International migrant stock in World
International migrants made up 3.7% of the population of the world in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
3.7%
Change from 2020
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2024
14.1%
International migrant stock in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7% | 14.1% |
| 2020 | 3.5% | 12.2% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | 9.9% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | 8.8% |
| 2000 | 2.8% | 7.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 3.5% in 2020, a change of +0.2 percentage points.
- Since 1990, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 14.1%.