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.