5-year change: +3.8%, trend up
United States of America
Foreign-born population: 52,375,047 people
View MoreTotal foreign-born population (both sexes)
World Total303,936,274people
19902024
2024
Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Total foreign-born population (both sexes) (2024)
With 52.4M people in 2024, the United States 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 the 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. The United Arab Emirates (8.2M people), Australia (8.1M people), and Russia (7.6M people) round out the top ten. Across the top ten, the United States is 6.9× as high as Russia (7.6M people). Five of the top ten are in Europe.
Rank changes
How total foreign-born population (both sexes) changed between 2015 and 2024
2015and2024
Historical trends
Key terms
- Net migration
- — Immigrants minus emigrants. Positive = more people arriving, negative = more leaving.
- Net migration rate
- — Net migration per 1,000 population per year.
- Immigration
- — People entering the country from abroad.
- Emigration
- — People leaving the country to live abroad.
- Migrant stock
- — Total foreign-born residents currently living in a country, regardless of when they arrived.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the highest total migrant stock?
- The United States has the highest total migrant stock at 52,375,047 people as of 2024, according to UNDESA International Migrant Stock 2024.
- Which country has the lowest total migrant stock?
- Saint Martin has the lowest total migrant stock at 0 people as of 2024, according to UNDESA International Migrant Stock 2024.
- What is the total migrant stock worldwide?
- The combined total migrant stock across 234 countries totals 303,936,274 people as of 2024, according to UNDESA International Migrant Stock 2024.
