International migrant stock in European Union
International migrants made up 14.1% of the population of the European Union in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
14.1%
Change from 2020
+1.9percentage points
World, 2024
3.7%
International migrant stock in European Union over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.1% | 3.7% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 8.8% | 2.9% |
| 2000 | 7.5% | 2.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 12.2% in 2020, a change of +1.9 percentage points.
- Since 1990, when it was 5.9%, the figure has changed by +8.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 3.7%.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Net migration
-317,019 people
2025 · World Bank
Immigration
5,684,984ip (Source flag ip) immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
3,166,449ep (Source flag ep) emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,177,232 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
672,350 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.6ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat