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With 52.4M people in 2024, United States of America leads the world in total foreign-born population (both sexes), followed by Germany (16.8M people) and Saudi Arabia (13.7M people). The top 5 is rounded off by United Kingdom (11.8M people) and France (9.2M people). Further down, Spain (8.9M people) and Canada (8.8M people) hold the next two spots. United Arab Emirates (8.2M people), Australia (8.1M people), and Russian Federation (7.6M people) round out the top ten. At the extremes, United States of America is 6.9× as high as Russian Federation (7.6M people). Five of the top ten are in Europe.
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