List of countries by immigrant population


thumb|right|500px|Map of the world with countries coloured according to their immigrant population as a percentage of total population:

This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on the United Nations report "World Population Policies 2005". [ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=YgSsp6S1qnkC&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=kXSuhAamCt&sig=nf3BbgP2FUT4tFxHgFC1ZrZO_8A&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPP1,M1 "World Population Policies 2005"] , United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ISBN 9789211514209.] [ [http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006Migration_Chart/2006IttMig_chart.htm "International Migration 2006"] , United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication, No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.] The total immigrant population was estimated to be 186,579,300. UN member and observer states are ranked.


"To view the immigrant percentage for countries that have more than one million immigrants:
# Press the sorting button twice in column "Immigrants as percentage of national population".
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flag|Western Sahara did not supply data. (Western Sahara is under military occupation by Morocco. Immigration to the Moroccan-administered region is primarily Moroccan settlers. The area administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is sparsely populated.)

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