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Foreign-born population
Share of residents born in another country. Both count foreign-born residents; the UN's US figure is itself built from Census data.
Darker = larger, by rank · 195 countries · UN DESA International Migrant Stock · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = larger, by rank · 51 states · US Census ACS (B05012)
Countries
195 · UN DESA International Migrant Stock- 1stVatican City100
- 2ndQatar76.7
- 3rdUnited Arab Emirates74
- 4thMonaco70.2
- 5thLiechtenstein69.4
- 6thKuwait67.3
- 7thAndorra59.1
- 8thBahrain52.3
- 9thLuxembourg51.2
- 10thSingapore48.7
- 11thJordan45.7
- 12thOman43.2
- 13thSaudi Arabia40.3
- 14thMalta37
- 15thAntigua and Barbuda32.5
- 16thSwitzerland31.1
- 17thAustralia30.4
- 18thPalau29.5
- 19thNew Zealand28.2
- 20thBrunei25.9
- 21stAustria25.5
- 22ndIceland25.1
- 23rdLebanon24.5
- 24thIreland23.1
- 25thIsrael22.3
- 26thCanada22.2
- 27thSweden21.4
- 28thNauru21.3
- 29thBelgium20
- 30thGermany19.8
- 31stSpain18.5
- 32ndNorway18.2
- 33rdGabon17.7
- 34thSan Marino17.4
- 35thUnited Kingdom17.1
- 36thSaint Kitts and Nevis17
- 37thBahamas16.8
- 38thBelize16.5
- 39thNetherlands16.2
- 40thUnited States15.2
- 41stEstonia14.9
- 42ndCyprus14.9
- 43rdSlovenia14.9
- 44thMontenegro14.4
- 45thMaldives14.2
- 46thDenmark14.2
- 47thGreece14.2
- 48thFrance13.8
- 49thCroatia13.6
- 50thUkraine13.4
- 51stEquatorial Guinea13.2
- 52ndDominica12.7
- 53rdBarbados12.5
- 54thCosta Rica12.2
- 55thLibya12.2
- 56thLatvia11.8
- 57thBelarus11.6
- 58thItaly11
- 59thPortugal10.8
- 60thDjibouti10.8
- 61stMalaysia10.7
- 62ndPanama10.6
- 63rdSerbia10.6
- 64thSeychelles10.2
- 65thKazakhstan10.1
- 66thCzechia9.5
- 67thArmenia9.2
- 68thFinland9.2
- 69thIvory Coast9
- 70thMarshall Islands8.8
- 71stGambia8.6
- 72ndNorth Macedonia8.3
- 73rdSuriname8.2
- 74thTürkiye8.1
- 75thChile7.8
- 76thSouth Sudan7.7
- 77thTrinidad and Tobago7.5
- 78thHungary7.1
- 79thBhutan7
- 80thGuyana6.5
- 81stDominican Republic6.5
- 82ndGrenada6.3
- 83rdChad6.3
- 84thMoldova6.2
- 85thLithuania6.1
- 86thRepublic of the Congo6.1
- 87thSlovakia5.9
- 88thColombia5.8
- 89thPeru5.4
- 90thRussia5.3
- 91stTaiwan4.9
- 92ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines4.8
- 93rdSudan4.8
- 94thUruguay4.7
- 95thBotswana4.6
- 96thPoland4.5
- 97thSaint Lucia4.5
- 98thVenezuela4.4
- 99thThailand4.4
- 100thBulgaria4.4
- 101stArgentina4.3
- 102ndIran4.2
- 103rdEcuador4.1
- 104thUganda4.1
- 105thSouth Africa4.1
- 106thNamibia3.8
- 107thMauritania3.8
- 108thSyria3.6
- 109thRwanda3.6
- 110thSouth Korea3.5
- 111thRomania3.4
- 112thTonga3.4
- 113thUzbekistan3.2
- 114thCape Verde3.1
- 115thBurkina Faso3.1
- 116thTogo3
- 117thBenin2.9
- 118thBurundi2.8
- 119thJapan2.8
- 120thKyrgyzstan2.7
- 121stEswatini2.7
- 122ndTajikistan2.6
- 123rdParaguay2.6
- 124thTurkmenistan2.6
- 125thZimbabwe2.6
- 126thMicronesia2.6
- 127thTuvalu2.6
- 128thKiribati2.5
- 129thMauritius2.3
- 130thMali2.2
- 131stCameroon2.2
- 132ndGeorgia2.1
- 133rdAzerbaijan2.1
- 134thAngola1.8
- 135thCentral African Republic1.8
- 136thSamoa1.8
- 137thKenya1.8
- 138thBangladesh1.7
- 139thPakistan1.7
- 140thNiger1.7
- 141stAlbania1.7
- 142ndNepal1.6
- 143rdFiji1.5
- 144thGhana1.5
- 145thSenegal1.5
- 146thBolivia1.5
- 147thComoros1.4
- 148thMexico1.3
- 149thLiberia1.3
- 150thZambia1.2
- 151stBosnia and Herzegovina1.1
- 152ndMozambique1
- 153rdVanuatu1
- 154thDR Congo1
- 155thEgypt1
- 156thYemen1
- 157thEthiopia0.9
- 158thMalawi0.9
- 159thJamaica0.8
- 160thSão Tomé and Príncipe0.8
- 161stIraq0.8
- 162ndGuinea0.8
- 163rdGuinea-Bissau0.7
- 164thEl Salvador0.7
- 165thTanzania0.7
- 166thBrazil0.7
- 167thLaos0.7
- 168thMongolia0.6
- 169thLesotho0.6
- 170thNicaragua0.6
- 171stNigeria0.6
- 172ndTimor-Leste0.6
- 173rdSierra Leone0.6
- 174thAlgeria0.6
- 175thTunisia0.5
- 176thGuatemala0.5
- 177thCambodia0.5
- 178thSomalia0.4
- 179thHonduras0.4
- 180thEritrea0.4
- 181stIndia0.3
- 182ndVietnam0.3
- 183rdSolomon Islands0.3
- 184thPapua New Guinea0.3
- 185thMorocco0.3
- 186thAfghanistan0.2
- 187thNorth Korea0.2
- 188thSri Lanka0.2
- 189thHaiti0.2
- 190thIndonesia0.2
- 191stMyanmar0.1
- 192ndMadagascar0.1
- 193rdChina0.1
- 194thPhilippines0.1
- 195thCuba0
US states
51 · US Census ACS (B05012)- 1stCalifornia27.6
- 2ndNew Jersey25
- 3rdNew York23.3
- 4thFlorida23.1
- 5thNevada19.9
- 6thMassachusetts18.7
- 7thHawaii18.6
- 8thTexas18.4
- 9thMaryland17.1
- 10thWashington16.1
- 11thConnecticut15.9
- 12thRhode Island15.7
- 13thDistrict of Columbia15.5
- 14thIllinois15.4
- 15thVirginia13.5
- 16thArizona13.4
- 17thGeorgia11.9
- 18thDelaware11.6
- 19thColorado10.6
- 20thOregon10
- 21stNew Mexico10
- 22ndNorth Carolina9.9
- 23rdUtah9.8
- 24thMinnesota9
- 25thNebraska9
- 26thPennsylvania8.3
- 27thKansas7.8
- 28thMichigan7.7
- 29thAlaska7.7
- 30thIndiana7
- 31stOklahoma6.6
- 32ndTennessee6.5
- 33rdSouth Carolina6.4
- 34thIdaho6.3
- 35thIowa6.3
- 36thNew Hampshire5.9
- 37thArkansas5.8
- 38thOhio5.5
- 39thWisconsin5.5
- 40thNorth Dakota5.3
- 41stLouisiana5.2
- 42ndKentucky5.2
- 43rdMissouri4.9
- 44thMaine4.7
- 45thVermont4.5
- 46thAlabama4.5
- 47thSouth Dakota4.1
- 48thWyoming3.5
- 49thMississippi2.7
- 50thMontana2.1
- 51stWest Virginia2.1
195 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on society
- Median ageAge that splits the population in half.
- Birth rateLive births per 1,000 residents per year.
- Marriage rateMarriages per 1,000 residents per year.
- Divorce rateDivorces per 1,000 residents per year.
- Internet accessShare of people (countries) or households (states) online.
- Fertility rateAverage number of children a woman would have over her lifetime.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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