List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population

These are lists of countries by foreign-born population (immigrants) and lists of countries by number of native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).

According to the United Nations, in 2024 the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, France and the United Kingdom had the largest numbers of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest. In terms of percentage of population, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait had the highest shares, while Cuba, Madagascar and China had the lowest.

According to estimates from the same UN 2015 report, in 2013 India and Mexico had the highest numbers of native-born persons living in a foreign country, while Tokelau and San Marino had the lowest.

Illegal immigration can be underreported.