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International migrants (% of population, World Bank)

Share of people living in a country other than the one they were born in, as a percentage of the total population, according to the World Bank (UN data).

4.5%Poland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08
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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID 24ceb5659d70Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1990–2024; observations: 8; missing years: 27 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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8 rows for Poland

Time range:
1.52.02.53.03.54.04.5199020002010202020244.5
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Poland

Period statistics

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Poland

3.0→4.5

Total change
+1.5 pp
Period
1990–2024

Poland: 3.0 (1990) → 4.5 (2024). Difference: +1.5 pp. Peak value of 4.5 in 2024; lowest value of 1.7 in 2010.

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International migrants (% of population, World Bank) — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland4.5%
2020Poland1.9%
2015Poland1.8%
2010Poland1.7%
2005Poland1.9%
2000Poland2.2%
1995Poland2.5%
1990Poland3%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-10-08
Retrieved
2026-11-05
Indicator code in source
SM.POP.TOTL.ZS
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “International migrants (% of population, World Bank)”. World Bank Open Data (SM.POP.TOTL.ZS), 1990–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-11-05. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 24ceb5659d7098df2bd17f03895361a21f4cb859e3f13e851b412ab794836d40. https://longseries.com/en/d/migrant-stock-share/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Sweden; lowest — China

Only the first rows are shown here. Use “Remaining locations” below for the full list.

15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearSweden202421.4%21.4%
Germany202419.8%19.8%
Spain202418.5%18.5%
United Kingdom202417.1%17.1%
Netherlands202416.2%16.2%
United States202415.2%15.2%
France202413.8%13.8%
Italy202411%11%
Remaining locations (7)

About this series

Share of international migrants in the population. World Bank (UN data), from 1990.

Indicator definition

People living in a country other than the one they were born in, including refugees, as a share of the total population.

How to read the data

The share varies a lot between countries. Compare with Net migration.

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