <1% <1% <1% 22% 3%
Libya 680,000 20% 71% 2% 1% <1% 2% 4%
Liechtenstein 10,000 72% 14% <1% <1% <1% <1% 13%
Lithuania 130,000 78% 5% <1% <1% <1% <1% 16%
Luxembourg 170,000 78% 6% <1% <1% <1% 1% 14%
Macau 300,000 15% 4% <1% 13% <1% 34% 34%
Madagascar 40,000 30% 40% 11% 2% <1% 5% 12%
Malawi 280,000 70% 9% 1% <1% <1% 18% 2%
Malaysia 2,360,000 11% 74% 3% 9% <1% 2% 1%
Maldives <10,000 11% 58% 22% 4% <1% 4% 2%
Mali 160,000 17% 72% <1% <1% <1% 9% 2%
Malta 20,000 53% 34% 1% <1% <1% 1% 9%
Marshall Islands <10,000 88% 3% <1% <1% <1% 3% 5%
Martinique 70,000 76% 4% <1% <1% <1% 2% 17%
Mauritania 100,000 9% 81% <1% <1% <1% 9% 1%
Mauritius 40,000 35% 8% 12% 6% <1% 17% 21%
Mayotte 70,000 13% 79% <1% <1% <1% 5% 3%
Mexico 730,000 90% <1% <1% <1% 1% <1% 7%
Moldova 410,000 83% 4% <1% <1% <1% <1% 11%
Monaco 20,000 73% 8% <1% <1% <1% <1% 17%
Mongolia 10,000 50% 15% 1% 5% <1% 12% 17%
Montenegro 40,000 72% 18% <1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
Montserrat <1,000 50% 27% 1% <1% 5% 12% 3%
Morocco 50,000 25% 64% 1% 1% 2% 2% 5%
Mozambique 450,000 73% 14% 1% <1% <1% 10% 1%
Namibia 140,000 85% 3% <1% <1% <1% 7% 3%
Nauru <10,000 73% 2% 3% 3% <1% 9% 10%
Nepal 950,000 2% 11% 79% 6% <1% 3% <1%
Netherlands 1,750,000 44% 39% 3% 2% <1% 4% 7%
Netherlands Antilles 50,000 80% 4% 2% <1% <1% 4% 8%
New Caledonia 60,000 83% 5% 2% 1% <1% 3% 6%
New Zealand 960,000 58% 3% 5% 4% <1% 2% 27%
Nicaragua 40,000 92% <1% <1% <1% <1% 2% 4%
Niger 200,000 26% 56% <1% <1% <1% 18% <1%
Nigeria 1,130,000 40% 39% <1% <1% <1% 19% 2%
Niue <1,000 72% <1% 2% 2% <1% 2% 21%
North Korea 40,000 23% 8% 1% 15% <1% 28% 25%
Northern Mariana Islands 50,000 53% 6% 1% 7% <1% 17% 16%
Norway 490,000 52% 27% 2% 6% <1% 3% 9%
Oman 830,000 23% 60% 15% 1% <1% <1% 1%
Pakistan 4,230,000 23% 58% 9% 3% <1% 3% 3%
Palau <10,000 71% 9% 1% 4% <1% 8% 6%
Palestinian territories 1,920,000 <1% 99% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Panama 120,000 76% 2% 2% 3% <1% 8% 9%
Papua New Guinea 20,000 76% 5% 2% 3% <1% 4% 10%
Paraguay 160,000 87% 2% <1% 1% <1% 4% 5%
Peru 40,000 75% 3% <1% 4% <1% 6% 11%
Philippines 440,000 83% 10% <1% 3% <1% 3% <1%
Poland 830,000 77% 5% <1% <1% <1% <1% 17%
Portugal 920,000 77% 7% <1% <1% <1% 7% 7%
Puerto Rico 320,000 83% 1% <1% <1% 1% 3% 11%
Qatar 1,310,000 18% 58% 18% 4% <1% 2% <1%
Republic of Congo 140,000 81% 8% <1% <1% <1% 7% 3%
Republic of Macedonia 130,000 34% 59% <1% <1% <1% <1% 6%
Reunion 170,000 57% 17% 2% <1% <1% 8% 14%
Romania 130,000 90% 5% <1% <1% <1% 2% 3%
Russia 12,270,000 48% 33% <1% <1% <1% <1% 19%
Rwanda 470,000 92% 4% <1% <1% <1% 1% 2%
Samoa <10,000 73% 2% 4% 3% <1% 3% 15%
San Marino 10,000 80% 3% <1% <1% <1% <1% 16%
Sao Tome and Principe <10,000 88% 5% <1% <1% <1% 4% 2%
Saudi Arabia 7,290,000 13% 77% 6% 2% <1% <1% <1%
Senegal 210,000 17% 62% <1% <1% <1% 18% 2%
Serbia 530,000 67% 28% <1% <1% <1% <1% 5%
Seychelles 10,000 35% 13% 27% 12% <1% 9% 4%
Sierra Leone 110,000 16% 54% <1% <1% <1% 29% <1%
Singapore 1,970,000 17% 14% 10% 31% <1% 10% 18%
Slovakia 130,000 70% 6% <1% 4% <1% 4% 15%
Slovenia 160,000 63% 29% <1% <1% <1% <1% 7%
Solomon Islands <10,000 76% 5% 2% 3% <1% 7% 7%
Somalia 20,000 57% 30% 1% <1% <1% 9% 2%
South Africa 1,860,000 70% 8% 2% <1% <1% 15% 4%
South Korea 530,000 22% 13% 2% 25% <1% 20% 18%
Spain 6,380,000 72% 17% <1% <1% <1% 3% 7%
Sri Lanka 340,000 5% 14% 72% <1% <1% 7% 1%
St. Helena <1,000 76% 8% 1% <1% <1% 4% 10%
St. Kitts and Nevis <10,000 79% 3% 7% <1% <1% 3% 7%
St. Lucia 10,000 74% 4% 12% <1% <1% 4% 5%
St. Pierre and Miquelon <10,000 68% 10% <1% <1% <1% 1% 19%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines <10,000 73% 6% 12% <1% <1% 3% 5%
Sudan 750,000 57% 33% <1% <1% <1% 8% 2%
Suriname 40,000 61% 5% 10% 2% <1% 7% 15%
Swaziland 40,000 59% 18% <1% <1% <1% 19% 2%
Sweden 1,310,000 59% 26% 1% 3% <1% 4% 7%
Switzerland 1,760,000 71% 11% <1% 2% <1% 1% 14%
Syria 2,210,000 8% 89% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Taiwan 400,000 24% 4% <1% 36% <1% 29% 7%
Tajikistan 280,000 58% 35% <1% <1% <1% <1% 6%
Tanzania 660,000 75% 9% 2% <1% <1% 13% 1%
Thailand 1,160,000 18% 3% 2% 16% <1% 30% 32%
Timor-Leste 10,000 81% 5% <1% 1% <1% 11% 2%
Togo 190,000 44% 34% <1% <1% <1% 19% 2%
Tokelau <1,000 83% <1% 2% 1% <1% 1% 11%
Tonga <1,000 61% 15% 8% 3% <1% 4% 8%
Trinidad and Tobago 30,000 79% 7% 6% <1% <1% 3% 4%
Tunisia 30,000 16% 78% <1% <1% <1% <1% 5%
Turkey 1,410,000 21% 74% <1% <1% <1% <1% 4%
Turkmenistan 210,000 36% 48% <1% <1% <1% <1% 14%
Turks and Caicos Islands <10,000 89% 2% <1% <1% <1% 3% 5%
Tuvalu <1,000 75% 4% 12% 1% <1% 2% 5%
Uganda 650,000 87% 11% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Ukraine 5,260,000 70% 18% <1% <1% <1% <1% 10%
United Arab Emirates 3,290,000 18% 63% 13% 5% <1% <1% <1%
United Kingdom 6,450,000 54% 22% 6% 3% <1% 6% 8%
United States 42,810,000 74% 5% 3% 4% <1% 2% 10%
Uruguay 80,000 87% 3% <1% <1% <1% 2% 7%
U.S. Virgin Islands 60,000 87% 2% 2% <1% <1% 3% 5%
Uzbekistan 1,180,000 46% 37% 2% 1% <1% 2% 13%
Vanuatu <1,000 70% 7% 3% 2% <1% 2% 16%
Vatican City <1,000 >99% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Venezuela 1,010,000 90% 2% <1% <1% <1% 2% 5%
Vietnam 70,000 30% 28% 6% 13% <1% 13% 10%
Wallis and Futuna <10,000 79% 5% <1% <1% <1% 2% 13%
Western Sahara <10,000 <1% 99% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Yemen 520,000 9% 87% <1% <1% <1% 3% <1%
Zambia 230,000 81% 6% 3% <1% <1% 8% 2%
Zimbabwe 370,000 67% 12% <1% <1% <1% 17% 2%
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.