Number of immigrants in Western Africa in 2024 — 8,236,337 people. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 84%.
1990–2024 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.24M | — | — |
| 2020 | 7.75M | — | — |
| 2015 | 7.21M | — | — |
| 2010 | 6.41M | — | — |
| 2005 | 6M | — | — |
| 2000 | 5.25M | — | — |
| 1995 | 5.35M | — | — |
| 1990 | 4.48M | — | — |
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.
What part of a country's population is made up of people born abroad.
Finance Remittances receivedHow much money people working abroad send home.
Demography Net migrationThe difference between the number of arrivals and departures over a five-year period.
Migration Refugees by country of asylumHow many refugees a country hosts. The UNHCR series runs from 1951 — from the founding of the organization.