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SOURCE
United Nations Population Division, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2008 Revision.
DEFINITION
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."
Immigration Statistics > International migrant stock, total (1985) by country
Showing values for 1985.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
19,491,741
1985
American Immigration
# 2
India :
8,131,017
1985
Indian Immigration
# 3
Pakistan :
6,288,210
1985
Pakistani Immigration
# 4
France :
5,952,820
1985
French Immigration
# 5
Canada :
3,900,558
1985
Canadian Immigration
# 6
United Kingdom :
3,535,927
1985
British Immigration
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
3,401,020
1985
Saudi Immigration
# 8
Australia :
3,143,480
1985
Australian Immigration
# 9
South Africa :
1,808,198
1985
South African Immigration
# 10
Argentina :
1,780,443
1985
Argentine Immigration
# 11
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,661,995
1985
Ivoirian Immigration
# 12
Israel :
1,522,681
1985
Israeli Immigration
# 13
Sudan :
1,407,776
1985
Sudanese Immigration
# 14
Poland :
1,319,912
1985
Polish Immigration
# 15
Italy :
1,252,814
1985
Italian Immigration
# 16
Kuwait :
1,240,806
1985
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 17
Switzerland :
1,203,202
1985
Swiss Immigration
# 18
Venezuela :
1,032,566
1985
Venezuelan Immigration
# 19
United Arab Emirates :
1,007,837
1985
Emirati Immigration
# 20
Brazil :
944,562
1985
Brazilian Immigration
# 21
Jordan :
942,798
1985
Jordanian Immigration
# 22
Turkey :
933,014
1985
Turkish Immigration
# 23
Malaysia :
908,395
1985
Malaysian Immigration
# 24
Belgium :
871,821
1985
Belgian Immigration
# 25
Japan :
850,775
1985
Japanese Immigration
# 26
Bangladesh :
842,155
1985
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 27
Somalia :
774,569
1985
Somali Immigration
# 28
Netherlands :
761,421
1985
Dutch Immigration
# 29
Austria :
728,326
1985
Austrian Immigration
# 30
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
725,303
1985
Congolese Immigration
# 31
Spain :
716,881
1985
Spanish Immigration
# 32
Sweden :
654,158
1985
Swedish Immigration
# 33
Uganda :
633,291
1985
Ugandan Immigration
# 34
Syria :
627,729
1985
Syrian Immigration
# 35
Singapore :
619,330
1985
Singapore Immigration
# 36
Indonesia :
593,098
1985
Indonesian Immigration
# 37
Ethiopia :
583,658
1985
Ethiopian Immigration
# 38
Tanzania :
547,608
1985
Tanzanian Immigration
# 39
Zimbabwe :
513,780
1985
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 40
Sri Lanka :
494,578
1985
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 41
Ghana :
494,449
1985
Ghanaian Immigration
# 42
New Zealand :
480,043
1985
New Zealand Immigration
# 43
Mexico :
479,104
1985
Mexican Immigration
# 44
Libya :
413,947
1985
Libyan Immigration
# 45
Thailand :
406,658
1985
Thai Immigration
# 46
Nigeria :
347,909
1985
Nigerian Immigration
# 47
Lebanon :
347,773
1985
Lebanese Immigration
# 48
Portugal :
346,232
1985
Portuguese Immigration
# 49
Burundi :
343,406
1985
Burundian Immigration
# 50
Hungary :
339,023
1985
Hungarian Immigration
# 51
China :
323,937
1985
Chinese Immigration
# 52
Nepal :
313,922
1985
Nepalese Immigration
# 53
Greece :
309,261
1985
Greek Immigration
# 54
Puerto Rico :
295,869
1985
Puerto Rican Immigration
# 55
Algeria :
288,665
1985
Algerian Immigration
# 56
Malawi :
284,782
1985
Malawian Immigration
# 57
Oman :
282,251
1985
Omani Immigration
# 58
Qatar :
281,907
1985
Qatari Immigration
# 59
Zambia :
281,906
1985
Zambian Immigration
# 60
Burkina Faso :
273,256
1985
Burkinabe Immigration
# 61
Dominican Republic :
263,445
1985
Dominican Immigration
# 62
Cameroon :
247,661
1985
Cameroonian Immigration
# 63
Ireland :
225,285
1985
Irish Immigration
# 64
Denmark :
195,793
1985
Danish Immigration
# 65
Paraguay :
174,301
1985
Paraguayan Immigration
# 66
Senegal :
170,026
1985
Senegalese Immigration
# 67
Romania :
169,530
1985
Romanian Immigration
# 68
Mali :
160,019
1985
Malian Immigration
# 69
Togo :
156,202
1985
Togolese Immigration
# 70
Kenya :
151,664
1985
Kenyan Immigration
# 71
Norway :
147,660
1985
Norwegian Immigration
# 72
Philippines :
145,508
1985
Philippine Immigration
# 73
Bahrain :
137,052
1985
Bahraini Immigration
# 74
Burma :
133,053
1985
Burmese Immigration
# 75
Costa Rica :
116,745
1985
Costa Rican Immigration
# 76
Niger :
116,455
1985
Nigerien Immigration
# 77
Iraq :
111,660
1985
Iraqi Immigration
# 78
Gabon :
110,027
1985
Gabonese Immigration
# 79
Angola :
108,854
1985
Angolan Immigration
# 80
Uruguay :
103,762
1985
Uruguayan Immigration
# 81
Congo, Republic of the :
99,356
1985
Congolese Immigration
# 82
Luxembourg :
98,186
1985
Luxembourg Immigration
# 83
Colombia :
97,331
1985
Colombian Immigration
# 84
Gambia, The :
94,358
1985
Gambian Immigration
# 85
Sierra Leone :
92,441
1985
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 86
Chile :
90,096
1985
Chilean Immigration
# 87
Namibia :
88,539
1985
Namibian Immigration
# 88
Liberia :
82,969
1985
Liberian Immigration
# 89
Honduras :
82,874
1985
Honduran Immigration
# 90
Guatemala :
81,584
1985
Guatemalan Immigration
# 91
Rwanda :
81,111
1985
Rwandan Immigration
# 92
Ecuador :
77,169
1985
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 93
Chad :
70,716
1985
Chadian Immigration
# 94
Benin :
67,713
1985
Beninese Immigration
# 95
Djibouti :
67,188
1985
Djiboutian Immigration
# 96
Albania :
62,793
1985
Albanian Immigration
# 97
Peru :
61,845
1985
Peruvian Immigration
# 98
Brunei :
61,374
1985
Bruneian Immigration
# 99
Mozambique :
60,894
1985
Mozambican Immigration
# 100
Morocco :
59,972
1985
Moroccan Immigration
# 101
Guam :
59,836
1985
Guamanian Immigration
# 102
Bolivia :
59,033
1985
Bolivian Immigration
# 103
Central African Republic :
58,919
1985
Central African Immigration
# 104
Afghanistan :
56,118
1985
Afghan Immigration
# 105
Trinidad and Tobago :
55,736
1985
Tobagonian Immigration
# 106
Panama :
54,321
1985
Panamanian Immigration
# 107
Virgin Islands :
50,029
1985
Virgin Islander Immigration
# 108
Finland :
48,822
1985
Finnish Immigration
# 109
Madagascar :
48,490
1985
Malagasy Immigration
# 110
Cuba :
48,120
1985
Cuban Immigration
# 111
Mauritania :
43,599
1985
Mauritanian Immigration
# 112
Nicaragua :
42,205
1985
Nicaraguan Immigration
# 113
Cyprus :
41,262
1985
Cypriot Immigration
# 114
Swaziland :
40,960
1985
Swazi Immigration
# 115
Papua New Guinea :
40,373
1985
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 116
Tunisia :
38,029
1985
Tunisian Immigration
# 117
New Caledonia :
34,648
1985
New Caledonian Immigration
# 118
Man, Isle of :
32,262
1985
Manx Immigration
# 119
Guinea :
30,755
1985
Guinean Immigration
# 120
El Salvador :
28,258
1985
Salvadoran Immigration
# 121
Vietnam :
28,153
1985
Vietnamese Immigration
# 122
Netherlands Antilles :
27,718
1985
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 123
Belize :
25,673
1985
Belizean Immigration
# 124
Bahamas, The :
25,429
1985
Bahamian Immigration
# 125
French Polynesia :
23,734
1985
French Polynesian Immigration
# 126
Laos :
22,901
1985
Lao Immigration
# 127
Jamaica :
21,916
1985
Jamaican Immigration
# 128
Bulgaria :
21,846
1985
Bulgarian Immigration
# 129
Bhutan :
20,490
1985
Bhutanese Immigration
# 130
Botswana :
20,034
1985
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 131
Barbados :
19,985
1985
Barbadian Immigration
# 132
Monaco :
18,719
1985
Monegasque Immigration
# 133
Lesotho :
17,528
1985
Basotho Immigration
# 134
American Samoa :
17,073
1985
American Samoan Immigration
# 135
Haiti :
16,403
1985
Haitian Immigration
# 136
Northern Mariana Islands :
15,870
1985
NA Immigration
# 137
Bermuda :
14,917
1985
Bermudian Immigration
# 138
Suriname :
14,598
1985
Surinamese Immigration
# 139
Comoros :
14,364
1985
Comoran Immigration
# 140
Fiji :
13,103
1985
Fijian Immigration
# 141
Cambodia :
12,647
1985
Cambodian Immigration
# 142
Guinea-Bissau :
12,614
1985
Guinean Immigration
# 143
Eritrea :
11,040
1985
Eritrean Immigration
# 144
Antigua and Barbuda :
10,474
1985
Barbudan Immigration
# 145
Liechtenstein :
9,888
1985
Liechtenstein Immigration
# 146
Aruba :
9,860
1985
Aruban Immigration
# 147
Gibraltar :
9,404
1985
Gibraltar Immigration
# 148
Greenland :
9,277
1985
Greenlandic Immigration
# 149
Mayotte :
9,242
1985
Mahoran Immigration
# 150
Mauritius :
9,198
1985
Mauritian Immigration
# 151
Cayman Islands :
8,583
1985
Caymanian Immigration
# 152
San Marino :
8,530
1985
Sammarinese Immigration
# 153
Cape Verde :
8,495
1985
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 154
East Timor :
8,307
1985
Timorese Immigration
# 155
Iceland :
7,098
1985
Icelandic Immigration
# 156
São Tomé and Príncipe :
6,252
1985
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 157
Mongolia :
6,078
1985
Mongolian Immigration
# 158
Guyana :
5,105
1985
Guyanese Immigration
# 159
Malta :
4,919
1985
Maltese Immigration
# 160
Saint Lucia :
4,343
1985
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 161
Solomon Islands :
4,270
1985
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 162
Equatorial Guinea :
3,795
1985
Equatorial Guinean Immigration
# 163
Seychelles :
3,438
1985
Seychellois Immigration
# 164
Tonga :
3,386
1985
Tongan Immigration
# 165
Grenada :
3,123
1985
Grenadian Immigration
# 166
Faroe Islands :
3,029
1985
Faroese Immigration
# 167
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,920
1985
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 168
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,908
1985
Nevisian Immigration
# 169
Vanuatu :
2,752
1985
- Immigration
# 170
Turks and Caicos Islands :
2,506
1985
Turks and Caicos Islands Immigration
# 171
Samoa :
2,422
1985
Samoan Immigration
# 172
Maldives :
2,422
1985
Maldivian Immigration
# 173
Dominica :
2,072
1985
Dominican Immigration
# 174
Kiribati :
2,055
1985
- Immigration
# 175
Marshall Islands :
1,399
1985
Marshallese Immigration
# 176
Palau :
1,310
1985
Palauan Immigration
# 177
Tuvalu :
331
1985
Tuvaluan Immigration
Weighted average:
547,952.2
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
17,594,239
DEFINITION: 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."
SOURCE: United Nations Population Division, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2008 Revision.
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