International migrant stock in Russia

International migrants made up 5.3% of the population of Russia in 2024.

Measure: International migrants as a share of the population Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Russia, 2024 5.3% % of population
Change from 2020 +0.3percentage points 2020: 5.0%
World, 2024 3.7% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 5.3% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 110th of 216 See the full ranking

International migrant stock in Russia 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.

International migrants as a share of the population (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period RussiaWorld
2024 5.3% 3.7%
2020 5.0% 3.5%
2015 6.3% 3.3%
2010 7.8% 3.2%
2005 8.1% 2.9%
2000 8.1% 2.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 5.0% in 2020, a change of +0.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1990, when it was 7.7%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 216 countries with data for 2024, Russia has the 110th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 3.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, International Migrant Stock
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Russia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, International Migrant Stock