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Countries by Net Migration

Name the countries that have gained or lost the most residents due to immigration and emigration.
Net migration = immigration minus emigration
Includes all foreign-born residents as of 2024
Color-coded by continent
Source: Our World in Data
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Where people moved to...
+49.2 m
United States
+13.5 m
Saudi Arabia
+12.5 m
Germany
+7.99 m
United Arab Emirates
+7.68 m
Australia
+7.46 m
Canada
+7.25 m
Spain
+7.04 m
United Kingdom
+6.64 m
France
+4.62 m
Jordan
+3.95 m
Turkey
+3.61 m
Italy
Where people left...
-13.7 m
India
-10.0 m
China
-9.87 m
Mexico
-8.03 m
Syria
-7.43 m
Afghanistan
-7.07 m
Venezuela
-6.90 m
Philippines
-5.80 m
Bangladesh
-4.71 m
Ukraine
-4.24 m
Myanmar
-3.93 m
Romania
-3.68 m
Egypt
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47 Comments
Jerry928
+16
Level 76
Aug 19, 2015
Fascinating!
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Sep 28, 2015
Can't believe I missed Mexico... only one I missed.
fuanacdc
+22
Level 89
Sep 28, 2015
For a second I thought the destinations matched up with the sources and I was trying to figure out why 1,200,000 Mexicans moved to the UK...
CiaraStuart
+13
Level 17
Jul 22, 2017
Would be nice to have some more Mexicans here....
Parinter
+1
Level 43
Jul 25, 2016
100% ! nice quizz !
ChocolateMoose
+7
Level 28
Sep 23, 2016
I bet most of the Mexican immigrants are illegal immigrants and most of the Syrian immigrants are refugees.
wiifly
+33
Level 65
Nov 26, 2020
Not all immigrants from Mexico are illegal, yes there are many who flee to America without actually waiting for asylum and stuff, but you underestimate how many are actually coming in legally. For instance, my aunt was being naturalized as an American citizen, more than half the people in that auditorium (other than the family of the immigrants) stood up when Mexico was called. that was only one group (of like 3000 people), but multiple happen in a day.
EnlightWolif
+3
Level 51
Apr 16, 2024
As someone from Colombia, I þink many of the illegal and legal migrants come from ðe rest of ðe Americas. Just lump in Venezuelan, Central American, Cuban and ðe rest of South America and you'll probably find many illegal migrants.

Also, many "illegal" migrants may just be people whose visa expired while ðey were in the states

jkabq
+4
Level 67
Apr 16, 2024
that would still be illegal.
TomatosRaafatos
+3
Level 76
Feb 13, 2026
Side note: those special characters for the two different "th" sounds are dope.
ctleng76
+2
Level 65
Apr 19, 2024
@wiifly He said "most" not "all".
alieninvasion109
+1
Level 24
Jan 13, 2017
Really? Wow!
Antofagasta
+1
Level 70
Jan 13, 2017
Almost got them all. Didn't expect the Philippines.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 79
Jan 13, 2017
That was the first one I guessed. The Filipino Diaspora is huge.
anonymousrbarm
+2
Level 28
Jan 13, 2017
Incredibly interesting
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 78
Oct 16, 2021
I unexpectedly beat this on my first try.
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Apr 16, 2024
How do you beat a quiz?
milancampion
+8
Level 74
Feb 27, 2024
Funny how so many people in the UK moan about migration and yet the UK's net immigration is considerably less than it's other European counterparts
Kingstonr13
+2
Level 46
Apr 18, 2024
Could be wrong but I think the UK has quite a high emigration rate, so while the net figure is low there is quite a substantial shift in demography which might give the impression of greater change.
lemanjb
+7
Level 68
Apr 10, 2025
You are indeed wrong- the UK has seen a huge surge of 'expats' returning (mostly from Spain, Portugal, Italy, France) since 2016, while immigration to the UK has largely shifted from EU to Commonwealth.

A lot of folks assume that because London is very diverse ('only' 60% 'White British/Irish' in census data), the rest of the UK is similarly so. In truth, even towns like Rochdale are overwhelmingly full of English people- but by and large we are too lazy, old, or sick to work in customer-facing work like supermarkets, taxis, and so on.

In short, the UK's public-facing jobs are increasingly staffed by hard-working migrants from across the world, while Brits are either sitting at home claiming benefits or trapped in offices all day.

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 1, 2026
The comment is now outdated as the UK has received a massive wave of recent non-EU immigration that dwarfs most other countries (on a per-capita basis).
yaboimilos
+11
Level 60
Feb 28, 2024
For how much everyone complains about the USA a lot of people sure move here
tbolt
+12
Level 79
Feb 28, 2024
The illegal immigrants are treated better then legal citizens by the biden government.
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 93
Feb 13, 2026
Citation needed
TheExtraMenu
+4
Level 66
Feb 28, 2024
Very surprised to see Zimbabwe up there, given as it has a population less than 20 million and isn’t currently in a conflict unlike many of these other states.
tooch21
+5
Level 55
Apr 16, 2024
If you know the recent history of Zimbabwe you'll know it's not a surprise at all. Being under a dictatorship for so long and astronomical inflation along with widespread corruption, it's surprising more people haven't fled.
christian28932
+4
Level 63
Apr 16, 2024
its so over
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
Feb 13, 2026
What is?
PetJunk001
+1
Level 58
Apr 16, 2024
Venezuela I missed but I kid you not the last 2 seconds I typed Zambia and then Zimbabwe but I misspelled Zimbabwe...that was annoying.
deebte
+2
Level 64
Apr 16, 2024
got the last two at the very last second
BBryant
+1
Level 72
Apr 17, 2024
confused by this source considering the 750,000 net migration rate in the uk in 2022 alone, and in at least the hundreds of thousands every year since 1998
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 75
Apr 17, 2025
The source's timespan is 2001-2020 and both of your dates are outside the limits.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 1, 2026
Source now updated for 2024 and the numbers are much different.
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Jan 1, 2026
Does 2024 mean the current immigrants then?
JackintheBox
+8
Level 82
Jan 1, 2026
What's the time range for these figures?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 1, 2026
Includes all foreign-born residents as of 2024
Etanna
+3
Level 73
Jan 1, 2026
In that case it should be noted that EU citizens can live in a different EU country without any visa or other type of registration, so numbers for EU countries may be skewed because of that.
FreeStater
+1
Level 81
Jan 1, 2026
The Arab states and Romania are putting up some very impressive numbers for their size.

Telling how many folks want to leave China.

khalbrucie
+5
Level 89
Jan 2, 2026
10 million is only like 0.7% of China's population, . The standard of living for *most* Chinese people is actually not too bad these days. They just don't have many immigrants there is all
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 76
Jan 2, 2026
Wait... wait... How did Australia manage to bring in more people in 2024 than Canada? Because the immigration to Canada in 2024 was unprecedented. And Canada already had a larger population to begin with.
LichenJan
+2
Level 70
Jan 6, 2026
This quiz is all people living in each country as of 2024 (not just migration in that year), but even taking that into account, in the year ending December 2024, Australia welcomed 593k migrants while Canada welcomed 483k ~ modern Australia is also a country very much built on migration :))

Sources: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/overseas-migration/latest-release and https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/annual-report-parliament-immigration-2025.html

inari28
+1
Level 66
Jan 7, 2026
It's worth stressing that 593,000 is the total number of migrant *arrivals*. If you look at the ABS source you'll see that accounting for emigration away from Australia, the net overseas migration to Australia in the year ending Dec 2024 was 329,000. Just over half of people who emigrate from Australia are temporary visa holders who come here to study, work, etc. for a short period of time before leaving, so there's a fair bit of population turnover in that respect.

Also, net migration has actually been decreasing since it peaked at 555,000 in the year ending Sept 2023. It was stabilising around 300,000 net arrivals in the year ending Jun 2025 (which is the most recent data). From what I can find from Statistics Canada, it's a similar story there as well.

People shouldn't believe everything populist politicians tell them.

JJT12
+1
Level 52
Jan 28, 2026
Environmental storytelling
BigzyBoy
+1
Level 24
Feb 13, 2026
I refuse to believe Somalia is not on this list
NNacho
+1
Level 52
Feb 13, 2026
I'm very surprised Pakistan isn't on the list.
Johanliebert
+1
Level 36
Feb 13, 2026
very nice quiz! this was simply just to educate people on where war-torn children and parents moved as refugees to countries where they could feel safer from war and hunger! great job quizzy!
FunnyPoki
+1
Level 53
Apr 7, 2026
I'm very surprised South Korea isn't on the list.
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