International migrant stock in Euro area
International migrants made up 15.8% of the population of the euro area in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024
15.8%
Change from 2020
+1.8percentage points
World, 2024
3.7%
International migrant stock in Euro area over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.8% | 3.7% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | 2.9% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | 2.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 14.0% in 2020, a change of +1.8 percentage points.
- Since 1990, when it was 6.7%, the figure has changed by +9.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 3.7%.