Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Lower-middle-income countries

Number of immigrants in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 42,155,865 people. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 12.6%.

2024 42.16M people +10.43% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 42.16M people2024
Period minimum 32.03M people2005

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Lower-middle-income countries, 1990–202430M35M40M45M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 37,440,822 people1995: 34,042,532 people2000: 33,081,386 people2005: 32,030,692 people2010: 34,303,054 people2015: 36,821,425 people2020: 38,173,090 people2024: 42,155,865 people
Change over the period: +4.72M (+12.59%) Average annual rate: 0.35 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 42.16M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 42.16M
2020 38.17M
2015 36.82M
2010 34.3M
2005 32.03M
2000 33.08M
1995 34.04M
1990 37.44M

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.