Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Eastern Europe

Number of immigrants in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 18,646,093 people. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 16.4%.

2024 18.65M people +15.37% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 22.32M people1990
Period minimum 16.16M people2020

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Eastern Europe, 1990–202416M18M20M22M24M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 22,316,123 people1995: 21,705,675 people2000: 20,853,646 people2005: 20,092,493 people2010: 19,389,898 people2015: 17,559,211 people2020: 16,162,524 people2024: 18,646,093 people
Change over the period: −3.67M (−16.45%) Average annual rate: -0.53 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 18.65M people
World 303M people
Number of immigrants — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 18.65M
2020 16.16M
2015 17.56M
2010 19.39M
2005 20.09M
2000 20.85M
1995 21.71M
1990 22.32M

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.