Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Euro area

Number of immigrants in the Euro area in 2024 — 56,086,062 people. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 159.9%.

2024 56.09M people +13.74% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 56.09M people2024
Period minimum 21.58M people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Euro area, 1990–202420M30M40M50M60M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 21,576,707 people1995: 25,829,579 people2000: 28,657,864 people2005: 34,734,261 people2010: 39,883,126 people2015: 42,802,955 people2020: 49,310,314 people2024: 56,086,062 people
Change over the period: +34.51M (+159.94%) Average annual rate: 2.85 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 56.09M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 56.09M
2020 49.31M
2015 42.8M
2010 39.88M
2005 34.73M
2000 28.66M
1995 25.83M
1990 21.58M

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.