How to move to the 50 countries people actually move to

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All 50 destination countries

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Argentina

South America · roughly 4–5% of residents foreign-born

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Australia

Oceania · roughly 30% of residents foreign-born

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Austria

Central Europe · around 20% of residents foreign-born

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Belgium

Western Europe · roughly 18% of residents foreign-born

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Brazil

South America · under 1% of residents foreign-born

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Canada

North America · about 23% of residents foreign-born

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Chile

South America · around 8% of residents foreign-born

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Colombia

South America · under 3% of residents, mostly Venezuelan foreign-born

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Costa Rica

Central America · about 10% of residents foreign-born

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Cyprus

Southern Europe · roughly a fifth of residents foreign-born

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Czechia

Central Europe · around 10% of residents foreign-born

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Denmark

Northern Europe · around 14% of residents foreign-born

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Estonia

Northern Europe · roughly 15% of residents foreign-born

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Finland

Northern Europe · around 10% of residents foreign-born

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France

Western Europe · roughly 10-11% of residents foreign-born

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Germany

Western Europe · roughly 20% of residents foreign-born

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Greece

Southern Europe · about 13% of residents foreign-born

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Hungary

Central Europe · around 6% of residents foreign-born

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India

South Asia · well under 1% of residents foreign-born

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Indonesia

Southeast Asia · well under 1% of residents foreign-born

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Ireland

Western Europe · roughly 20% of residents foreign-born

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Italy

Southern Europe · about 9% of residents foreign-born

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Japan

East Asia · around 3% of residents foreign-born

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Malaysia

Southeast Asia · roughly 10% of residents foreign-born

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Malta

Southern Europe · roughly a quarter of residents foreign-born

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Mexico

North America · about 1% of residents, but the largest US expatriate population in the world foreign-born

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Morocco

North Africa · under 1% of residents foreign-born

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Netherlands

Western Europe · roughly 15% of residents born abroad foreign-born

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New Zealand

Oceania · roughly 28% of residents foreign-born

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Norway

Northern Europe · around 16% of residents foreign-born

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Panama

Central America · about 7% of residents foreign-born

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Philippines

Southeast Asia · roughly 0.2% of residents foreign-born

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Poland

Central Europe · roughly 5% of residents, and rising quickly foreign-born

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Portugal

Western Europe · about 15% of residents foreign-born

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Qatar

Middle East · roughly 85–90% of residents foreign-born

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Saudi Arabia

Middle East · roughly 40% of residents foreign-born

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Singapore

Southeast Asia · roughly 40% of the resident and non-resident population combined foreign-born

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South Africa

Southern Africa · roughly 4–5% of residents foreign-born

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South Korea

East Asia · around 4-5% of residents foreign-born

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Spain

Western Europe · about 18% of residents foreign-born

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Sweden

Northern Europe · roughly 20% of residents foreign-born

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Switzerland

Western Europe · roughly a quarter of residents foreign-born

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Taiwan

East Asia · roughly 3% of residents, most on fixed-term work permits foreign-born

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Thailand

Southeast Asia · roughly 2% of residents foreign-born

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Turkey

Western Asia and Southeast Europe · roughly 5% of residents foreign-born

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United Arab Emirates

Middle East · roughly 88% of residents foreign-born

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United Kingdom

Western Europe · roughly 16% of residents foreign-born

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United States

North America · roughly 14–15% of residents foreign-born

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Uruguay

South America · roughly 3% of residents foreign-born

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Vietnam