by
The
maps
below
build
up
the
world
based
on
the
share
of
the
population
who
are
immigrants.
Countries
Where
100%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
In
case
you
can’t
guess
it’s
the
Vatican.
Countries
Where
More
Than
70%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
In
addition
to
the
Vatican,
Qatar,
United
Arab
Emirates
and
Monaco
all
have
populations
that
are
70%
immigrants
(although
no
country
is
between
80%
and
99%).
Countries
Where
More
Than
60%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
We
add
a
bunch
of
mostly
small
islands
to
this
group:
Sint
Maarten
(Dutch
part),
Liechtenstein,
Aruba,
Kuwait,
Falkland
Islands,
United
States
Virgin
Islands,
British
Virgin
Islands
and
Turks
and
Caicos
Islands.
Countries
Where
More
Than
50%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
Bit
of
random
collection
of
places
in
this
group:
Macao,
Andorra,
Bahrain,
Isle
of
Man,
Luxembourg,
Tokelau,
Channel
Islands,
American
Samoa,
Guam.
Countries
Where
More
Than
40%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
The
following
countries
were
added:
Northern
Mariana
Islands,
Singapore,
Jordan,
Mayotte,
Oman,
Curacao,
Cayman
Islands,
French
Guiana,
Hong
Kong,
Anguilla
and
Saudi
Arabia.
Countries
Where
More
Than
30%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
The
big
addition
here
is
Australia,
but
also
includes:
Malta,
Cook
Islands,
Antigua
and
Barbuda,
Niue,
Montserrat,
Bermuda,
and
Switzerland.
Countries
Where
More
Than
20%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
Finally
we
get
Canada
added
to
the
map
in
addition
to:
Palau,
Gibraltar,
New
Zealand,
New
Caledonia,
Brunei,
Austria,
Iceland,
Lebanon,
Guadeloupe,
Micronesia,
Ireland,
Israel,
Sweden,
Nauru
and
Belgium.
Data
comes
from
United
Nations
Department
of
Economic
and
Social
Affairs
(2024)
via
Our
World
In
Data.
Here’s
the
list
below:
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Vatican | 100.0% |
| Qatar | 76.7% |
|
United Arab Emirates |
74.0% |
| Monaco | 70.2% |
|
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
69.5% |
| Liechtenstein | 69.4% |
| Aruba | 68.0% |
| Kuwait | 67.3% |
|
Falkland Islands |
67.2% |
|
United States Virgin Islands |
66.9% |
|
British Virgin Islands |
62.1% |
|
Turks and Caicos Islands |
61.1% |
| Macao | 59.3% |
| Andorra | 59.1% |
| Bahrain | 52.3% |
|
Isle of Man |
51.9% |
| Luxembourg | 51.2% |
| Tokelau | 51.2% |
|
Channel Islands |
50.9% |
|
American Samoa |
50.6% |
| Guam | 50.2% |
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
49.7% |
| Singapore | 48.7% |
| Jordan | 45.7% |
| Mayotte | 44.0% |
| Oman | 43.2% |
| Curacao | 43.1% |
|
Cayman Islands |
42.9% |
|
French Guiana |
42.4% |
|
Hong Kong |
41.3% |
| Anguilla | 40.5% |
|
Saudi Arabia |
40.3% |
| Malta | 37.0% |
|
Cook Islands |
36.0% |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
32.5% |
| Niue | 32.3% |
| Montserrat | 31.9% |
| Bermuda | 31.2% |
| Switzerland | 31.1% |
| Australia | 30.4% |
| Palau | 29.5% |
| Gibraltar | 28.7% |
|
New Zealand |
28.2% |
|
New Caledonia |
26.2% |
| Brunei | 25.9% |
| Austria | 25.5% |
| Iceland | 25.1% |
| Lebanon | 24.5% |
| Guadeloupe | 23.9% |
| Micronesia | 23.4% |
| Ireland | 23.1% |
| Israel | 22.3% |
| Canada | 22.2% |
| Oceania | 21.5% |
| Sweden | 21.4% |
| Nauru | 21.3% |
| Belgium | 20.0% |
| Martinique | 19.9% |
| Germany | 19.8% |
| Spain | 18.5% |
|
Western Europe (UN) |
18.4% |
| Norway | 18.2% |
|
Wallis and Futuna |
18.0% |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
17.9% |
| Gabon | 17.7% |
|
San Marino |
17.4% |
|
United Kingdom |
17.1% |
|
Northern Europe (UN) |
17.0% |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
17.0% |
| Bahamas | 16.8% |
| Belize | 16.5% |
| Netherlands | 16.2% |
|
Western Asia (UN) |
15.9% |
|
Northern America (UN) |
15.9% |
| Reunion | 15.4% |
|
United States |
15.2% |
| Estonia | 14.9% |
| Cyprus | 14.9% |
| Slovenia | 14.9% |
|
Faroe Islands |
14.6% |
|
High-income countries |
14.6% |
| Montenegro | 14.4% |
| Maldives | 14.2% |
| Denmark | 14.2% |
| Greece | 14.2% |
|
European Union (27) |
14.1% |
| France | 13.8% |
|
Europe and Northern America (UN) |
13.7% |
| Croatia | 13.6% |
| Ukraine | 13.4% |
|
Southern Europe (UN) |
13.3% |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
13.2% |
| Dominica | 12.7% |
| Europe | 12.6% |
| Barbados | 12.5% |
|
Costa Rica |
12.2% |
| Libya | 12.2% |
| Latvia | 11.8% |
| Belarus | 11.6% |
| Italy | 11.0% |
| Portugal | 10.8% |
|
North America |
10.8% |
| Djibouti | 10.8% |
| Malaysia | 10.7% |
|
French Polynesia |
10.7% |
| Panama | 10.6% |
| Serbia | 10.6% |
| Greenland | 10.4% |
| Polynesia | 10.2% |
| Seychelles | 10.2% |
| Kazakhstan | 10.1% |
| Czechia | 9.5% |
|
Saint Helena |
9.4% |
|
Northern Africa and Western Asia (UN) |
9.3% |
| Armenia | 9.2% |
| Finland | 9.2% |
|
Cote d’Ivoire |
9.0% |
|
Marshall Islands |
8.8% |
| Gambia | 8.6% |
|
North Macedonia |
8.3% |
| Suriname | 8.2% |
| Turkey | 8.1% |
| Chile | 7.8% |
|
South Sudan |
7.7% |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
7.5% |
|
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
7.2% |
| Hungary | 7.1% |
| Bhutan | 7.0% |
|
Puerto Rico |
6.9% |
|
Eastern Europe (UN) |
6.5% |
| Guyana | 6.5% |
|
Dominican Republic |
6.5% |
| Grenada | 6.3% |
| Chad | 6.3% |
| Moldova | 6.2% |
| Lithuania | 6.1% |
| Congo | 6.1% |
| Slovakia | 5.9% |
| Colombia | 5.8% |
| Peru | 5.4% |
| Russia | 5.3% |
| Palestine | 5.0% |
| Taiwan | 4.9% |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
4.8% |
|
Central Asia (UN) |
4.8% |
| Sudan | 4.8% |
| Uruguay | 4.7% |
| Botswana | 4.6% |
| Poland | 4.5% |
|
Saint Lucia |
4.5% |
| Venezuela | 4.4% |
| Thailand | 4.4% |
| Bulgaria | 4.4% |
| Argentina | 4.3% |
| Iran | 4.2% |
| Ecuador | 4.1% |
| Uganda | 4.1% |
|
South Africa |
4.1% |
|
Southern Africa (UN) |
4.0% |
| Namibia | 3.8% |
| Mauritania | 3.8% |
| World | 3.7% |
| Syria | 3.6% |
| Rwanda | 3.6% |
|
South Korea |
3.5% |
| Romania | 3.4% |
| Tonga | 3.4% |
| Uzbekistan | 3.2% |
|
Cape Verde |
3.1% |
|
Burkina Faso |
3.1% |
| Togo | 3.0% |
| Benin | 2.9% |
|
South America |
2.9% |
| Burundi | 2.8% |
| Japan | 2.8% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2.7% |
| Eswatini | 2.7% |
|
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) |
2.6% |
| Tajikistan | 2.6% |
| Paraguay | 2.6% |
| Turkmenistan | 2.6% |
| Zimbabwe | 2.6% |
|
Micronesia (country) |
2.6% |
| Tuvalu | 2.6% |
|
Land-locked Developing Countries (LLDC) |
2.5% |
| Kiribati | 2.5% |
| Mauritius | 2.3% |
|
Middle Africa (UN) |
2.3% |
| Mali | 2.2% |
| Cameroon | 2.2% |
| Georgia | 2.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 2.1% |
|
Sub-Saharan Africa (UN) |
2.0% |
| Africa | 1.9% |
| Asia | 1.9% |
|
Low-income countries |
1.9% |
|
Western Africa (UN) |
1.8% |
|
Northern Africa (UN) |
1.8% |
| Angola | 1.8% |
|
Central African Republic |
1.8% |
| Samoa | 1.8% |
| Kenya | 1.8% |
|
Upper-middle-income countries |
1.7% |
|
Central America (UN) |
1.7% |
| Bangladesh | 1.7% |
| Pakistan | 1.7% |
| Niger | 1.7% |
| Albania | 1.7% |
|
Eastern Africa (UN) |
1.7% |
| Nepal | 1.6% |
|
South-Eastern Asia (UN) |
1.6% |
| Fiji | 1.5% |
| Ghana | 1.5% |
| Senegal | 1.5% |
| Bolivia | 1.5% |
| Comoros | 1.4% |
| Mexico | 1.3% |
| Liberia | 1.3% |
| Zambia | 1.2% |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.1% |
|
Lower-middle-income countries |
1.1% |
| Mozambique | 1.0% |
| Vanuatu | 1.0% |
|
Democratic Republic of Congo |
1.0% |
| Melanesia | 1.0% |
| Egypt | 1.0% |
| Yemen | 1.0% |
|
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UN) |
1.0% |
|
Western Sahara |
1.0% |
|
Central and Southern Asia (UN) |
0.9% |
| Ethiopia | 0.9% |
| Malawi | 0.9% |
| Jamaica | 0.8% |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
0.8% |
| Iraq | 0.8% |
|
Southern Asia (UN) |
0.8% |
| Guinea | 0.8% |
|
Eastern Asia (UN) |
0.7% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.7% |
|
El Salvador |
0.7% |
| Tanzania | 0.7% |
| Brazil | 0.7% |
| Laos | 0.7% |
| Mongolia | 0.6% |
| Lesotho | 0.6% |
| Nicaragua | 0.6% |
| Nigeria | 0.6% |
|
East Timor |
0.6% |
|
Sierra Leone |
0.6% |
| Algeria | 0.6% |
| Tunisia | 0.5% |
| Guatemala | 0.5% |
| Cambodia | 0.5% |
| Somalia | 0.4% |
| Honduras | 0.4% |
| Eritrea | 0.4% |
| India | 0.3% |
| Vietnam | 0.3% |
|
Solomon Islands |
0.3% |
|
Papua New Guinea |
0.3% |
| Morocco | 0.3% |
| Afghanistan | 0.2% |
|
North Korea |
0.2% |
|
Sri Lanka |
0.2% |
| Haiti | 0.2% |
| Indonesia | 0.2% |
| Myanmar | 0.1% |
| Madagascar | 0.1% |
| China | 0.1% |
| Philippines | 0.1% |
| Cuba | 0.0% |
and
here’s
the
flip
side:
Countries
Where
Less
Than
5%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
Countries
Where
Less
Than
1%
Of
The
Population
Are
Immigrants
Which
country
surprised
you
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