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The world's main destinations for people moving abroad, from the Anglophone giants to the quiet places that take in more foreigners than anyone expects. Pick one to see its eight guides.

Country	Region	Population	Foreign-born
🇦🇷 Argentina	South America	about 46 million	roughly 4–5% of residents
🇦🇺 Australia	Oceania	about 27 million	roughly 30% of residents
🇦🇹 Austria	Central Europe	roughly 9.2 million	around 20% of residents
🇧🇪 Belgium	Western Europe	about 11.8 million	roughly 18% of residents
🇧🇷 Brazil	South America	about 213 million	under 1% of residents
🇨🇦 Canada	North America	41.5 million	about 23% of residents
🇨🇱 Chile	South America	roughly 20 million	around 8% of residents
🇨🇴 Colombia	South America	about 52 million	under 3% of residents, mostly Venezuelan
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Central America	5.2 million	about 10% of residents
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Southern Europe	about 1 million	roughly a fifth of residents
🇨🇿 Czechia	Central Europe	roughly 10.9 million	around 10% of residents
🇩🇰 Denmark	Northern Europe	roughly 6 million	around 14% of residents
🇪🇪 Estonia	Northern Europe	about 1.4 million	roughly 15% of residents
🇫🇮 Finland	Northern Europe	roughly 5.6 million	around 10% of residents
🇫🇷 France	Western Europe	about 68 million	roughly 10-11% of residents
🇩🇪 Germany	Western Europe	about 83 million	roughly 20% of residents
🇬🇷 Greece	Southern Europe	10.4 million	about 13% of residents
🇭🇺 Hungary	Central Europe	roughly 9.6 million	around 6% of residents
🇮🇳 India	South Asia	roughly 1.43 billion	well under 1% of residents
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Southeast Asia	around 285 million	well under 1% of residents
🇮🇪 Ireland	Western Europe	about 5.4 million	roughly 20% of residents
🇮🇹 Italy	Southern Europe	58.9 million	about 9% of residents
🇯🇵 Japan	East Asia	roughly 123 million	around 3% of residents
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Southeast Asia	around 34 million	roughly 10% of residents
🇲🇹 Malta	Southern Europe	around 570,000	roughly a quarter of residents
🇲🇽 Mexico	North America	131 million	about 1% of residents, but the largest US expatriate population in the world
🇲🇦 Morocco	North Africa	about 37 million	under 1% of residents
🇳🇱 Netherlands	Western Europe	about 18 million	roughly 15% of residents born abroad
🇳🇿 New Zealand	Oceania	around 5.3 million	roughly 28% of residents
🇳🇴 Norway	Northern Europe	roughly 5.6 million	around 16% of residents
🇵🇦 Panama	Central America	4.5 million	about 7% of residents
🇵🇭 Philippines	Southeast Asia	around 115 million	roughly 0.2% of residents
🇵🇱 Poland	Central Europe	around 37 million	roughly 5% of residents, and rising quickly
🇵🇹 Portugal	Western Europe	10.6 million	about 15% of residents
🇶🇦 Qatar	Middle East	around 3 million	roughly 85–90% of residents
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Middle East	around 35 million	roughly 40% of residents
🇸🇬 Singapore	Southeast Asia	about 6 million	roughly 40% of the resident and non-resident population combined
🇿🇦 South Africa	Southern Africa	roughly 63 million	roughly 4–5% of residents
🇰🇷 South Korea	East Asia	roughly 51.7 million	around 4-5% of residents
🇪🇸 Spain	Western Europe	48.8 million	about 18% of residents
🇸🇪 Sweden	Northern Europe	around 10.6 million	roughly 20% of residents
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Western Europe	about 9 million	roughly a quarter of residents
🇹🇼 Taiwan	East Asia	about 23.4 million	roughly 3% of residents, most on fixed-term work permits
🇹🇭 Thailand	Southeast Asia	about 66 million	roughly 2% of residents
🇹🇷 Turkey	Western Asia and Southeast Europe	around 85 million	roughly 5% of residents
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Middle East	around 11 million	roughly 88% of residents
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Western Europe	around 69 million	roughly 16% of residents
🇺🇸 United States	North America	about 340 million	roughly 14–15% of residents
🇺🇾 Uruguay	South America	about 3.4 million	roughly 3% of residents
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Southeast Asia	roughly 101 million	well under 1% of residents