International Migrants as a Share of Population, 2015

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International Migrants as a Share of Population, 2015: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Country	International migrants (% of population)	Women who are international migrants (% of women)	Men who are international migrants (% of men)	Type of data (B, C, R, I)
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	100.0000	100.0000	100.0000	I
QatarQATWestern Asia	86.1028	66.3189	92.6008	C
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	79.0696	72.9902	82.3453	C
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	72.8430	72.9390	72.7349	B R
MonacoMCOWestern Europe	70.6886	71.3851	69.9633	B
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	68.0875	61.2234	72.9073	C
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	63.6337	64.7584	62.4933	B
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	62.0762	60.3711	63.7552	B R
MacauMACEastern Asia	60.4434	61.1888	59.6054	C R
AndorraANDSouthern Europe	58.5585	58.2551	58.8550	C
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	56.6265	55.9010	57.4314	B R
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	56.5807	57.5218	55.5606	B
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	52.6806	39.2785	60.9538	C
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	50.5282	51.3355	49.7068	B
Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe	50.3548	52.0086	48.6640	B
GuamGUMMicronesia	46.1411	45.6577	46.6044	B
JordanJORWestern Asia	45.9623	42.1875	49.4634	C R
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	45.8857	54.4315	38.0785	B
American SamoaASMPolynesia	44.4665	44.2595	44.6687	B
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	44.2090	28.5211	53.5130	C R
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	43.7001	43.2287	44.1690	B
OmanOMNWestern Asia	43.6802	21.2246	55.8916	C
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	42.4921	41.3605	43.6294	C R
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	42.0235	50.8696	33.8970	B
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	38.5685	42.9846	33.3162	B R

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.6644. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Women who are international migrants (% of women)

  HighestVatican City100.0000

  LowestCuba0.0462

  Middle country: 4.3884

• Men who are international migrants (% of men)

  HighestVatican City100.0000

  LowestCuba0.0362

  Middle country: 4.7818

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