Immigration in European Union
The European Union recorded 5,684,984 immigrants in 2024.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ip”.
European Union, 2024
5,684,984ip (Source flag ip)
Change from 2023
−5.4%
Immigration in European Union over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −5.4% from 6,011,360 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 3,187,841 immigrants, the figure has changed by +78.3%.
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Emigration
3,166,449ep (Source flag ep) emigrants
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Acquisitions of citizenship
1,177,232 people
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Net migration
-317,019 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
672,350 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.6ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
International migrant stock
14.1%
2024 · World Bank