The most popular countries for immigration in 2022

281 million people, or 3.5% of the world’s population are recognized as immigrants in 2020. The UN considers immigrants those who have changed their country of residence and stay there for one year or longer - employees of international companies, students, people who have moved for family reasons, investors.

Our World in Data map shows how immigration processes have changed over the past 30 years: which countries foreigners have become more likely to choose for life, and in which immigration has decreased.