Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — North America

Number of immigrants in North America in 2024 — 61,201,057 people. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 122.3%.

2024 61.2M people +4.04% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 61.2M people2024
Period minimum 27.53M people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — North America, 1990–202420M30M40M50M60M70M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 27,532,886 people1995: 33,396,137 people2000: 40,349,936 people2005: 45,650,912 people2010: 51,000,759 people2015: 56,012,072 people2020: 58,823,659 people2024: 61,201,057 people
Change over the period: +33.67M (+122.28%) Average annual rate: 2.38 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America

North America 61.2M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 61.2M
2020 58.82M
2015 56.01M
2010 51M
2005 45.65M
2000 40.35M
1995 33.4M
1990 27.53M

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.