THE TOP 15 MIGRANT-RECEIVING COUNTRIES - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The main countries receiving migrants are the United States, Russia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, India, Ukraine, Pakistan and China.

The country that receives the most immigrants continues to be the United States, with 46.6 million immigrants. But there are countries that have more immigrants than native-born citizens.

Such is the case of the United Arab Emirates, given that 88.4% of its population is immigrant. Qatar follows with 75.5% of immigrants. And Kuwait has 73.64% foreign population.

The causes can be diverse. During World War II countries such as the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico were the great recipients of exiles. Europeans escaped the war by taking refuge in these countries.

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1- United States of America

It is the country where the most immigrants live: 46.6 million people are foreigners. This number is equivalent to 14.3% of the total population of the country.

2- Russia

It has more than 13 million immigrants, who represent 7.7% of its total population.

Russia also ranks as the third country from which the most people have emigrated: it has 10.6 million emigrants. It is only surpassed by India and Mexico.

3- Germany

Germany was one of the countries with the most emigrants during the two World Wars.

At present it went from being a sending country to being a receiving country. It currently has 9.9 million immigrants, who represent 11.9% of the stable population.

4- Saudi Arabia

It has 9.4 million immigrants. This represents 31.4% of its population. Many of those immigrants are temporary workers.

5- United Arab Emirates

It is the country with the highest number of immigrants in percentage terms: 88.4% of its population is foreign.

As with Saudi Arabia, most oil, construction, or housework workers are temporary. Immigrants number 7.8 million people.

6- United Kingdom

It received 7.8 million immigrants, representing 12.4% of the total population.

7- France

It has 7.35 million immigrants. Much of them are originally from North Africa. They represent 11.6% of the population.

8- Canada

It has 7.3 million immigrants. They represent 20.7% of the total population.

9- Australia

It received 6.5 million immigrants, representing 27.7% of the total population.

10- Spain

Registers 6.48 million immigrants. They are equivalent to 13.8% of the population.

11- Italy

Its immigrants are 9.4% of the total population. Italy has 5.7 million registered immigrants.

12- India

It received 5.3 million immigrants, which are 0.4 of the total population.

The case of India is curious, because it is the country from which most people emigrate. This number rises to 15.6 million emigrants.

13- Ukraine

11.4% of the total population are immigrants. Their number amounts to 5.15 million people

14- Pakistan

It has 4.08 million immigrants and they represent 2.2% of the population.

15- China (includes Hong Kong and Macao)

With 3.98 million immigrants, they represent 0.3% of the total population. Most are based in Hong Kong.

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