| International migrant stock, total - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2005) |
Rank | Country | Value |
| 1 | Africa | 17,531,061 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16,338,433 |
| 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 15,089,701 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 14,117,575 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 2,371,277 |
| 6 | Ghana | 1,669,267 |
| 7 | South Africa | 1,248,732 |
| 8 | North Africa | 1,192,628 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 972,126 |
| 10 | Tanzania | 797,701 |
| 11 | Kenya | 790,071 |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 772,814 |
| 13 | Uganda | 652,408 |
| 14 | Sudan | 639,686 |
| 15 | Libya | 617,536 |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 554,021 |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 480,105 |
| 18 | Rwanda | 435,749 |
| 19 | Mozambique | 406,075 |
| 20 | Guinea | 401,217 |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 391,345 |
| 22 | Chad | 358,446 |
| 23 | Zambia | 287,337 |
| 24 | Malawi | 278,806 |
| 25 | Egypt | 246,745 |
| 26 | Gabon | 244,550 |
| 27 | Algeria | 242,446 |
| 28 | Gambia | 231,739 |
| 29 | Senegal | 220,208 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 211,880 |
| 31 | Benin | 187,584 |
| 32 | Niger | 182,960 |
| 33 | Togo | 182,823 |
| 34 | Mali | 165,448 |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 152,101 |
| 36 | Namibia | 131,630 |
| 37 | Republic of the Congo | 128,838 |
| 38 | Djibouti | 110,333 |
| 39 | Liberia | 96,793 |
| 40 | Burundi | 81,566 |
| 41 | Botswana | 80,148 |
| 42 | Central African Republic | 75,623 |
| 43 | Mauritania | 66,053 |
| 44 | Angola | 56,055 |
| 45 | Morocco | 51,020 |
| 46 | Mauritius | 40,824 |
| 47 | Madagascar | 39,699 |
| 48 | Swaziland | 38,574 |
| 49 | Tunisia | 34,881 |
| 50 | Somalia | 21,271 |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 19,219 |
| 52 | Eritrea | 14,612 |
| 53 | Comoros | 13,661 |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 11,183 |
| 55 | Seychelles | 8,441 |
| 56 | Lesotho | 6,247 |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,800 |
| 58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,387 |
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