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International Migrants, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

International Migrants, 2005 covers 220 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 39,545,828; Tuvalu is lowest, at 209. The middle country reads 141,923. Against 2000, 217 values changed (147 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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International Migrants · Data for 2005

HighestUnited States

39,545,828

LowestTuvalu

209

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United StatesUSANorthern America39,545,82849.9622B
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,667,58850.2331B R
GermanyDEUWestern Europe11,210,59051.5000B R
FranceFRAWestern Europe6,839,87751.0506B R
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia6,605,11430.5547C R
CanadaCANNorthern America6,086,97652.0613B
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5,989,99252.4208B R
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,954,99949.5034C R
UkraineUKREastern Europe5,050,30257.0707B
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,880,92150.4169B R
SpainESPSouthern Europe4,372,44947.7503B R
ItalyITASouthern Europe3,285,90353.1669B R
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3,218,73027.2694C
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3,174,55846.1234B R
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,721,23556.4491B R
IranIRNSouthern Asia2,552,20645.0775C R
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa2,308,06840.3914B R
JordanJORWestern Asia2,229,36845.1924C R
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia2,174,30845.4788B R
JapanJPNEastern Asia1,976,52853.2672C
IsraelISRWestern Asia1,881,01754.0354B R
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1,845,63756.3735B R
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1,740,31248.2510B R
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,735,63251.2929B R
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,705,84545.8369C R

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States39,545,828
  2. Russia11,667,588
  3. Germany11,210,590
  4. France6,839,877
  5. Saudi Arabia6,605,114

Lowest

  1. Tuvalu209
  2. Niue522
  3. Vatican City659
  4. Montserrat1,244
  5. Nauru2,253

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 141,923. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women among these migrants (%)

    HighestTaiwan69.8312

    LowestBhutan18.7120

    Middle country: 49.4766

032000 → 2005

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 217values changed, of 220 in both
  • 147 · 70rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Pakistan4,181,912 → 3,174,558−1,007,354
  • Ukraine5,527,087 → 5,050,302−476,785
  • India6,391,543 → 5,954,999−436,544
  • Serbia1,419,951 → 1,078,633−341,318
  • Guinea560,075 → 233,419−326,656

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 2005.

  • 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.

05The 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 (2005). International Migrants, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/international-migrants/2005

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07Questions

International Migrants, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest international migrants in International Migrants, 2005?

United States, at 39,545,828, of the 220 countries in the file.

What year does International Migrants, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does International Migrants, 2005 cover?

220.

Where can I download International Migrants, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

No. The newest held here is International Migrants, 2024.

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