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International migrant stock, total - Migration - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.

International migrant stock, total - Migration - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2005) Rank Country Value 1 High income 117,116,537 2 High income: OECD 94,858,862 3 Low & middle income 77,680,322 4 Middle income 62,860,297 5 United States 39,266,451 6 Lower middle income 32,088,396 7 Euro area 31,629,393 8 Upper middle income 30,771,901 9 Europe & Central Asia 28,924,254 10 High income: nonOECD 22,257,675 11 Sub-Saharan Africa 16,279,296 12 Low income 14,820,025 13 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 12,792,158 14 Russia 12,079,626 15 South Asia 11,784,797 16 Least developed countries: UN classification 10,908,498 17 Germany 10,597,895 18 Middle East & North Africa 10,001,885 19 France 6,478,599 20 Saudi Arabia 6,336,666 21 Canada 6,304,024 22 Latin America & Caribbean 5,950,978 23 India 5,886,870 24 United Kingdom 5,837,750 25 Ukraine 5,390,622 26 East Asia & Pacific 4,739,112 27 Spain 4,607,936 28 Australia 4,335,846 29 Pakistan 3,554,009 30 Italy 3,067,656 31 Kazakhstan 2,973,574 32 United Arab Emirates 2,863,027 33 Hong Kong 2,721,139 34 Israel 2,661,261 35 Ivory Coast 2,371,277 36 Jordan 2,345,235 37 Iran 2,062,218 38 Malaysia 2,029,208 39 Japan 1,998,884 40 Kuwait 1,869,665 41 Netherlands 1,735,428 42 Ghana 1,669,267 43 West Bank and Gaza 1,660,576 44 Switzerland 1,659,686 45 Argentina 1,494,064 46 Singapore 1,493,976 47 Turkey 1,333,883 48 Syria 1,326,359 49 Uzbekistan 1,267,839 50 South Africa 1,248,732 51 Austria 1,156,264 52 Sweden 1,112,917 53 Belarus 1,106,857 54 Bangladesh 1,031,886 55 Venezuela 1,011,387 56 Thailand 981,960 57 Greece 975,005 58 Nigeria 972,126 59 Belgium 882,080 60 New Zealand 857,559 61 Poland 825,387 62 Nepal 818,702 63 Tanzania 797,701 64 Kenya 790,071 65 Burkina Faso 772,814 66 Portugal 763,744 67 Lebanon 721,191 68 Qatar 712,861 69 Brazil 686,309 70 Serbia 674,612 71 Oman 666,263 72 Croatia 661,365 73 Uganda 652,408 74 Sudan 639,686 75 Ireland 617,619 76 Libya 617,536 77 Mexico 604,670 78 China 590,252 79 Ethiopia 554,021 80 North Korea 551,193 81 South Korea 551,193 82 Armenia 492,570 83 Democratic Republic of the Congo 480,105 84 Yemen 455,230 85 Czech Republic 453,265 86 Costa Rica 442,648 87 Moldova 440,121 88 Rwanda 435,749 89 Denmark 420,831 90 Mozambique 406,075 91 Guinea 401,217 92 Dominican Republic 393,010 93 Zimbabwe 391,345 94 Latvia 379,630 95 Philippines 374,786 96 Norway 370,578 97 Sri Lanka 366,390 98 Chad 358,446 99 Puerto Rico 352,406 100 Hungary 333,049 101 Tajikistan 306,433 102 Cambodia 303,871 103 Kyrgyzstan 288,053 104 Zambia 287,337 105 Malawi 278,806 106 Bahrain 278,166 107 Macau 278,038 108 Azerbaijan 254,509 109 Egypt 246,745 110 Gabon 244,550 111 Algeria 242,446 112 Gambia 231,739 113 Chile 231,496 114 Turkmenistan 223,732 115 Senegal 220,208 116 Cameroon 211,880 117 Estonia 201,654 118 Georgia 191,220 119 Benin 187,584 120 Niger 182,960 121 Togo 182,823 122 Finland 171,395 123 Paraguay 168,220 124 Slovenia 167,330 125 Mali 165,448 126 Lithuania 165,334 127 Luxembourg 156,184 128 Sierra Leone 152,101 129 Indonesia 135,623 130 Romania 133,496 131 Namibia 131,630 132 Republic of the Congo 128,838 133 Iraq 128,115 134 Slovakia 124,447 135 Brunei Darussalam 124,193 136 Ecuador 123,627 137 Macedonia 120,288 138 Cyprus 116,157 139 Bolivia 113,957 140 Djibouti 110,333 141 Colombia 109,953 142 Bulgaria 104,076 143 Panama 102,243 144 Liberia 96,793 145 Burma 93,243 146 Afghanistan 86,451 147 Uruguay 84,114 148 Albania 82,668 149 Burundi 81,566 150 Botswana 80,148 151 Guam 76,498 152 Central African Republic 75,623 153 Channel Islands 68,441 154 Mauritania 66,053 155 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 59,210 156 Mayotte 56,996 157 Angola 56,055 158 Montenegro 54,583 159 Vietnam 54,500 160 New Caledonia 54,475 161 Guatemala 53,437 162 Morocco 51,020 163 Northern Mariana Islands 50,839 164 Andorra 50,303 165 Netherlands Antilles 46,568 166 Peru 41,557 167 Isle of Man 41,552 168 Mauritius 40,824 169 Belize 40,633 170 Madagascar 39,699 171 Swaziland 38,574 172 Trinidad and Tobago 37,823 173 Bhutan 37,338 174 El Salvador 35,861 175 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35,141 176 Nicaragua 34,957 177 Tunisia 34,881 178 Suriname 33,976 179 Cayman Islands 33,944 180 Aruba 33,422 181 French Polynesia 32,489 182 Bahamas 31,632 183 Haiti 30,054 184 Jamaica 27,178 185 American Samoa 26,585 186 Honduras 26,328 187 Barbados 26,234 188 Papua New Guinea 25,493 189 Monaco 22,642 190 Iceland 22,577 191 Somalia 21,271 192 Laos 20,276 193 Guinea-Bissau 19,219 194 Bermuda 18,771 195 Antigua and Barbuda 18,222 196 Fiji 17,176 197 Cuba 15,336 198 Eritrea 14,612 199 Comoros 13,661 200 Timor-Leste 11,909 201 Liechtenstein 11,881 202 Malta 11,654 203 San Marino 11,396 204 Cape Verde 11,183 205 Grenada 10,843 206 Guyana 9,984 207 Mongolia 9,069 208 St. Lucia 8,679 209 Seychelles 8,441 210 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7,412 211 Samoa 7,158 212 Greenland 6,685 213 Solomon Islands 6,468 214 Lesotho 6,247 215 Palau 6,031 216 Equatorial Guinea 5,800 217 Sao Tome and Principe 5,387 218 Dominica 4,526 219 St. Kitts and Nevis 4,519 220 Maldives 3,151 221 Faroe Islands 3,027 222 Micronesia 2,878 223 Kiribati 1,993 224 Marshall Islands 1,667 225 Tonga 1,163 226 Vanuatu 1,038

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