May 14, 2026

List of Top 10 Countries With Highest Number of Immigrants

By Farouk Mohammed

Globe

The Migration of Remittance Factbook 2016 report has listed the top 10 migrant destinations in the world. They are:

US (46.1 million migrants),
Saudi Arabia (14.6 million)
Germany (11.1 million),
Russia (11 million),
United Arab Emirate (8 million),
UK (7.8 million),
France (7.5 million),
Canada (7.4 million),
Spain (6.6 million)
Australia (6.5 million).

The report, which relied on data gathered from January to December 1, 2015, was compiled by the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development with support from the World Bank, German, Swedish and Swiss governments.

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