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International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990 covers 220 countries on 3 measures. Vatican City is highest, at 100.0000; South Korea is lowest, at 0.0420. The middle country reads 4.7320.

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International Migrants as a Share of Population · Data for 1990

HighestVatican City

100.0000

LowestSouth Korea

0.0420

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 220 countries · select a heading to sort

International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe100.0000100.00000100.0000I
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean85.032687.4973682.5087B R
AndorraANDSouthern Europe73.941572.1145775.5770C
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia68.606363.2614971.0942C
MonacoMCOWestern Europe67.063068.5210865.4617B
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia62.685855.7896067.9816C
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia61.356259.9717962.6059B
MacauMACEastern Asia58.397560.0993356.5903C R
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean51.165351.0646651.2547B R
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean50.797651.3380150.2205B
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe50.451351.5436849.2791B
GuamGUMMicronesia50.324746.9091053.3221B
QatarQATWestern Asia48.959647.5398149.6033C
American SamoaASMPolynesia45.632545.1330646.0939B
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean43.309443.7634442.9016B R
Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe43.092744.1540441.9572B
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia42.148331.2871951.4348C R
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia39.896339.8542339.9373B R
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe37.754034.1544241.3755B
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean35.828335.7558835.9033C R
IsraelISRWestern Asia35.698737.7506833.6259B R
BahrainBHRWestern Asia34.377025.4351640.4831C
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe32.018431.4668532.5451B
JordanJORWestern Asia31.241227.2207834.9929C R
AnguillaAIACaribbean30.598931.0018930.1896B R

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Vatican City100.0000
  2. Sint Maarten85.0326
  3. Andorra73.9415
  4. United Arab Emirates68.6063
  5. Monaco67.0630

Lowest

  1. South Korea0.0420
  2. China0.0449
  3. Indonesia0.0502
  4. Vietnam0.1352
  5. North Korea0.1615

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.7320. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women who are international migrants (% of women)

    HighestVatican City100.00000

    LowestChina0.03741

    Middle country: 4.64825

  • Men who are international migrants (% of men)

    HighestVatican City100.0000

    LowestSouth Korea0.0447

    Middle country: 5.0590

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 220 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1990). International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/international-migrants-share/1990

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06Questions

International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest migrants as a share of population in International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990?

Vatican City, at 100.0000, of the 220 countries in the file.

What year does International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990 cover?

220.

Where can I download International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is International Migrants as a Share of Population, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is International Migrants as a Share of Population, 2024.

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