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Countries With the Lowest Migrant Share of Population

Every country with a figure for migrant share of population, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Cuba (0%), St. Martin (French part) (0%) and China (0.1%). The middle country of the 216 has 5.8%.

What this measures

International migrant stock (% of population). Source: UN Population Division, International Migrant Stock. For this measure, no agreed better direction.

People living outside the country they were born in, as a share of the population. It counts people at one moment, while the net migration already on the site counts moves over a year. Published every five years until 2020, and for 2024.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2024–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

RankCountryMigrant share of populationYearRegion
1Cuba0%2024Latin America & Caribbean
2St. Martin (French part)0%2024Latin America & Caribbean
3China0.1%2024East Asia & Pacific
4Madagascar0.1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
5Myanmar0.1%2024East Asia & Pacific
6Philippines0.1%2024East Asia & Pacific
7Afghanistan0.2%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
8Haiti0.2%2024Latin America & Caribbean
9Indonesia0.2%2024East Asia & Pacific
10Sri Lanka0.2%2024South Asia
11Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.2%2024East Asia & Pacific
12India0.3%2024South Asia
13Morocco0.3%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
14Papua New Guinea0.3%2024East Asia & Pacific
15Solomon Islands0.3%2024East Asia & Pacific
16Viet Nam0.3%2024East Asia & Pacific
17Eritrea0.4%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
18Honduras0.4%2024Latin America & Caribbean
19Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.4%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
20Guatemala0.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
21Cambodia0.5%2024East Asia & Pacific
22Tunisia0.5%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
23Algeria0.6%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
24Lesotho0.6%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
25Mongolia0.6%2024East Asia & Pacific
26Nigeria0.6%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
27Nicaragua0.6%2024Latin America & Caribbean
28Sierra Leone0.6%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
29Timor-Leste0.6%2024East Asia & Pacific
30Brazil0.7%2024Latin America & Caribbean
31Guinea-Bissau0.7%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
32Lao PDR0.7%2024East Asia & Pacific
33El Salvador0.7%2024Latin America & Caribbean
34Tanzania0.7%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
35Guinea0.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
36Iraq0.8%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
37Jamaica0.8%2024Latin America & Caribbean
38Sao Tome and Principe0.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
39Ethiopia0.9%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
40Malawi0.9%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
41Congo, Dem. Rep.1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
42Egypt, Arab Rep.1%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
43Mozambique1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
44Vanuatu1%2024East Asia & Pacific
45Yemen, Rep.1%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
46Bosnia and Herzegovina1.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
47Zambia1.2%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
48Liberia1.3%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
49Mexico1.3%2024Latin America & Caribbean
50Comoros1.4%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
51Bolivia1.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
52Fiji1.5%2024East Asia & Pacific
53Ghana1.5%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
54Senegal1.5%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
55Nepal1.6%2024South Asia
56Albania1.7%2024Europe & Central Asia
57Bangladesh1.7%2024South Asia
58Niger1.7%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
59Pakistan1.7%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
60Angola1.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
61Central African Republic1.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
62Kenya1.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
63Samoa1.8%2024East Asia & Pacific
64Azerbaijan2.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
65Georgia2.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
66Cameroon2.2%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
67Mali2.2%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
68Mauritius2.3%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
69Kiribati2.5%2024East Asia & Pacific
70Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2.6%2024East Asia & Pacific
71Paraguay2.6%2024Latin America & Caribbean
72Tajikistan2.6%2024Europe & Central Asia
73Turkmenistan2.6%2024Europe & Central Asia
74Tuvalu2.6%2024East Asia & Pacific
75Zimbabwe2.6%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
76Kyrgyz Republic2.7%2024Europe & Central Asia
77Eswatini2.7%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
78Burundi2.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
79Japan2.8%2024East Asia & Pacific
80Benin2.9%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
81Togo3%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
82Burkina Faso3.1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
83Cabo Verde3.1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
84Uzbekistan3.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
85Romania3.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
86Tonga3.4%2024East Asia & Pacific
87Korea, Rep.3.5%2024East Asia & Pacific
88Rwanda3.6%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
89Syrian Arab Republic3.6%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
90Mauritania3.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
91Namibia3.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
92Ecuador4.1%2024Latin America & Caribbean
93Uganda4.1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
94South Africa4.1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
95Iran, Islamic Rep.4.2%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
96Argentina4.3%2024Latin America & Caribbean
97Bulgaria4.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
98Thailand4.4%2024East Asia & Pacific
99Venezuela, RB4.4%2024Latin America & Caribbean
100St. Lucia4.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
101Poland4.5%2024Europe & Central Asia
102Botswana4.6%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
103Uruguay4.7%2024Latin America & Caribbean
104Sudan4.8%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
105St. Vincent and the Grenadines4.8%2024Latin America & Caribbean
106West Bank and Gaza5%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
107Russian Federation5.3%2024Europe & Central Asia
108Peru5.4%2024Latin America & Caribbean
109Colombia5.8%2024Latin America & Caribbean
110Slovak Republic5.9%2024Europe & Central Asia
111Congo, Rep.6.1%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
112Lithuania6.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
113Moldova6.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
114Grenada6.3%2024Latin America & Caribbean
115Chad6.3%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
116Dominican Republic6.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
117Guyana6.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
118Puerto Rico (US)6.9%2024Latin America & Caribbean
119Bhutan7%2024South Asia
120Hungary7.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
121Trinidad and Tobago7.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
122South Sudan7.7%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
123Chile7.8%2024Latin America & Caribbean
124Turkiye8.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
125Suriname8.2%2024Latin America & Caribbean
126North Macedonia8.3%2024Europe & Central Asia
127Gambia, The8.6%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
128Marshall Islands8.8%2024East Asia & Pacific
129Cote d'Ivoire9%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
130Armenia9.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
131Finland9.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
132Czechia9.5%2024Europe & Central Asia
133Kazakhstan10.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
134Seychelles10.2%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
135Greenland10.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
136Panama10.6%2024Latin America & Caribbean
137Serbia10.6%2024Europe & Central Asia
138Malaysia10.7%2024East Asia & Pacific
139French Polynesia10.7%2024East Asia & Pacific
140Djibouti10.8%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
141Portugal10.8%2024Europe & Central Asia
142Italy11%2024Europe & Central Asia
143Belarus11.6%2024Europe & Central Asia
144Latvia11.8%2024Europe & Central Asia
145Costa Rica12.2%2024Latin America & Caribbean
146Libya12.2%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
147Barbados12.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
148Dominica12.7%2024Latin America & Caribbean
149Equatorial Guinea13.2%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
150Ukraine13.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
151Croatia13.6%2024Europe & Central Asia
152France13.8%2024Europe & Central Asia
153Denmark14.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
154Greece14.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
155Maldives14.2%2024South Asia
156Montenegro14.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
157Faroe Islands14.6%2024Europe & Central Asia
158Cyprus14.9%2024Europe & Central Asia
159Estonia14.9%2024Europe & Central Asia
160Slovenia14.9%2024Europe & Central Asia
161United States15.2%2024North America
162Netherlands16.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
163Belize16.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
164Bahamas, The16.8%2024Latin America & Caribbean
165St. Kitts and Nevis17%2024Latin America & Caribbean
166United Kingdom17.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
167San Marino17.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
168Gabon17.7%2024Sub-Saharan Africa
169Norway18.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
170Spain18.5%2024Europe & Central Asia
171Germany19.8%2024Europe & Central Asia
172Belgium20%2024Europe & Central Asia
173Naoero21.3%2024East Asia & Pacific
174Sweden21.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
175Canada22.2%2024North America
176Israel22.3%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
177Ireland23.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
178Lebanon24.5%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
179Iceland25.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
180Austria25.5%2024Europe & Central Asia
181Brunei Darussalam25.9%2024East Asia & Pacific
182New Caledonia26.2%2024East Asia & Pacific
183New Zealand28.2%2024East Asia & Pacific
184Gibraltar28.7%2024Europe & Central Asia
185Palau29.5%2024East Asia & Pacific
186Australia30.4%2024East Asia & Pacific
187Switzerland31.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
188Bermuda31.2%2024North America
189Antigua and Barbuda32.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
190Malta37%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
191Saudi Arabia40.3%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
192Hong Kong SAR, China41.3%2024East Asia & Pacific
193Cayman Islands42.9%2024Latin America & Caribbean
194Curacao43.1%2024Latin America & Caribbean
195Oman43.2%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
196Jordan45.7%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
197Singapore48.7%2024East Asia & Pacific
198Northern Mariana Islands49.7%2024East Asia & Pacific
199Guam50.2%2024East Asia & Pacific
200American Samoa50.6%2024East Asia & Pacific
201Channel Islands50.9%2024Europe & Central Asia
202Luxembourg51.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
203Isle of Man51.9%2024Europe & Central Asia
204Bahrain52.3%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
205Andorra59.1%2024Europe & Central Asia
206Macao SAR, China59.3%2024East Asia & Pacific
207Turks and Caicos Islands61.1%2024Latin America & Caribbean
208British Virgin Islands62.1%2024Latin America & Caribbean
209Virgin Islands (U.S.)66.9%2024Latin America & Caribbean
210Kuwait67.3%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
211Aruba68%2024Latin America & Caribbean
212Liechtenstein69.4%2024Europe & Central Asia
213Sint Maarten (Dutch part)69.5%2024Latin America & Caribbean
214Monaco70.2%2024Europe & Central Asia
215United Arab Emirates74%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
216Qatar76.7%2024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

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