Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Eastern Africa

Number of immigrants in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 8,023,671 people. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 27.9%.

2024 8.02M people +10.14% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 8.02M people2024
Period minimum 4.23M people2010

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Eastern Africa, 1990–20244M5M6M7M8M9M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 6,275,341 people1995: 5,257,566 people2000: 5,093,405 people2005: 4,963,372 people2010: 4,228,326 people2015: 6,096,065 people2020: 7,284,870 people2024: 8,023,671 people
Change over the period: +1.75M (+27.86%) Average annual rate: 0.73 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa 8.02M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 8.02M
2020 7.28M
2015 6.1M
2010 4.23M
2005 4.96M
2000 5.09M
1995 5.26M
1990 6.28M

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.